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<title><![CDATA[ Unsedated Transnasal Endoscopy is Safe and Feasible for Screening Esophageal Disease]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/health-images/human-body1.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  Unsedated transnasal endoscopy is a feasible, safe, and well-tolerated method to screen for esophageal disease in a primary care population, researchers have stressed. 

This study is the largest reported experience with transnasal endoscopy in the United States. The study appears in the May issue of iGIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy/i, the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). 

Esophageal cancer is the most rapidly increasing ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Novel Genes Mutated in Stomach Cancer Identified]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/health-images/DNA-5.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  A team of researchers have discovered hundreds of critical genes that are mutated in stomach cancer.  




The study, which appears online on April 8, 2012 in INature Genetics,/I paves the way for treatments tailored to the genetic make-up of individual stomach tumors. 

Stomach cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death globally with more than 700,000 deaths each year, and is particularly common in East Asia. Treatment of this deadly disease is often difficult and unsuccessful ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ European Society Will Soon Issue New Guidelines for Colon Capsule Endoscopy]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/health-images/colorectal-cancer-colonoscopy-fit.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) will soon issue a new set of guidelines on clinical utility and selection process of patients for colon capsule endoscopy (PillCam COLON 2).PillCam COLON 2 is a product of Israel-based Given Imaging. The new guidelines will directly affect the applicability and maybe wider use of PillCam COLON 2. It will be published in the May edition of  the official journal of the ESGE, Endoscopy.President and CEO of Given Imaging, Mr. Homi Shamir said, ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Safety Concerns for Acupuncture in Dyspepsia During Pregnancy]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/health-images/Acupuncture-for-dyspepsia.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  bAcupuncture may alleviate dyspepsia during pregnancy reveals a
Brazilian controlled study./b  

Dyspepsia is a pain or an
uncomfortable feeling in the upper abdomen. It includes all the symptoms that
expecting mothers are so familiar with - bbloating,
heartburn, nausea, vomiting, burping, and a burning stomach pain/b. Although
this is a common problem, the use of medication in pregnancy is always a
concern. Normally, antacids (that neutralize stomach acid) and alginates
(negatively ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Why Men Are At Increased Risk For Developing Stomach Cancer]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/health-images/human-body3.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered why men are at increased risk for developing stomach cancer. 

They showed that treating male mice with estrogen dramatically lowers their rates of stomach cancer - specifically, cancers caused by chronic infection by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori. 

The study also describes in new detail how estrogen protects against gastric cancer, which could help scientists find better drug targets against the disease. 

Several ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ New Gene Plays Key Role in Stomach Cancer]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/health-images/DNA.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  A newly discovered fusion or hybrid gene plays a direct role in some gastric cancers, says research. 


The hybrid gene is a fusion of two separate genes, and is one of the first described in gastric cancer, which is the most lethal malignancy worldwide after lung cancer. The disease kills an estimated 740,000 people a year, including nearly 11,000 annually in the United States. 

The gene discovery may one day give doctors a more effective way to use current therapies, plus help researchers ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Study Details New Way to Identify Patients at Risk of Dysphagia After Head and Neck Cancer Treatment]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/afp/images/Health-cancer-treatment-HongKong-171889.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  Dr Hanna Rahbek Mortensen and colleagues at hospitals and institutes in Denmark presented results from a large prospective trial, the DAHANCA 6  (and)  7 study at the 3rd International Conference on innovative approaches in Head and Neck Oncology (ICHNO). 

The study, conducted across the country, investigated risk factors for developing dysphagia (swallowing dysfunction), after undergoing radiotherapy treatment for a head  (and)  neck cancer. "We followed 1,476 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Molecule Enhances Chances Of Survival For Stomach Cancer Patients]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/health-images/stomach-ache.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  High presence of molecule microRNA 451 improves chances of survival for stomach cancer patients, new study reveals. Dr. Jesus Garcia-Foncillas, chief researcher of the Pharmacogenomics Laboratory at the Applied Medical Research Centre (CIMA) and Director of Oncology at the University Hospital of Navarra presented the findings at the IV Congress of the Spanish Society for Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomic, recently held at CIMA. Pharmacogenetics studies the genetic bases determining the response ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Length of Hospital Stay and Mortality Risk Increased by Dysphagia]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/afp/images/Britain-health-research-105070.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  Hospitalized patients with dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, averaged a 40 percent longer hospital stay than patients without the condition, researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found.

