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The Digestive Process: How Does the Gallbladder Aid in Digestion?
The gallbladder is key to digesting your food and getting energy from it.
The Digestive Process: The Liver and its Many Functions
The liver is the largest organ in your body. At about 3 pounds and about the size of a football, it performs many functions essential for good health and a long life.
Acute Liver Failure
Acute liver failure is when your liver suddenly starts to not work. This often happens right after an overdose of medicine or poisoning.
Alagille Syndrome
Alagille syndrome is an inherited condition in which bile builds up in the liver because there are too few bile ducts to drain the bile. This results in liver damage.
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a rare disease that attacks the bile ducts. The word sclerosing means scarring. In PSC, your bile ducts become scarred and slowly narrows until bile backs up into your liver and starts to damage it. Read on to learn more.
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