Peptic Ulcer News

Stomach ulcers are troublesome and common as they affect up to 15 per cent of persons at least once in their lives.

Various Foods and Medications Take a look at your diet. Certain foods can cause the stools to turn a dark color.

Oct. 26, 2009 -- A new, four-drug regimen to wipe out bacteria associated with peptic ulcers and stomach inflammation banished the bugs better than the standard three-drug treatment often used, according to research presented at ACG 2009, the annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology in San Diego.

Helicobater pylori , a bacteria implicated in peptic ulcers and gastritis, was eradicated in 95 percent patients who took a 7-day course of combination therapy with levofloxacin, omeprazole, nitazoxanide and doxycycline compared to eradication in only 80.9 percent of patients on lansoprazole, amoxicillin and clarithromycin for seven days.

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Temuka Pharmacy will next week give the Minister of Health a 200-signature petition protesting against a gastric reflux treatment that is making its users sick.

In addition these soiled notes carry bacteria and germs that can cause diseases like TB, pneumonia, peptic ulcers and gastroenteritis.

Main Category: GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Also Included In: Acid Reflux / GERD Article Date: 14 Sep 2009 A peptic ulcer is a hole in the lining of the stomach, duodenum, or esophagus.

India's Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals said it has obtained clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for selling the generic version of its of peptic ulcer drug Robinul.

India's Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals said it has obtained clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for selling the generic version of its of peptic ulcer drug Robinul.

U.S. scientists say they've discovered elderly peptic ulcer patients undergoing endoscopy within 24 hours of presenting at a hospital have better outcomes.

A new study shows that elderly patients who underwent endoscopy within one day of presentation for peptic ulcer bleeding had a two-day shorter hospital stay and were less likely to require upper gastrointestinal surgery than patients who did not receive endoscopy within the first day of presentation.

A study in the most recent issue of Digestive Surgery examines the surgical salvage of bleeding peptic ulcers after failed therapeutic endoscopy.

Childhood adversities may help predict gastric ulcer Childhood adversities involving financial problems, conflicts in the family and alcohol use may have a predictive role with gastric ulcers, say researchers.

Helicobacter pylori, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use and smoking are the most important risk factors for peptic ulcer.

NEW Abstract BACKGROUND AND AIM: Proton-pump inhibitor therapy for bleeding ulcers is more efficacious in Asian patients than in non-Asian patients.

Peptic ulcers are holes in the lining of the stomach, duodenum or esophagus. One of the main causes of ulcers is a bacteria called Helicobacter pylori .

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Famotidine is effective in the prevention of gastric and duodenal ulcers, and erosive esophagitis in patients taking low-dose aspirin, reports a study in the latest issue of The Lancet .