They also had a generally poorer prognosis. The research is published in the August issue of IArchives of Otolaryngology-Head  (and)  Neck Surgery/I, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. 

The researchers evaluated more than 77 million hospital admissions during 2005-2006, 271,983 of which were ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Simple Stool Test To Determine Need For Endoscopy]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/ulcerative_colitis.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  A simple stool test to determine the need for an endoscopy is showing promise. That is some relief for those agonizing whether they are suffering from the inflammatory bowel disease. The disease refers to a number of conditions -- including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis -- that can cause abdominal pain, diarrhea and bleeding (the disease is sometimes confused with irritable bowel syndrome, which is a different condition.) Doctors look for signs of disease through endoscopies, which are ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Risk of GI Bleeding High With Slow-Release NSAIDs]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/ulcerative_colitis.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  The risk of gastrointestinal complications due to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use varies by specific NSAID administered and by dosage, says a study conducted at the Spanish Centre for Pharmacoepidemiological Research.  

The study further determined that NSAIDs with a long half-life or slow-release formulation are associated with a greater risk of GI bleeding or perforation. Study findings are published in the June issue of IArthritis  (and)  Rheumatism/I, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology....]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Dairy Products Can Reduce Stomach Cancer Risk]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/milknew-1.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  Diet high in dairy products could mean decreased stomach cancer in males, say Japanese researchers. They sought to examine the associations between dietary patterns and the risk of stomach cancer mortality in a cohort study. Factor analysis on food frequency questionnaire was conducted among 25,730 males and 37,673 females in a cohort study in Japan - three dietary patterns were identified - "vegetable"; "animal food," and "dairy product." The Cox proportional hazards model was used to estimate ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Stomach Cancer Bacterium may Protect Against Tuberculosis]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/bacteria_ecoli.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  Researchers say the bacterium that causes ulcers and majority of stomach cancers may play a protective role against tuberculosis (TB).

The study by researchers at Stanford University, UC Davis, and the University of Pittsburgh has been published in PloS ONE. 

In the report, Jay Solnick, UC Davis professor of medicine and microbiology, and his co-authors stated that H. pylori infection may enhance immunity against tuberculosis, a disease endemic in many parts of the world, and for which there is no effective vaccine....]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Study Sheds Light on Cause of Stomach Cancer]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/stomach_reflux_esophagitis.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  Scientists from University of  Illinois have found certain vital clues that might help explain the  cause of stomach cancer. 

They  have  found that Helicobacter pylori,  the  only  bacterium known  to survive in the harsh environment of the human  stomach, directly  activates  an  enzyme  in  host  cells  that  has  been associated  with  several  types  of  cancer,  including  gastric cancer. 

The study showed that a factor produced by the bacterium directly activates poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Capsule Endoscopy in Patients With Implantable Cardiac Devices may be Safe, Says Study]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/chestpain.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  Performing capsule endoscopy in patients with implantable cardiac devices such as pacemakers, implantable defibrillators or left ventricular assist devices is safe, says a new study. It also found that the devices in general do not interfere with images captured by the capsule.  

Capsule endoscopy is a diagnostic study of the small intestine by a miniature wireless camera swallowed by the patient.  As the capsule travels through the digestive tract, images are transmitted to a recorder worn by the patient around the waist....]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Helicobacter-Induced Stomach Cancer Affected By Gastrin Levels]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/stomach_cancer.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  A new study has proved that gastrin levels have a very  important role  to play in the development of Helicobacter-induced  stomach cancer. 

Over  50  percent  of the world's  population  is  infected  with Helicobacter  pylori,  which causes chronic inflammation  of  the stomach  lining,  and is strongly linked to  the  development  of gastric ulcers and stomach cancer.  

Stomach  cancer  is the second leading  cause  of  cancer-related deaths worldwide. 

Helicobacter   infection  results ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Study Validates Herb's Potency To Cure Gastric Ulcer]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/stomach_cancer.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  A study conducted by Saudi Arabian researchers has confirmed that a herb called Rocket "Eruca sativa L." (EER), a member of the Brassicacae family, has potential anti-ulcer medicinal properties.  

Led by Dr. Syed Rafatullah, the research team validated the gastric anti-ulcer properties of EER on experimentally-induced gastric secretion and ulceration in albino rats.  

For their research, the group undertook gastric acid secretion studies using pylorus-ligated rats.  

