When the liver fails, due to cancer and other illnesses, a transplant from a deceased or living donor can offer effective treatment.
Pediatric liver transplants at Yale Medicine are extremely safe and successful, and can cure many cases of childhood liver failure.
Cirrhosis refers to the final, advanced stage of several diseases that affect the liver and cause it to scar.
Fatty liver disease (fat deposits in the liver) can lead to serious medical problems. Weight loss is often an effective treatment for this condition.
Alcohol-related liver disease is liver damage caused by excessive consumption of alcohol. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Gaucher disease is a rare, inherited disorder that causes fatty substances to build up in the spleen, liver and other organs.
A type of cancer that starts in the liver and can cause stomach pain and swelling and jaundice.
A disease in which damage to the kidneys renders them unable to properly filter waste and toxins from the blood.
Huntington’s disease is a rare, inherited neurodegenerative condition that slowly and permanently robs a person’s physical and mental health.
Pediatric movement disorders are neurological conditions that affect the speed, fluency, quality and ease with which a child moves.