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Mayo Clinic discovery may help diabetic gastric problem

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created Sep 25, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Mayo Clinic researchers have found what may provide a solution to one of the more troubling complications of diabetes -- delayed gastric emptying or gastroparesis. The researchers showed in animal models that a red blood ...





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A potential treatment for gastric motility disorders

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

GES or pacing has been under investigation as a potential therapy for gastrointestinal motility disorders. Conventionally, GES is performed using a single pair of electrodes or single-channel GES. However, few studies have ...


Carbon monoxide reverses diabetic gastric problem in mice

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created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Mayo Clinic researchers have shown that very low doses of inhaled carbon monoxide in diabetic mice reverses the condition known as gastroparesis or delayed stomach emptying, a common and painful complication for many diabetic ...


A new insight on ethanol-induced gastric mucosa injury

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created Oct 23, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Many people all over the world indulge themselves in drinking, which is correlated to a wide spectrum of medical, psychological, behavioral, and social problems. It is well known that chronic alcohol abuse may induce gastrointestinal ...


NPs-NPR-B/pGC-cGMP signal pathway is involved in diabetic gastroparesis

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created May 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The natriuretic peptide (NP) receptor type B (NPR-B) gene was expressed in gastric smooth muscles of normal and diabetic rats and the expression was increased in diabetic rats. These results suggest that natriuretic peptide-dependent ...


A further study of Helicobacter pylori reducing gastric blood flow

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created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A research group from Sweden investigated the mechanisms underlying the reduction in gastric blood flow induced by a luminal water extract of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). They found that the H. pylori water extract reduces ...


A breakthrough in gastric carcinogenesis

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created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Checkpoint with forkhead and ring finger (CHFR) is a mitotic stress checkpoint gene whose promoter is frequently methylated in various kinds of cancer. In gastric cancer, CHFR promoter hypermethylation has been reported to ...


Yes-associated protein: Early diagnosis of gastric carcinoma

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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?

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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 ...


Gastric cancer with 3 pathological features

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created Sep 18, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Primary carcinoma of the stomach is almost always adenocarcinoma or signet ring cell carcinoma and there are few reports of choriocarcinoma or neuroendocrine cell carcinoma. We report a patient with adenocarcinoma of the ...


Is it possible to differentiate GISTs from leiomyomas by endoscopic ultrasonography?

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created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A research article to be published on July 21, 2009 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this question. This research led by Professor Kim and his colleagues in Pusan National University, South Korea. They e ...



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