News tagged with stomach
Duke/Singapore scientists find new way to classify gastric cancers
Oct 02, 2009 |
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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.
Taking sharper aim at stomach ulcer bacteria
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Scientists are reporting discovery of a much sought after crack in the armor of a common microbe that infects the stomachs of one-sixth of the world's population, causing stomach ulcers and other diseases. They identified ...
Popular stomach acid reducer triples risk of developing pneumonia
Sep 14, 2009 |
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A popular stomach-acid reducer used to prevent stress ulcers in critically ill patients needing breathing machine support increases the risk of those patients contracting pneumonia threefold, according to researchers at Wake ...
No-scar surgery fixes misery of severe acid reflux
Sep 08, 2009 |
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John Spivey has no scar -- not even a tiny one -- to show that he had recent surgery to treat chronic acid reflux.
Baby with 'external heart' recovers after surgery: reports
Sep 04, 2009 |
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A 10-day-old baby born with a heart on the outside of his body is recovering in an Indian hospital after undergoing surgery to create space for the organ, reports said Friday.
Scientists Discover Hunger's Timekeeper
Aug 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Columbia and Rockefeller Universities have identified cells in the stomach that regulate the release of a hormone associated with appetite. The group is the first to show that ...
How diarrheal bacteria cause some colon cancers revealed in mouse studies
Aug 23, 2009 |
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Johns Hopkins scientists say they have figured out how bacteria that cause diarrhea may also be the culprit in some colon cancers. The investigators say that strains of the common Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) ...
Scientists identify stomach’s timekeepers of hunger
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New York collaborators at Columbia and Rockefeller Universities have identified cells in the stomach that time the release of a hormone that makes animals anticipate food and eat even when they are not hungry. ...
Uncovering the secrets of ulcer-causing bacteria
Aug 12, 2009 |
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A team of researchers from Boston University, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently made a discovery that changes a long held paradigm about how bacteria move through soft ...
When eating and dieting, follow your gut
Jul 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Eating a small lunch doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be so hungry for dinner that you’ll eat more than usual, a new study suggests.
Peptic ulcer bacterium alters the body's defense system
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Helicobacter pylori survives in the body by manipulating important immune system cells. This is shown in a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The discovery may lead to new treatm ...
Simple measures may prevent transmission of stomach ulcer bacteria
Jun 24, 2009 |
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The stomach ulcer bacterium Helicobacter pylori is not transmitted through drinking water as previously thought, but rather through vomit and possibly faeces. This is shown in a thesis at the Sahlgrenska Academ ...
Tummy troubles -- gastrin key in bacterial-induced stomach cancer
Jun 24, 2009 |
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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 ...
Stomach stapling may lower cancer risk in women
Jun 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Women who have their stomachs stapled not only lose weight, they also may reduce their cancer risk by up to 40 percent, new research says. In a study of more than 2,000 obese people who had surgery to reduce the ...
Research finds single gene controls growth of some cancers
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Research led by Ashok Aiyar, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, showing that a single gene can control growth in cancers related to the Epstein-Barr ...
