Electroacupuncture protects acetylsalicylic acid-induced acute gastritis in rats

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used as anti-inflammatory and analgesic agents. However, they often cause gastrointestinal injury in gastric lesions by inhibiting COX (cyclooxygenase) and detailed mechanism remains unclear. Thus, effective strategies are required to protec...

Does artificial intelligence help clinicians to recognize atrophic gastritis with thyroid disease?

The association of ABG with thyroid disorders (TD) was first described about 40 years ago. These older studies assessed the association between Pernicious Anemia (PA) and Thyroiditis on the basis of gastric and or thyroid auto-antibodies. Only recently systematic studies have focused on this freq...

A Boon For Gastritis Patients In The Form Of Broccoli

A new study finds that regularly eating broccoli sprouts may help prevent gastric cancer by reducing Helicobacteri pylori (H. pylori) infection, which is known to cause gastritis and is believed to be a major factor in peptic ulcer and stomach cancer. // The study, conducted by a Japanese team...

AstraZeneca Studies Show Relief of Nighttime Heartburn and Reduction in GERD-Related Sleep Disturbances

...M include headache, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Symptomatic response to therapy does not preclude the presence of gastric malignancy. Atrophic gastritis has been noted occasionally in gastric corpus biopsies from patients treated long-term with omeprazole, of which NEXIUM is an enantiomer. As with...

Helicobacter pylori can multiply in autophagic vesicles

...if left untreated. Most infections are asymptomatic, but overt diseases can occur in 10-20 % of infected individuals. The disease spectrum ranges from gastritis to peptic ulceration disease. A long-term chronic infection will increase the risk to gastric adenocarcinoma and mucosa-associated lymphoid-tissue lym...

TAK-390MR Phase 3 data presented at Digestive Disease Week

... the six-month maintenance study taking TAK-390MR included flatulence, bloating and distension (2%), diarrhea (2%), dyspeptic signs and symptoms (1%), gastritis (1%), and nausea/vomiting (1%) and were generally similar to placebo. The heartburn relief rates are encouraging, particularly when you consider tha...

A low prevalence of H pylori in HIV-positive patients

...studied and proven to be the main cause of chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer in the HIV-negative population. Patients with chronic active gastritis have evidence of H pylori infection in over 90% of... similar symptoms. The mechanism of chronic active gastritis in HIV-positive patients may be different from HIV...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked to Nerve Damage

...archers compared 103 people with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis to 51 people with other digestive disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome, gastritis and chronic heartburn. The researchers found that those with inflammatory bowel disease were about four times more likely to develop neuromuscu...

The Longest Living Ulcer Bug With Humans

...o thrive well in the acidic environment of the stomach and affects the mucus lining of duodenum and stomach. Until a few years back, peptic ulcers and gastritis was attributed to spicy food and stress but now it has been understood that H.pylori is the causative agent and the illness can be treated with antibi...

Finnish research: Cysteine Chewing Gum as a cure for cancers of the mouth

...lso endogenously by the oral microbes from various foodstuffs with high sugar or carbohydrate content, especially in an achlorhydric stomach. Atrophic gastritis and achlorhydria are well known risk factors of gastric cancer. Therefore, in addition to the chewing gum, also other cysteine containing preparations...

Gastritis in Medical Technology

AstraZeneca Submits NDA for Low Dose Aspirin/Esomeprazole Combination Product

...M include headache, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Symptomatic response to therapy does not preclude the presence of gastric malignancy. Atrophic gastritis has been noted occasionally in gastric corpus biopsies from patients treated long-term with omeprazole, of which NEXIUM is an enantiomer. As with...

ISTA Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Results for Phase IIb Study of Ecabet Sodium

...yndrome from Senju Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., in November of 2004. Ecabet sodium is already marketed in Japan as an oral agent for gastric ulcers and gastritis by Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (formerly Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd.) as an originator of ecabet sodium. Ecabet sodium represents a new cla...

AstraZeneca Submits sNDA for NEXIUM(R) I.V. for Peptic Ulcer Bleed Indication

... reactions have also been reported with NEXIUM I.V. Symptomatic response to therapy does not preclude the presence of gastric malignancy. Atrophic gastritis has been noted occasionally in gastric corpus biopsies from patients treated long-term with omeprazole, of which NEXIUM is an enantiomer. As with al...

