Bilirubin levels are upregulated in patients with early Parkinson’s disease (PD) and are associated with disease progression at 2 years, a study shows. The findings lend weight to the idea that serum ...

Bilirubin, the primary breakdown product of hemoproteins, particularly hemoglobin, plays a key role in the diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring of liver diseases. In acute liver diseases, such as ...

A large Danish study has shown that extreme levels of bilirubin in plasma are associated with an increased risk of developing symptomatic gallstone disease. The researchers used a Mendelian ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Elevated levels of bilirubin in the blood get attention in the clinic because they often indicate that something has gone wrong with the liver. Now researchers have found that male ...

Approximately 1% of neonates born to O+, antibody-negative mothers qualified for phototherapy within 24 hours of birth, with most identified through routine bilirubin screening. The visual detection ...

In an analysis that was carried out in 500,000 adults it was found that levels of bilirubin in blood were associated with a lower risk of respiratory disease. In an analysis that was carried out in ...

It turns out that higher levels of bilirubin, which is a natural antioxidant, with the normal range in our blood may lower the risk of cardiovascular diseases like heart failure, heart attack and ...

High levels of bilirubin exacerbated damage to neurons in the brain caused by a stroke by binding to the TRPM2 channel, which helped regulate cell death among other processes. The research, led by ...

Smokers with low bilirubin levels are at a higher risk for lung cancer incidence and mortality compared to those who had highest bilirubin levels, finds study. "Although it was expected that bilirubin ...