News tagged with pylori infection

Clinical trial backs use of special yogurt to fight stomach ulcer bacteria

Results of the first human clinical studies confirm that a new yogurt fights the bacteria that cause gastritis and stomach ulcers with what researchers describe as almost vaccine-like effects, scientists in ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Glutamine supplements show promise in treating stomach ulcers

Nearly 20 years ago, it was discovered that bacteria known as Helicobacter pylori were responsible for stomach ulcers. Since then, antibiotics have become the primary therapy used to combat the H. pylori infection, which affects ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Stomach bacteria need vitamin to establish infection

Scientists have determined that Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium that causes peptic ulcers and some forms of stomach cancer, requires the vitamin B6 to establish and maintain chronic infection, according to research published ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Closing in on an ulcer- and cancer-causing bacterium

A research team led by scientists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong is releasing study results this week showing how a bacterium, Helicobacter pylori, that causes more than half of peptic ulcers worldw ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

A new explanation of 'Asian paradox'

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

Common stomach bacteria may fight off inflammatory bowel disease caused by Salmonella

Helicobacter pylori, a common stomach bacterium, reduced the severity of inflammation of the colon caused by Salmonella in mice, according to research from U-M Medical School scientists.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find that common stomach pathogen may protect against tuberculosis

It's been implicated as the bacterium that causes ulcers and the majority of stomach cancers, but studies by researchers at Stanford University, UC Davis, and the University of Pittsburgh have found that Helicobacter py ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 20, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast