Tag: "helicobacter" at medical news

Aussie Nobel Prize Winners Receive Their Awards

...r Marshall drank a very potent brew containing the helicobacter pylori bacterium. Subsequently, he became very ill, but proved this point that ulcers are caused by bacteria. Professor Marshall became very famous for offering himself as a guinea pig. However, their discovery means that ulcers can now be easily tr...

Ulcer Causing Microbe Linked To Protection From Asthma

...this organism is a pathogen."We have evidence that helicobacter used to be ubiquitous in the environment, and it u..., we have a generation of children growing up with helicobacter in their stomachs to help regulate immunity and maybe protect against asthma and allergy. This could...

Asthma can Be Checked, Experts are Confident

...e who carry a once-common stomach bacterium called helicobacter pylori were 40 per cent less likely to have asthma at an early age than those who didn't carry the strain. "Helicobacter is an ancient organism that everyone used to have in the stomach - and now it's disappearing," Dr. Blaser said. "Less than ...

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