Non-alcoholic and low-alcoholic beer.

Alcoholic (beer) sialosis.

Sialosis, rather than sialadenosis, has been recommended by the World Health Organization as the correct diagnostic term for a unique form of salivary gland swelling characterized by persistent painless bilateral parotid swellings with the occasional involvement of the submandibular salivary gland. Sialosis is known to occur in a variety of conditions including alcoholism, diabetes, malnutritio...

Beer and its Non-Alcoholic Compounds: Role in Pancreatic Exocrine Secretion, Alcoholic Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Carcinoma

In this article we provide an overview of the newest data concerning the effect of non-alcoholic constituents of alcoholic beverages, especially of beer, on pancreatic secretion, and their possible role in alcoholic pancreatitis and pancreatic carcinoma. The data indicate that non-alcoholic constituents of beer stimulate pancreatic enzyme secretion in humans and rats, at least in part, by direc...

Alcoholic Hepatitis, Alcoholic Cirrhosis & Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)

[Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis].

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are the hepatic manifestations of the metabolic syndrome. Since the prevalence of obesity and consequently of the metabolic syndrome is steadily increasing, the different types of NAFLD are nowadays the most common cause of liver injury in North America. The development of NASH and fatty liver cirrhosis occurs af...

Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Marchiafava-Bignami Disease: A Comparative Study

Purpose: Marchiafava-Bignami Disease (MBD) is a rare condition mainly associated with alcoholism, although a few non-alcoholic cases have been reported. We performed a comparative study of demographic and clinical differences between alcoholic and non-alcoholic and assessed whether any treatment can be recommended. Methods: We reviewed 157 reports containing data on 168 subjects with Alcoholic ...