Advanced Magnetics Announces Positive Results from Two Additional Phase III Studies of Ferumoxytol as an Intravenous Iron Replacement Therapeutic

...re were no drug-related SAEs in ferumoxytol treated patients. There was one drug-related SAE in one oral iron treated patient (1.4%); a case of severe gastritis which led to discontinuation of the study drug. Safety Study in CKD Poster The second poster shows results from a double-blind, placebo-controlled...

New Studies Evaluating NexiumIn Pediatric GERD To Be Presented At Annual Digestive Disease Week Meeting

...ude headache, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and nausea. Symptomatic response to therapy does not preclude the presence of gastric malignancy. Atrophic gastritis has been noted occasionally in gastric corpus biopsies from patients treated with long-term omeprazole, of which NEXIUM is an enantiomer. As with al...

ISTA Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Preliminary Results from Ecabet Sodium Phase IIb Study

...syndrome from Senju Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., in November of 2004. Ecabet sodium is already marketed in Japan as an oral agent for gastric ulcers and gastritis by Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd as an originator of ecabet sodium. Ecabet sodium represents a new class of molecules that increase the quantity of mucin ...

Phase II Results Show Once-Daily Dosing of Human GLP-1 Analog Liraglutide, Brings Patients to A1c Target

...group.(1) The main gastrointestinal adverse events in the high dose group versus placebo were: constipation (7% versus 9%), diarrhea (9% versus 4%), gastritis (7% vs. 0%) and nausea (7% versus 2%). No subject had a treatment-related increase in liraglutide antibodies. About liraglutide Currently in phase...

Gastritis in Medical Dictionary

Gastritis

Gastritis is an inflammation of the lining of the stomach, and has many possible causes. The main acute causes are excessive alcohol consumption or prolonged use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin or... Gastritis — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms and tre...

Vomiting

...lsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth and sometimes the nose. Undesired vomiting may result from many causes, ranging from gastritis or poisoning to brain tumors, or elevated... Most vomiting is caused by gastroenteritis, and usually isn't serious. ... If your infant is s...

Inflammation

...f Pancreatic inflammation , patient stories, diagnostic guides, medical books excerpts online about Pancreatic inflammation , 40 drug side ... gastritis is an inflammation of the lining of the stomach, and has many possible ... Inflammation . Acute. Plasma derived mediators ... Inflammation is...

Helicobacter pylori

...the... H. pylori bacteria can cause digestive illnesses, including gastritis and peptic ulcer disease. ... Stomach & Intestinal Infections> He...s ... Helicobacter pylori is certainly an etiological factor in Type B gastritis and ... ...

H. pylori

...on with ... But the H . pylori bacterium is especially well-adapted for ... H . pylori bacteria can cause digestive illnesses, including gastritis and peptic ulcer disease. ... can detect the presence of H . pylori proteins in the stool. ... Some evidence also links <em> H . pylo...

Enteritis

...toms include abdominal pain, cramping, diarrhea, dehydration and fever. See also inflammation of related organs of the gastrointestinal system: gastritis (stomach), gastroenteritis,... Enteritis is usually caused by eating or drinking substances that are ... Enteritis may also be caused by: An ...

Gastritis in Biological News

Gutsy germs succumb to baby broccoli

...revent people from getting stomach cancer. But the fact that the levels of infection and inflammation were reduced suggests the likelihood of getting gastritis and ulcers and cancer is probably reduced." In disclosure of a potential conflict of interest, Fahey is a cofounder of, but holds no equity in, a c...

Early treatment of stomach infection may prevent cancer

... PHILADELPHIA Based on research using a new mouse model of gastritis and stomach cancer, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say that prompt treatment of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infe...

Out of Africa -- Bacteria, as well

...way out of Africa some 60,000 years ago to populate the world, he was not alone: He was accompanied by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, which causes gastritis in many people today. Together, man and the bacterium spread throughout the entire world. This is the conclusion reached by an international team of s...

Napoleon's mysterious death unmasked, UT Southwestern researcher says

...zed over the years. Dr. Genta and his colleagues, whose research focuses on gastritis and gastric cancer, investigated the case because of their interest in the ...ors for gastric cancer include male gender, genetic susceptibility, chronic gastritis and infection by the bacteria Helicobacter pylori . Although genetic ...

Gastritis in Biological Technology

Schering-Plough Announces Filing of U.S. Application for OTC ZEGERID(R)

...ith ZEGERID are headache, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Symptomatic response to therapy does not preclude the presence of gastric malignancy. Atrophic gastritis has been noted occasionally in gastric corpus biopsies from patients treated long term with omeprazole. ZEGERID contains sodium bicarbonate. This sh...