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However, when used in excess it can lead to a wide range of physical and mental problems, e.g. heart and liver disease, cancers, increased risk of stroke, mood and personality changes and dementia (Korsakoff s psychosis). [Pg.123]

Absorption readily absorbed by intestine, food will delay absorption Sensitive individuals fetus (fetal alcohol syndrome - FAS) Toxicity/symptoms developing nervous system very sensitive to low levels of exposure children - lowered IQ, learning and behavioral problems adults — memory loss, inebriation, liver disease, cancer... [Pg.39]

Chronic consumption of large amounts of alcohol is associated with an increased risk of death. Deaths linked to alcohol consumption are caused by liver disease, cancer, accidents, and suicide. [Pg.495]

Livera Liver cancer Liver disease Liver flukes Liverworts Liverwurst Livetins... [Pg.575]

The commonest causes of obstructive (posthepatic) jaundice are cancer of the head of the pancreas and a gallstone lodged in the common bile duct. The presence of bilirubin in the urine is sometimes referred to as choluria—therefore, hepatitis and obstruction of the common bile duct cause choluric Jaundice, whereas the Jaundice of hemolytic anemia is referred to as acholuric. The laboratory results in patients with hepatitis are variable, depending on the extent of damage to parenchymal cells and the extent of micro-obstruction to bile ductules. Serum levels of ALT and AST are usually markedly elevated in hepatitis, whereas serum levels of alkaline phosphatase are elevated in obstructive liver disease. [Pg.284]

True. Excessive alcohol use can lead to many health problems. Heart and liver disease, increased risks of strokes, stomach, liver and mouth cancer, and dementia are all associated with excess alcohol use. [Pg.19]

HRT should not be prescribed to women with a history of or active thromboembolic disease, breast cancer or estrogen-dependent neoplasm, pregnancy, liver disease, or undiagnosed vaginal bleeding. It also should not be used for the prevention or treatment of cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, or dementia.11... [Pg.769]

Generally, a CA 15-3 cutoff of 25 U/ml is used to detect stage I breast cancer. In higher stages, the sensitivity is reported to be much better, which makes it a good test of tumor burden. CA 15-3 is reported to be elevated in other disease conditions such as liver disease (particularly chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and carcinoma), some inflammatory conditions (sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, systemic erythematosus), and other carcinoma (lung and ovary). For this reason, positive CA 15-3 results should be interpreted with caution (20,21). [Pg.192]

AFP is a 70 kDa glycoprotein found in the circulatory system of the developing foetus. It is synthesized primarily by the yolk sac and (foetal) liver. AFP is present only in vanishing low quantities in the serum of adults (where it is replaced by serum albumin). Elevated adult serum levels of this marker are often associated with various cancers of the liver, as well as germ cell tumours. It is also sometimes expressed by gastric and pancreatic cancer cells. Although a useful tumour marker, increased serum AFP levels also often accompany cirrhosis and some other non-cancerous liver diseases. [Pg.390]

The major adverse effect is irregular menstrual bleeding. Other side effects are headache, vaginitis, weight gain, acne, and breast and abdominal pain. It does not appear to decrease BMD. It is contraindicated in women who are pregnant, have active liver disease, a history of thromboembolic events, or a history of breast cancer. [Pg.352]

B28. Bennett, M. A., Hellerman, J., and Donnelly, A., Influence of vitamin B10 on liver disease due to a labile methyl -free diet. Cancer Research 15, 398-402 (1955). [Pg.240]

Bcl-2 B cell lymphoma protein 2 (Bcl-2) is a family of proteins that regulate apoptosis (programmed cell death). Apoptosis is a necessary process whereby aged or damaged cells are replaced by new cells. Dysfunction of the apoptosis process results in disease inhibition of apoptosis results in cancer, autoimmune disorder, and viral infection, whereas increased apoptosis gives rise to neurodegenerative disorders, myelodysplastic syndromes, ischemic injury, and toxin-induced liver disease. [Pg.81]

The protein profiling approach also provides the use of pattern recognition for discrimination of disease states. Biomarkers for prostate cancer were profiled and a panel assembled that could differentiate cancer patients from noncancer populations (see Fung et al., 2001, Reference 11). Poon et al. (2003) utilized the ProteinChip to obtain tumor-specific proteomic signatures to detect hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients having chronic liver disease (CLD). [Pg.228]

In relation to cancer, there is some evidence that highly oxidized and heated fats may have carcinogenic characteristics. HNE (4-hydroxy-2-frans-nonenal), a secondary lipid peroxidation product derived from linoleic acid oxidation, has assumed particular interest because it has shown cytotoxic and mutagenic properties. Its toxicity, as well other secondary lipid peroxidation products (HHE 4-hydroxy-2-frans-hexenal and HOE 4-h yd roxy-2-trans-oc ten al), is explained through the high reactivity with proteins, nucleic acids, DNA, and RNA. Research links them to different diseases such as atherosclerosis, Alzheimer s, and liver diseases (Seppanen and Csallany, 2006). Research is rapidly progressing, but results are still not conclusive. [Pg.221]

The main acute effect is inebriation, which in turn spawns violence, spousal and child abuse, crime, motor vehicle accidents, workplace and home accidents, drowning, suicide, and accidental death. The chronic effects include alcoholism, liver disease, various forms of cancer, brain disorders, cardiovascular disease and other organ system effects, absence from or loss of work, family dysfunction, and malnutrition. [Pg.45]

Herbicides are designed to kill plants, not animals, and in general have lower mammalian toxicity than insecticides. Most herbicides interfere with plant hormones or enzymes that do not have any direct counterpart in animals. The most serious human health concerns have been related to contaminants of the primary chemical herbicide. There is an enormous amount of animal and some human toxicity data on 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T, but it now appears that much of this toxicity is caused by the contaminant TCDD. Military personnel exposed to Agent Orange, often contaminated with TCDD, reported birth defects, cancers, liver disease, and other illness. These concerns led to improvement in the manufacturing process to reduce TCDD contamination and ultimately to a reduction in use of 2,4-D herbicides. There is also concern that some herbicides may affect wildlife. For example, atrazine, a persistent herbicide, may adversely affect frogs. Persistence of herbicides may also... [Pg.81]

Health status and age, both young and old, also influence the response. Aflatoxin from contaminated nuts has a greater likelihood of causing cancer in someone with a liver disease such as hepatitis. It is important to develop a knowledge of which plants and animals can be dangerous and learn how to avoid dangerous contact with them. [Pg.169]

Contraindications Breast cancer with some exceptions, liver disease, thrombophlebitis, undiagnosed vaginal bleeding... [Pg.465]

Inositols, ie, hexahydrobenzenehexols, are sugars that have received increasing study and are useful in the treatment of a wide variety of human disorders, including vascular disease, cancer, cirrhosis of the liver, frostbite, and muscular dystrophy (269). Myoinositol esters prepared by reaction with lower fatty acid anhydrides are useful as liver medicines and nonionic surfactants the aluminum and ammonium salts of inositol hexasulfate are useful anticancer agents (270). Tetraaryloxybenzoquinones are intermediates in the preparation of dioxazine dyes (266,271). The synthesis of hexakis(aryloxy)benzenes has also been published (272). [Pg.391]


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