News tagged with gastric ulcers

Back-street abortions on the rise, global report warns

A long-term fall in the global abortion rate has tapered off and the number of unsafe pregnancy terminations is rising worryingly, according to a report published by The Lancet on Thursday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Standard 3-drug H. pylori therapy beats newer 4-drug regimens in Latin America study

Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium known to cause peptic ulcers, is also the primary cause of gastric cancer, which is a leading cancer killer globally.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

ESC calls for greater awareness of potential for adverse events from bleeding as a result of PCI

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC Working Group on Thrombosis) is calling for greater attention to be paid by health care staff to reducing bleeding in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) undergoing percutaneous ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preventing gastric cancer with antibiotics

Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium found in about 50% of humans worldwide, can cause stomach ulcers and, in extreme cases, gastric cancer. In an article for F1000 Medicine Reports, Seiji Shiota and Yoshio Yamaoka discuss the p ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 12, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bacterial protein mimics its host to disable a key enzyme (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bacteria use all sorts of cunning to trick hosts into doing their bidding. One con in their bag of tricks: the molecular mimic. In this ruse, bacteria or their agents look for all purposes like some native ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Can EP4 agonist alleviate gastric lesions?

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' ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Vardenafil: A potential drug to protect gastric mucosa

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Does Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy prevent gastric cancer?

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

Tummy troubles -- gastrin key in bacterial-induced stomach cancer

Current research suggests that levels of gastrin play a key role in the development of Helicobacter-induced stomach cancer. The related report by Takaishi et al, "Gastrin is an essential cofactor for Helicobacter-associated gastric corpu ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A potential anti-ulcer herb medicine: Rocket 'Eruca sativa'

Gastric ulcer is an illness that affects a considerable number of people worldwide. Although the introduction of proton-pump inhibitors to the classic anti-ulcer therapy has revolutionized treatment of peptic ulcers and other ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0