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Acute gastric injury due to high-dose analgesics?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 29, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Analgesics, NSAIDs and acetaminophen, are commonly used for the relief of fever, headaches, and other minor aches and pains. The gastrointestinal side effects of NSAIDs are well documented and acetaminophen is accepted to ...





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Heterotopic gastric tissue simulating acute appendicitis

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 20, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It is not uncommon to find tissue that normally lines the stomach in locations outside of the digestive tract. This "heterotopic" gastric tissue has been identified in such diverse locations as the scrotum, the gall bladder, ...


A case of post-gastrectomy acute pancreatitis

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A clinical research team from Taiwan reported a case of asymptomatic pancreatic divisum who underwent palliative subtotal gastrectomy for an advanced gastric cancer with liver metastasis. They concluded for patients with ...


Can EP4 agonist alleviate gastric lesions?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Over 300 million patients use non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in the world to treat pain, arthritis, fever and other diseases. Nearly 30% of the users suffer from gastric lesions and bleeding. To mitigate NSAIDs' ...


A new explanation of 'Asian paradox'

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

There is abundant evidence of an association between Helicobacter pylori chronic infection and gastric cancer. The incidence of gastric cancer is much higher in Japan than Indonesia. A research from Indonesia and Japan found ...


Yes-associated protein: Early diagnosis of gastric carcinoma

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Yes-associated protein (YAP) is a type of cellular adaptor protein and transcriptional co-activator. In recent years, some investigators have found YAP to be overexpressed and highly activated in hepatic cancers and mammary ...


Does Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy prevent gastric cancer?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Although it has been demonstrated that Helicobacter pylori causes gastric cancer, it is still controversial that whether H. pylori eradication therapy is effective in primary prevention of gastric cancer. This is especially ...


Vardenafil: A potential drug to protect gastric mucosa

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Indomethacin has been proved by epidemiological and experimental studies to be closely associated with peptic ulcer development. Vardenafil is a potent phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor and its effects on the gastric mucosa havenot ...


Is short-term Celecoxib intervention a effective method for preventing gastric carcinogenesis?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Helicobacter pylori has been accepted as an important pathogen inducing gastric cancer. A research group from Taiwan investigated optimal intervention point of Celecoxib, to inhibit H. pylori-associated gastric carcinogenesis ...


Heparanase-specific shRNA: A novel therapeutic strategy in human gastric cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Previous studies have indicated that the heparanase (HPA) is correlated with histopathological parameters and poor prognosis of gastric cancers. Although their efficiencies in inhibiting the expression of HPA, the traditional ...


Duke/Singapore scientists find new way to classify gastric cancers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

An international team of scientists has discovered a new way to classify stomach cancers, and researchers say it may be an important step toward designing more effective treatments and improving long-term survival.



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