Primary care professionals screen patients for harmful alcohol use by using questionnaires such as the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and by asking patients about their typical ...

A simple blood test for a compound called PEth can accurately identify critically ill hospital patients who misuse alcohol, a study has found. The finding is important because patients who misuse ...

A blood test for a substance produced after alcohol exposure can provide useful information in liver disease care, an ...

Background Although alcohol use disorder (AUD) is common in steatotic liver disease (SLD), its true prevalence is unknown ...

Excessive drinking can damage the liver. Yet, unlike obesity or high cholesterol, clinicians only screen for alcohol use by asking their patients how much they drink. Turns out that method is not ...

Primary care professionals screen patients for harmful alcohol use by using questionnaires such as the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and by asking patients about their typical ...

A new study by the Centenary Institute and the Sydney Local Health District has found that a specialized blood test can detect alcohol use in people with liver disease far more accurately than ...

A groundbreaking new screening tool can detect the source of a silent killer using routine blood tests all without asking the patient a single question. A primary driver of fatty liver disease is ...

Newswise — Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have developed a new, easy-to-use blood test score that can help identify when fatty liver disease is being driven by ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Some people with steatotic liver disease underreport their alcohol intake, and testing for blood alcohol levels ...