Updated June 29, 2016. Liver function tests (LFTs) are a battery of routine blood tests that gives your doctor an idea of how well your liver is working. From these investigations, your doctor can identify underlying liver dysfunction, medication stresses affecting the liver, or diseases of the liver such as hepatitis B (HBV) or hepatitis C (HCV).
There were 20 players on Major League Baseball Opening Day rosters this season, most products of the league's First-Year Player Draft, which was instituted for Puerto Rico in 1990. In 2006, that number was 33, according to Caribbean Business, a Puerto Rico-based publication.
In 1950, about a quarter of a million Puerto Rican natives lived stateside, or in the United States. In March 2012 that figure had risen to about 1.5 million. That is, slightly less than a third of the 5 million Puerto Ricans living stateside were born on the island.