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  • 09/08/2023

Why is having a healthy liver important?

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Dr. Dr Kamran Mohammed

Dr Kamran Mohammed

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The liver is an essential organ, performing hundreds of functions necessary to sustain life. It's also a gland because it makes proteins and hormones that other parts of the body need. Weighing, on average, about three pounds in an adult, the liver is the largest internal organ.

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