For parents who have children diagnosed with jaundice, that feeling of separation during treatment might be all too familiar. Jaundice is the yellowish color seen in the skin of many newborns when a ...

Hour by hour, the 3-day-old baby was becoming more and more lethargic as her skin gradually became a deeper shade of orange. It was nearing 8 p.m. and Shannon Xarhoulakos had been waiting almost 10 ...

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When red blood cells die, they leave behind bilirubin, a yellow-orange pigment in the blood. The liver filters bilirubin from the bloodstream to be removed in your stool. If too much is in your system ...

Bilirubin is a waste product that is processed by the liver and is responsible for giving bile, which helps your body digest fats, its yellow color. While low bilirubin levels are typically not a ...

High bilirubin levels in newborns may be natural and temporary. However, high bilirubin in adults could be a sign of an underlying health condition, such as jaundice, gallstones, and liver issues.

Data from two preclinical studies, one involving a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease 1 and the other a mouse model of pancreatitis, 2 support the therapeutic effects of administrations of ...

Stockphoto of a newborn girl undergoing phototherapy treatment for hyperbilirubinemia, a very common newborn condition. Researchers compared 4 phototherapy methods and evaluated phototherapy duration ...

Kernicterus is brain damage caused by severe, untreated jaundice or high blood levels of a substance called bilirubin. The condition is typically associated with severe, untreated cases of jaundice in ...