The Liver Book: A Comprehensive Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Recovery

It is the portal to total body wellness, the great purifier, and the only human organ that can regenerate itself. But what you don't know about the liver can hurt you! Now, in this complete and authoritative guide that anyone can use and understand, Dr. Sanjiv Chopra explains: The what, where, how, and why of the liver and its miraculous functions How doctors diagnose liver ailments Tests and screenings: what to expect and what they reveal Vital information on hepatitis B (the chronic condition that currently afflicts 300 million people) and all the important facts about hepatitis C (approximately 200 million people currently infected) Liver transplants The role of alternative treatments The risk factors, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of liver diseases including cancer, viral and nonviral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, cirrhosis, alcoholic liver disease, hemochromatosis (a hereditary iron overload disorder afflicting one in 250 Caucasians), and more.