They revealed that ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Stomach Cancer Vaccine Developed in China]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/digestive_system3.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  Cjina claims to have developed the world's first vaccine against stomach cancer. The Ministry of Science and Technology announced Thursday that the vaccine was designed to prevent helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection. Hp isa bacterium that inhabits parts of the stomach andis believed to be strongly linked to the development of duodenal and gastric ulcers and even stomach cancer. It is the world's first Hp vaccine that has finished large-scale Phase III clinical trial and been ratified as a new medicine, according to the ministry....]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Minimally Invasive Surgery to Treat Stomach Cancer Patients]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/stomach_cancer.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  A minimally invasive surgical approach has been found to have certain advantages that makes it a preferable treatment for some stomach cancer patients. 

Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) say that the procedure called laparoscopic gastrectomy yields shorter hospital stays, decreased need for postoperative pain relief, fewer complications after surgery, and similar rates of recurrence-free survival after 36 months of follow-up, compared to the traditional "open" surgery....]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Death Rate Higher Among GI Bleeding Patients Admitted On The Weekend]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/intestine_surgery.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  Previous studies have raised questions regarding differences in quality of care for patients hospitalized on a weekend compared to weekdays. In fact, a growing body of health services research has demonstrated an association between admission to hospitals on the weekend and increased mortality. This "weekend effect" has been attributed to reduced hospital staffing and access to specific intensive treatments and procedures. 

Two recent studies published in IClinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology/I ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Painkillers Like Aspirin Guard Against Stomach Cancer]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/stomach_cancer.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  A British study published on  Friday has revealed that low doses of common painkillers like aspirin and ibuprofen could ward off stomach cancer.  

People who had taken aspirin at least once in the last 12 months were 36 percent less likely to develop cancer in the middle or lower parts of the stomach, compared to those who had taken none. 

Taking similar levels of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) such as ibuprofen reduced the figures by 32 percent, according to the study published in the British Journal of Cancer....]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Regular Intake Of Soups Boost Stomach Cancer Risk]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/stomach_cancer.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  People who regularly eat soup could be raising their risk of stomach cancer, warns a new study. 

According to Dr Rachel Thompson, science programme manager for the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), servings of some well-known brands contained half the recommended daily limit of salt intake. 

She claimed that soups are one of the "worst culprits" for hidden salt, and recommended people make their own low-salt versions. 

Salt is known to increase blood pressure and the risk of stroke and ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Smoking, Alcohol Linked To Esophageal, Stomach Cancer]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/smoke2.gif align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  Smoking and boozing can raise the risk of certain common throat and stomach cancers, according to Dutch researchers. 

The study has found that smoking is associated with two forms of esophageal cancer as well as a form of stomach cancer, and that drinking alcohol is strongly linked to one form of esophageal cancer. 

Researchers in the Netherlands Cohort Study found a dose-response relationship between alcohol use and cancer development, and further linked former and current smoking with an increased risk of all three cancers....]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ How Chronic Inflammation Leads to Stomach Cancer]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/Stomach-Cancer1.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  Stomach cancer has been strongly linked to chronic inflammation. Now, a new study, led by Columbia University scientists, has shed light on how inflammation contributes to the cancer of stomach. 

The research team found that increased levels of a single proinflammatory cytokine, an immune system protein called interleukin-1 beta (IL-1B), can tart the progression towards stomach cancer. 

"This study shows that accumulation of IL-1B, which is induced by infection with the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H....]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Virus That Cause Leukemia may Help to Prevent Stomach Cancer]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/stomach.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  A new study from Japan has shown that a virus responsible for causing leukaemia can actually protect a person from developing stomach cancer.  

Researchers from Narao Hospital in Nagasaki have found that human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV-1), responsible for causing blood cancer were protected against stomach cancer despite the presence of Helicobacter pylori bacteria that can cause disease. 

During the study, lead researcher Satohiro Matsumoto compared 500 people in Kamigoto, Japan carrying HTLV-1 and 500 free of the virus....]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ASGE Offers Guidelines on Endoscopic Treatment of Dyspepsia]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/esophagus.gif align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has issued guidelines for the role of endoscopy in treating dyspepsia, discomfort thought to arise from the upper-gastrointestinal tract. An upper endoscopy is a procedure which uses an instrument to evaluate the inside of the esophagus, stomach and small intestine.  
Dyspepsia may encompass a variety of more specific symptoms, including epigastric discomfort, bloating, anorexia, and heartburn. These nonspecific symptoms can be indicative ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Stomach Cancer to Decrease by 25 Percent in the West]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/stomach.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  New cases of stomach cancer are set to decrease a further 25 per cent in the West over the next decade, a new research has found. 

