Doctors in northern Peru have removed almost a kilogram of nails, coins and scrap metal from a man's stomach, a surgeon that operated on him said Wednesday.

Medicine & Health - Other

Nov 11, 2009 2 / 5 (1) 0

The North Pacific Ocean is now commonly referred to as the world's largest garbage dump with an area the size of the continental United States covered in plastic debris. The highly mobile Laysan albatross (Phoebastria im ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 28, 2009 4.8 / 5 (4) 0

You might not know what it's called, but if you've had general anesthesia before surgery, especially after an accident, it is likely you have received Sellick's maneuver. That's when fingers are pressed against a patient's ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Oct 20, 2009 4 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A remotely controlled 'spider pill' with eight moving legs and a miniature camera may become the next tool of choice in diagnosing cancers of the stomach and colon.

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Oct 16, 2009 4.8 / 5 (9) 0

A special protein in the lining of the stomach has been shown to be an important part of the body's defense against the stomach ulcer bacterium Helicobacter pylori in a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the Univer ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Oct 13, 2009 not rated yet 0

Researchers at the National Cancer Center in Japan have developed a system for detecting 70 percent of postoperative stomach cancer relapses, according to sources.

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Oct 05, 2009 not rated yet 0

Patients who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) also tend to have additional gastrointestinal (GI) tract conditions, such as gastric reflux and hiatal hernia, which form at the opening in your diaphragm where your ...

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Oct 04, 2009 not rated yet 0

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.

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Oct 02, 2009 not rated yet 1

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 ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Sep 30, 2009 4.5 / 5 (2) 1

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 ...

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Sep 14, 2009 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

John Spivey has no scar -- not even a tiny one -- to show that he had recent surgery to treat chronic acid reflux.

Medicine & Health - Other

Sep 08, 2009 not rated yet 0

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.

Medicine & Health - Other

Sep 04, 2009 5 / 5 (1) 0

(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 ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Aug 28, 2009 4.9 / 5 (14) 0

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) ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Aug 23, 2009 5 / 5 (2) 0

(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. ...

Medicine & Health - Neuroscience

Aug 14, 2009 4.7 / 5 (6) 0