Ulcers in Biological News

Protective footwear for diabetics at a high-street price

... can lead to slow-healing wounds and foot ulcers which, if they get infected and become ... Diabetes Federation, most cases of foot ulcers and amputations can be prevented by good foot ... complaints to functional problems arising from ulcers and amputations. "The clinical trials confirmed ...

Nitrates in vegetables protect against gastric ulcers

... additives in food protect against both gastric ulcers and the minor damage that often occurs in the ... serious side effects in the form of bleeding and ulcers in the gastrointestinal tract. With the aid of a ... Nitrates in vegetables protect against gastric ulcers Fruits and vegetables that are rich in ...

Mayo Clinic study: Ossur's collars superior in immobilization and reduction of pressure

... the ongoing concern that occipital pressure ulcers are well-known complications for trauma patients ... for a patient. It is estimated that pressure ulcers cost $20,000US per incident. Study Findings: ... markedly reduce the risk of occipital pressure ulcers without compromising immobilization. ...

Gutsy germs succumb to baby broccoli

... some protection against a rampant stomach bug that causes gastritis, ulcers and even stomach cancer. Citing their new "demonstration of principle" ... inflammation were reduced suggests the likelihood of getting gastritis and ulcers and cancer is probably reduced." In disclosure of a potential conflict ...

Stomach ulcer bug causes bad breath

... Bacteria that cause stomach ulcers and cancer could also be giving us bad breath, according to research ... disease. Helicobacter pylori has recently been shown to cause stomach ulcers and is also responsible for a large proportion of gastric cancers. ...

New pathogen from pigs' stomach ulcers

... Evolutionary Microbiology. The bacterium that commonly causes stomach ulcers in humans is called Helicobacter pylori. Extensive research has been ... the Latin for "of the pig". H. suis has been associated with stomach ulcers in pigs, which may cause sudden death: a big problem for farmers. "The ...

Pitt team finds molecule that regulates heart size by using zebrafish screening model

... pathway has broad implications for improving wound healing as well, Dr. Tsang said. For example, FGF2 has been used in treatment of chronic skin ulcers and following burn surgery in Japan. Thus, BCI alone or in combination with FGF2 might accelerate the healing process and improve wound repair. ...

Tummy troubles -- gastrin key in bacterial-induced stomach cancer

... 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 world-wide. Helicobacter infection results in increased ...

Frog's immune system is key in fight against killer virus

... tens of thousands of frogs in the UK each year. When it strikes garden ponds, the surrounding lawn becomes strewn with dead frogs, some with skin ulcers so severe they reduce limbs to stumps, others with internal bleeding. The virus, called Ranavirus, has invaded the home counties around London, and ...

Medicare coding for maggots and maggot therapy

... brand of medicinal maggots were granted marketing clearance by the FDA in 2004 for treating neuropathic (i.e., diabetic) foot ulcers, pressure ulcers ("bed sores"), venous stasis ulcers, and traumatic and post-surgical wounds failing other forms of conventional therapy. There are now over 1,000 ...

At risk for peripheral arterial disease? Simple quiz provides key so you can circulate better

... and stroke. Symptomssuch as leg pain while walking, numbness and tingling in the lower legs and feet, coldness in the lower legs and feet, or ulcers or sores on the legs or feet that don't healcould be PAD warning signs. The disease's progression results in death for about one-third of patients. ...

Licking your wounds: Scientists isolate compound in human saliva that speeds wound healing

... antibiotic creams and rubbing alcohol. "We hope our finding is ultimately beneficial for people who suffer from non-healing wounds, such as foot ulcers and diabetic ulcers, as well as for treatment of trauma-induced wounds like burns," said Menno Oudhoff, first author of the report. Specifically, ...

Weill Cornell science briefs June/July 2008

... a malfunctioned immune response, leading to uncontrolled inflammation in the tissues of the intestine. Diarrhea, painful cramping, blood in stool, ulcers and other wounds in the digestive tract are all possible symptoms of the disease. Patients who have previously failed to benefit from medications ...

Complexity of Crohn's disease revealed as 'gene' count tops 30

... Crohn's disease affects between 1 in 500 and 1 in 1000 people within the UK, causing inflammation of gastrointestinal tract and leading to pain, ulcers and diarrhoea. The disease can strike at any age, but onset is typically between 15 and 40 years old. As many as 80% of people suffering from the ...

Early treatment of stomach infection may prevent cancer

... half of the worlds population is infected with H. pylori. Although H. pylori infection is now recognized as the major cause of both peptic ulcers and gastric cancer, and has been classified as a group I carcinogen by the World Health Organization, physicians are not sure whom to screen and ...

'Wildcat Power Cord' repairs cruciate ligament in dairy cow's knee

... cows are at risk for developing. These include inflammation of the udder (mastitis) or of the uterus (metritis), a metabolic imbalance (ketosis), ulcers and displacement of the abomasum, the fourth compartment of a ruminant's stomach. "We worked really hard for her and spent long hours at the ...

European membrane expertise to focus on new treatments for human diseases

... important role in human diseases as varied as diabetes, heart disease, neuropsychiatric disorders like epilepsy and depression, osteoporosis, stomach ulcers and cataracts. Membrane proteins are key to every process in the human body, channelling ions or transporting chemicals and so are ideal targets ...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Nov. 7, 2007

... of dragons blood. The scientists tested the compounds' effects on Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), the bacteria known to cause most cases of stomach ulcers and gastritis. Two of the compounds blocked the growth of H. pylori. In another part of the experiment, eight other compounds from dragon's blood ...