The study 'Epidemiological trends of premalignant gastric lesions: A long-term nationwide study in the Netherlands' was based on the long term monitoring of the three types of cell changes indicative of subsequent stomach cancer. 

The researchers tracked all new cases of atrophic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia, and dysplasia from 1991 to 2005, recorded in the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Safe For Testing Pediatric Intestinal Disease]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/bowel.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  A new study in the American Journal of Gastroenterology suggests that wireless capsule endoscopy is a useful and safe technique to study small bowel health in children. While the technology has become widely used in adult treatment, this is the first study to examine its use in pediatrics. 

"The small bowel has always been difficult to evaluate, due to its size and many convolutions," says study author Gian Luigi de' Angelis, a professor with the University of Parma, Italy. "This small camera ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Capsule Endoscopy is Effective in Diagnosing GI Problems Children]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/RE731200124.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  Researchers at Jefferson Medical College have shown that capsule endoscopy is effective in diagnosing gastrointestinal bleeding and small bowel Crohn's disease in children. The technology has been used successfully at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital for more than five years to diagnose unexplained abdominal bleeding in adults. 

"By using the device, which is not much bigger than a vitamin pill and can be swallowed with a glass of water, the diagnosis can eliminate what used to require an ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Link Between Family Size and Stomach Cancer Found]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/stomach.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  Being a member of a large family may not be best for your health. A new study found that family size greatly influenced the development of stomach cancer linked to the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, and younger siblings from large families appeared to be especially vulnerable to the most common type of stomach cancer. 

These latest findings are based on the records of more than 7,000 Japanese-American men who were followed over a 28-year period. The researchers found that those men who carried ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Peptic ulcer bacterium peps up a host of diseases by traversing the blood stream]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/blood.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  Researchers from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) in collaboration with European researchers have discovered the fallout of the highly mobile peptic ulcer bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), in the blood stream.
 
Indeed, a thoroughfare for the bacterium which could throw up many diseases- atherosclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and many severe inflammatory conditions. These recent findings draw the support of earlier findings from a 1980 milestone study by the ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Eat Your Vegetables! You Are Less Likely to Get Stomach Cancer]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/fruits.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  As has been repeatedly advised and now reinforced by a study, eating your vegetables is a habit which can only lead to good things. Yet another benefit of eating  vegetables like spinach and lettuce, carrots and salad vegetables, is a reduced risk of developing stomach cancer. 

The study was conducted by Susanna C. Larsson from the National Institute Of Environmental Medicine of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. The team wanted to determine the link between the consumption of fruits and vegetables and the ocurrence of gastric cancer....]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Processed Meats Up Stomach Cancer Risk]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/cancertissue.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  Swedish researchers have found that there is a direct link between the consumption of processed meat and stomach cancer. Bacon, salami, sausage, hot dogs, ham, and smoked or cured meat are some examples of processed meats.

Researchers analyzed 15 studies between 1996 and 2003 containing 4,700 people. They found that consuming 30 extra grams of processed meat every day increased the risk of stomach cancer by 15 to 38 percent. The study is published in the "Journal of the National Cancer Institute....]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Patients on NSAIDS have reduced gastric ulcers risk by Nexium (Regd) ]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/aidsinfo2.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  Patients on non-selective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or COX-2-selective NSAIDs, have reduced risk of gastric ulcers by taking NEXIUM (Regd)  (esomeprazole magnesium).  These results were from from two clinical trials and will be in the April 2006 edition of the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
NSAIDs include traditional, non-selective drugs, such as ibuprofen, naproxen and aspirin, and newer COX-2-selective agents. 
The study which was a double-blind, randomized, six-month trial ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Novel Discoveries For Treatment Of Stomach Cancer]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/GE58249.gif align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  Researchers have developed a molecular map and other similar discoveries that could combat stomach cancer, a common malignancy found in the Asian population. 
'The inroads can give doctors the means to fight the disease more effectively,' said Professor Soo Khee Chee, director of the National Cancer Centre (NCC). 
The team led by the NCC included experts from the University of Hong Kong, University of Tokyo and Australia's Peter MacCullum Cancer Centre. They examined more than 300 tissue samples ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Safest painkiller Ibuprofen found to cause severe GI bleeding ]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/GE45503.gif
 align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  Gastrointestinal bleeding is three times more likely to occur in patients who take high doses of ibuprofen on a regular basis despite the safety profile of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).  Furthermore, the effect can be observed as early as three days after starting an ibuprofen regimen.  
Ibuprofen is considered to have one of the most favorable safety profiles of all of the traditional non-selective NSAIDs, touted as the painkiller with the fewest side effects and lowest incidence of ulcers or GI bleeding....]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Helicobacter pylori Antibiotic Treatment of Peptic Ulcer May not Prevent Gastric lymphomas]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<img src=http://www.medindia.net/newsimage/GE14733.jpg align=left height=50 width=50 border=0>  Stanford, CA -- Successful eradication of Helicobacter may not prevent future aggressive gastric lymphoma since resting B cells are left behind. This was reported by Research led by Dr. Anne Mueller at Stanford University  School of Medicine.

