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Shock it to Heal!!

...tment and rest for 3 months, it was found that the ulcer healing rate was about 65%. Though it is not clear, electric stimulation works in enhancing the blood flow to the affected area and hence enhance the immune system. The device should be used in combination with other measures. According to the stud...

Evidence supporting H.pylori eradication

...ori infection can substantially reduce the risk of ulcer formation.// Treatment with omeprazole triple ther...t of H.pylori infections and reduced the six-month ulcer probability of 34 per cent found in the control group to 12 per cent in the NSAID-treated arthritis ...

Pharmaceutical companies are targeting patients

...luding the arthritis drugs Vioxx and Celebrex, the ulcer drug Prilosec, Viagra for impotence and the allergy drugs Claritin, Allegra and Zyrtec....

Ulcer Surgery connected to danger of Pancreatic Cancer

...as been suggested that patients who undergo peptic ulcer surgery may be at increased risk of pancreatic can...ery, with those who survived 30 years after peptic ulcer surgery having more than triple the risk of developing pancreatic cancer. According to Offerhause ...

Care for footwear not required diabetic patients

According to a new study, shows that ulcer rates among diabetes wearing special shoes are no ...wo types, while a third wore their own shoes. Foot ulcer rates after two years were equally low in all three groups. The researchers suggest that it's not th...

Awareness of oral cancer is low

... researchers. If you have symptoms such as a mouth ulcer or lip sore that doesn't heal, see your doctor or dentist without delay....

Gastrointestinal conditions affect sleep

... added, "We also found a connection between peptic ulcer disease and hiatal hernia and insomnia." In a second study, researchers from the Lynn Health Science Institute in Oklahoma City compared data from 20 GERD patients to records of healthy individuals. Study participants completed a sleep quality exam ...

Anxiety and Peptic ulcers may be linked

...xiety 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...

H.Pylori testing recommended in patients with peptic ulcer

...they suggested that patients with confirmed peptic ulcer disease should be tested for Helicobacter Pylori(H...n// than empiric treatment in patients with peptic ulcer disease, as the prevalence of H.Pylori was found to be only 36 percent. For the study, the investig...

Drug Effective for Diabetic Foot Ulcers

...tracked each patient’s progress to see if the foot ulcer healed or if the patient ended up needing their fo...t time that treatment with dalteparin improves the ulcer outcomes in diabetic patients." Researchers add these results need to be confirmed in a larger trial...

Circumcision More Effective In Reducing The Risk Of HIV Protection

...circumcised men were more likely to have a genital ulcer at the beginning of the study and at follow-up visits. All of the 2,298 men in the study were HIV-negative when they were first assessed. Investigators conclude saying their findings highlight the importance of developing compounds that block the e...

Aspirin Found To Be Effective In Reducing Breast Cancer Rates

...l effects of long term aspirin use, such as peptic ulcer disease and gastrointestinal bleeding....

Prevention Of Recurrent Leg Ulcers

... present any additional benefit in terms of venous ulcer healing, but recurrence rates were significantly reduced from 28 percent to 14 percent at one year. 500 patients were assessed by venous duplex imaging, or an ultrasound, and were randomly assigned either compression treatment alone or in combinatio...

New Drug Found To Benefit Patients With Osteoarthritis

... effects of these drugs can cause gastrointestinal ulcer complications that can be fatal. A recent study ev...r ibuprofen for one year. Results show the risk of ulcer complications was reduced among patients on lumiracoxib compared to patients on naproxen. However, t...

Before Weight Loss Surgery One Should Get Tested for Bacteria

...tom relief and for lowering the long-term risks of ulcer disease and cancer....

Extracts of grapefruit heals stomach ulcers

...s. Investigators of the study had induced gastric ulcer in rats, and applied graded doses of grapefruit s...a COX-2 inhibitor the researchers did the test for ulcer healing. Rats who were given 10mg/kg of grapefruit seed extract had a 50% reduction of gastric ac...

Grapefruit extract effective in stomach ulcer healing

...SE on preexisting gastric ulcers. The team tested ulcer healing by using a combination of acetic acid (an acid compound used to induce experimental ulcers) with or without a COX-1 inhibitor (indomethacin, 2 mg/kg) and a COX-2 inhibitor (rofecoxib, 10 mg/kg). The experiments showed that GSE accelerated he...

Grape fruit seed extracts can heal stomach ulcers

...lt of the study showed reduced size of the stomach ulcer in rats. The extract was also found to have strong...of gastric secretion, which is elevated in gastric ulcer patients. After giving the extracts, the rats produced decreased concentration of gastric secretion....

Cow's vein used in man to treat varicose ulcer.

...vine jugular vein to a man to rid him of a painful ulcer due to a weakened valve of a vein in his right leg. This is the first time a bovine vein is used in man to treat varicose ulcers. Doctors at the Toledo hospital's Jobst Vascular Center at Toledo, Ohio, are ecstatic that the procedure has succ...

Helicobacter pylori Antibiotic Treatment of Peptic Ulcer May not Prevent Gastric lymphomas

...they suggested that patients with confirmed peptic ulcer disease should be tested for Helicobacter Pylori(H...ion than empiric treatment in patients with peptic ulcer disease, as the prevalence of H.Pylori was found to be only 36 percent. Click here to read more: ...

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