Maggots rid patients of MRSA

... of the superbug MRSA - by treating their foot ulcers with maggots. Professor Andrew Boulton and his ... larvae to treat 13 diabetic patients whose foot ulcers were contaminated with MRSA and found all but one ... Knowles, have used maggots to treat diabetic foot ulcers of patients attending the Manchester Diabetes ...

Wound monitor 'sniffs out' infections

... a non-invasive wound monitor to treat patients with severe burns, skin ulcers or gaping wounds. The aim is to produce a device which is able to ... for the device will include monitoring trauma injuries, chronic ulcers and in military field hospitals. Manchester will coordinate a European ...

Scientists look to the Bahamas as a model for coral reef conservation

... Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology for being implicated as a cause of ulcers and stomach cancer. As is typical in the world of microbiology, though, it's not a simple equation: being infected = ulcers or cancer. At least 80 percent of the world's population is infected with ...

Learning to love bacteria: Stanford scientist highlights bugs' benefits

... Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology for being implicated as a cause of ulcers and stomach cancer. As is typical in the world of microbiology, though, it's not a simple equation: being infected = ulcers or cancer. At least 80 percent of the world's population is infected with ...

Sleeping Sickness Epidemic Spreading in Uganda

... A drug first used to reduce the risk of stomach ulcers in people taking certain types of painkillers offers an alternative to ... The drug, misoprostol, has been used to reduce the risk of stomach ulcers that occur in people who take certain pain relievers for arthritis. ...

Drug Offers Alternative to Surgical Treatment After Miscarriage

... A drug first used to reduce the risk of stomach ulcers in people taking certain types of painkillers offers an alternative to ... The drug, misoprostol, has been used to reduce the risk of stomach ulcers that occur in people who take certain pain relievers for arthritis. ...

Prehistoric origins of stomach ulcers uncovered

... An international team of scientists has discovered that the ubiquitous bacteria that causes most painful stomach ulcers has been present in the human digestive system since modern man migrated from Africa over 60,000 years ago. The research, published online today (7 ...

Napoleon's mysterious death unmasked, UT Southwestern researcher says

... liver. The researchers ?obviously unable to observe the body ?compared the original descriptions of the lesions with modern images of 50 benign ulcers and 50 gastric cancers. They determined that no benign cancer could look like the lesion described in the autopsy. "It was a huge mass from the ...

Vaccine shown effective against chancroid

... show that genital ulcer diseases such as chancroid can enhance HIV transmission three- to 10-fold. "There is considerable evidence that genital ulcers are independent risk factors for the transmission of HIV, and chancroid may be the most important one," said Elkins. Chancroid is caused by a ...

Study shows pine bark naturally decreases severe chronic venous insufficiency

... a combination of diosmin and hesperidin and a commonly prescribed drug used to treat CVI. About 500,000 people in the United States develop leg ulcers due to CVI. If left untreated, leg and ankle swelling can lead to dangerous conditions such as deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Previous studies have ...

Basic work on E. coli identifies two new keys to regulation of bacterial gene expression

... ultimately be put to use in systems that aren't so amenable to investigation, such as bacteria that cause cholera, produce anthrax toxin or lead to ulcers and stomach cancer." Scientists use model organisms because they are relatively easy to work with and because there is a vast amount of previous ...

Virus has 'catastrophic' affect on red squirrels, research shows

... Around 70 percent of greys in England have been exposed to the virus. They are thought to transmit it to red squirrels, which develop sores and ulcers on their face, feet and thighs, and they usually die within two weeks. The research team - Newcastle University, Queen Mary, University of ...

Microscopic scaffolding offers a 'simple' solution to treating skin injuries

... A revolutionary dissolvable scaffold for growing new areas of skin could provide a safer, more effective way of treating burns, diabetic ulcers and similar injuries. This ultra-fine, 3-dimensional scaffold, which is made from specially developed polymers, looks similar to tissue paper but ...

Epidemic of unneeded amputations

... In advanced stages of peripheral vascular disease (PVD), common in diabetics, plaque blocks arteries, resulting in rest pain, development of foot ulcers and onset of limb loss. The CLiRpath procedure, using a "cool" excimer laser and catheter system developed by Spectranetics Corp. (NASDAQ: SPNC), ...

New antimicrobial compound adheres to skin to promote healing

... year in the treatment of Spirit, the Athens-area dog that was deliberately set on fire. The researchers are currently using the compound to heal skin ulcers on a whale named Gasper who was rescued from a Mexico City amusement park and is now a popular resident of the Georgia Aquarium. Petroleum-based ...

Contagious obesity? Identifying the human adenoviruses that may make us fat

... obesity." However, other diseases once thought to be the product of environmental factors are now known to stem from infectious agents. For example, ulcers were once thought to be the result of stress, but researchers eventually implicated bacteria, H. pylori, as a cause. "The nearly simultaneous ...

Researchers develop new method to help find deadly malaria parasite's Achilles heel

... reported earlier in four other well studied model organisms -- yeast, a nematode worm, the fruit fly, and a bacterium that causes digestive-tract ulcers in humans. The authors of the study, Trey Ideker, a professor of bioengineering at UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering, and two graduate students, ...

Discovery may lead to better Candidiasis drug

... on Dental Research General Session being held in Baltimore. Candidiasis also is known as thrush, a disease characterized by whitish spots and ulcers on the membranes of the mouth, tongue and throat. It affects primarily people with weakened immune systems caused by antibiotics, chemotherapy or by ...