Routine blood tests are increasingly detecting elevated liver enzymes, which may signal liver stress or damage. While mild ...

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MDKey TakeawaysElevated liver enzymes are usually temporary and can resolve by ...

Persistently elevated liver enzymes may be caused by certain types of cancer, including liver, colon, breast, stomach, pancreas, and skin cancers. Liver enzymes are proteins produced by your liver.

Your liver is working overtime right now, processing everything from your morning coffee to last night’s dinner, but it might be sending you desperate distress signals that you’re completely missing.

Dear Dr. Roach: I'm a 65-year-old male. On my recent semiannual checkup, my labs showed an AST level of 53 U/L and an ALT level of 62 U/L. I am concerned about nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. In ...

Elevation of liver function tests (LFTs) has been noted in patients treated with sirolimus. However, in the United States [1] and global phase 3 trials, [2] elevation of LFTs, specifically of AST ...

A new research paper was published in Volume 17, Issue 10 of Aging-US on October 3, 2025, titled "Growth hormone excess drives liver aging via increased glycation stress." In this study, led by first ...