Because of this, it is used in conjunction with other liver enzymes to detect liver disease, especially hepatitis or cirrhosis without jaundice. Additionally, in conjunction with the aspartate aminotransferase test (AST), it helps to distinguish between heart damage and liver tissue damage.
Nancy Grace took up law after her fiance in college was murdered. She became a prosecutor and helped other crime victims. In a matter of time, she took to solving crimes on television and became a household name for her own show, Nancy Grace on HLN. Now, after 12 years of investigating cold cases on television, the show has been canceled.
Heidi Boghosian is executive director of the National Lawyers Guild, co-host of the weekly civil liberties radio show Law and Disorder. Her forthcoming book is called Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power and Public Resistance, due out in August. Welcome to Democracy Now!, Heidi.