The paper by Mueller et al., "The role of antigenic drive and tumor-infiltrating accessory cells in the pathogenesis of Helicobacter-induced MALT lymphoma," appears in the September issue of The American Journal of Pathology.

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<title><![CDATA[Proteinomics Research holds Key to  Stomach Cancer]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[A multi-national research team led by the Melbourne Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research has identified a potential new target for stomach cancer therapy, according to a paper published today.
Professor Brendan Jenkins and his colleagues from the Ludwig Instiute for Cancer Research, Melbourne has identified a particular potential new target which can be targeted for stomach cancer therapy. The result has been published in Nature Medicine Journal. 
Dr. Brendan Jenkins says that this ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[H.Pylori testing recommended in patients with peptic ulcer]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[Researchers in the United States have found that the practice of testing and treating H.Pylori has steadily increased over the past 14 years. However, they suggested that patients with confirmed peptic ulcer disease should be tested for Helicobacter Pylori(H.Pylori) infection rather than receiving treatment for the infection as a matter of course. Testing was a more appropriate option than empiric treatment in patients with peptic ulcer disease, as the prevalence of H.Pylori was found to be only 36 percent....]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Anxiety and Peptic ulcers may be linked]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[Researchers in a new study observed that people reporting symptoms of anxiety were also more likely to say they had peptic ulcer disease.  It was long believed that worry gave you ulcers. Then research showed that infection with the common bacterium Helicobacter pylori was a major risk factor, and the link with anxiety was neglected. However, researchers at the University of California now report that people with generalized anxiety do seem to be more likely to suffer form ulcers. 

Generalised ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Animal Fat increases risk Of stomach cancer ]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[Individuals who enjoy diets rich in meat, cheese and whole milk may be at increased risk of developing cancer of the esophagus and the stomach.The rates of two types of cancer--gastric cardia and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus--have risen rapidly over the past 30 years. To investigate potential links between these and two other types of stomach and esophageal cancers and dietary factors, Dr. Susan T. Mayne from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, and colleagues interviewed more than 1,000 ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Antidepressants increase gastric bleeding]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[A new survey suggests that certain antidepressants increase the risk of a gastrointestinal bleed in older patients. The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a group of antidepressants which are very widely prescribed.They are preferred over older drugs because they are relatively free of side effects. But, as Researchers at Ottawa Hospital in Canada have just shown, they are not risk-free.

Almost 314,000 patients aged 65 and over who had been prescribed antidepressants between ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Diet irregularities lead to stomach cancer]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[Changes in the human diet mean people today are more at risk of developing stomach cancer than their ancestors, scientists have said.Researchers at the University of Newcastle believe that changes to the way food is grown and produced have robbed it off its anti-cancer agents. 

The researchers are working on a study which indicates that Aspirin may be effective in fighting stomach cancer. They are carrying out two trials on people with a predisposition to developing the disease. Initial results ...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Leukemia pill shows promise against stomach cancer]]></title>
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 <description><![CDATA[Gleevec, which was just approved for treating leukemia, also shows promise against a type of stomach cancer . The Food and Drug Administration approved the use of a promising anti-leukemia drug for treatment of a relatively rare form of abdominal cancer. The drug, Gleevec, administered as a pill once a day, is effective in treating both forms of cancer because of its ability to target and kill cancer cells without attacking healthy cells and causing severe side effects.  

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 <description><![CDATA[A new survey suggests that certain antidepressants increase the risk of a gastrointestinal bleed in older patients. The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a group of antidepressants which are very widely prescribed. They are preferred over older drugs because they are relatively free of side effects. But, as Researchers at Ottawa Hospital in Canada have just shown, they are not risk-free.   

Almost 314,000 patients aged 65 and over who had been prescribed antidepressants between ...]]></description>
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