The infection can last a lifetime and lead to scarring of the liver or liver cancer.
Broken pieces of the brain, heart or liver could be replaced--repairing damage done by accidents or illness.
Researchers hope to turn stem cells into specific cells, such as heart or liver or nerve cells.
If you need heart medication or liver medication, you make sure you sign up for the right plan.
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People with long term heart, renal or liver disease, neurological disease and diabetes.
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By stage IV, the cancer has spread beyond your skin to other organs, such as your lungs or liver.
Other treatments may focus on medications or therapies to address an underlying disease, such as diabetes or liver disease.
Keep in mind that acetaminophen (Tylenol, others) can cause serious liver damage or liver failure if taken in doses higher than recommended.
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Caspase-blockers may limit collateral tissue damage from strokes, heart attacks or liver disease, and Vertex hopes to begin human trials of at least one compound next year.
Though all types of viral hepatitis are associated with serious health issues, hepatitis B and C can become chronic infections that often lead to liver cirrhosis or liver cancer.
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Inflammation and fibrosis - scarring - of the liver tissue, which affects about 10% of the UK population, can cause cirrhosis or liver failure and lead to cancer if diagnosis is delayed or if left untreated.
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Most nations have instead adopted highly regulated donation systems like the United Network of Organ Sharing in the U.S. UNOS monitors each kidney, lung, heart or liver available from a deceased donor going to a patient on a wait list.
When a drug is likely to cause a severe side effect--say, an increased risk of heart attack, an allergic reaction that causes the skin to burn or liver failure--the standard practice is to warn patients and doctors about the product's labeling, and to send out warning letters to physicians who might prescribe the medicine.
Alcohol may increase levels of hepatic fat and induce or exacerbate liver injury.
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Zetia and Vytorin are for patients who don't get enough benefit from these other drugs, or who can't take high doses of statins because of side effects like achiness or elevated liver enzymes.
While red yeast rice has no known drug interactions and fewer side effects than statins, it could theoretically interfere with other medications and should be avoided by women who are pregnant or nursing and people with severe liver or kidney disease.
The French scientists looked at 163 non-drinkers who had fatty livers - where fat deposits build up in the organ, potentially leading to formation of fibrous tissue and then to cirrhosis or even liver cancer - to see how many of them had the sleep disorder.
But if your cancer is fast-growing or has already spread to other organs such as the lungs and liver or if you have previously received hormone therapy, your doctor might recommend starting with chemotherapy.
Ten of the 29 patients in the study had at least one elevation in liver enzymes greater than or equal to three times the upper limit of normal, including four patients who experienced liver enzymes greater than or equal to five times the upper limit of normal.
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Switching a patient from Zocor to Lipitor or Crestor is more likely to cause elevated liver tests or complaints of muscle weakness.
The bulk of the tumor pressing on the liver or kidney can cause problems.
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Dronedarone must not be used in patients who have had previous liver or lung injury associated with treatment with amiodarone.
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Pegasys and PEG-Intron are both significant improvements over old ways of treating the hepatitis C virus, which can slowly damage or destroy the liver.
This works great for finding rare side effects that would be unlikely to happen without the drug, such as liver or kidney problems or allergic reactions.
The remotest hint of liver or heart toxicity in just a few patients among thousands is enough to send a drug back for several more years of testing.
Poor circulation has a number of potential causes, including blocked arteries, varicose veins, liver or kidney disease, extreme cold, or as a side effect of certain drugs or medications.
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