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Study reveals new insights into the role of gastric bacteria in stomach cancer development

A pioneering study has revealed new insights into the role of gastric bacteria in stomach cancer development that could pave the way for a more effective treatment of pre-cancer according to a study published today in Helicobacter.

26 Feb 2025

Researchers develop new tool to assess psychological impact of esophageal diseases

Psychological factors have a greater impact on the severity of symptoms in esophageal diseases than objective evaluations, such as acid reflux and esophageal motility function. Although there are questionnaires that assess general psychological states in Japan, there were none that were specific to esophageal symptoms.

25 Feb 2025

UCL researchers develop groundbreaking therapy for a common cause of high blood pressure

A minimally invasive therapy that has the potential to transform treatment of a common cause of high blood pressure, has been developed by researchers at UCL, Queen Mary University of London and Barts Health.

25 Feb 2025

Zinc-carrying proteins may activate PPIs in the absence of gastric acid

Acid reducing medicines from the group of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are best-selling drugs that prevent and alleviate stomach problems.

21 Feb 2025

Newly discovered antigens could speed the development of potent cancer immunotherapies

Immune therapy has transformed how cancer is treated, but many tumors continue to evade these treatments, thanks to their resemblance to healthy tissue.

19 Feb 2025

Preventing colorectal cancer through lifestyle choices

The evidence is clear - screening for colorectal cancer may save one's life. Today, more and more people are choosing colorectal cancer screening. As a result, there is a steady decline in the number of older people getting and dying from colorectal cancer. Lower rates of smoking among Americans have also contributed to the decline in the past several years.

19 Feb 2025

Brain's opiate pathway triggers dessert cravings even after fullness

Who hasn't been there? The big meal is over, you're full, but the craving for sweets remains. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research in Cologne have now discovered that what we call the "dessert stomach" is rooted in the brain.

14 Feb 2025

Gut bacteria could one day serve as microscopic in-house pharmacists

Hundreds of different species of microbes live, laugh, and love in your gut. In the future, one of these might serve a new function: microscopic in-house pharmacist.

13 Feb 2025

Yoga can reduce stress in both schools and workplaces

Ten years of research on yoga as a stress-reducing activity provides a clear answer: A little effort offers real health benefits.

11 Feb 2025

Mental health drives med student dropout rate

Around 1 in 5 UK medical students considers dropping out of medical school, with mental health issues a key contributor to their intention to abandon medicine, suggest the results of an observational study published in the open access journal BMJ Open.

11 Feb 2025

New minimally invasive treatment offers hope for primary aldosteronism

Doctors at Queen Mary University of London, Barts Health NHS Trust, and University College London have led the development of a simple, minimally invasive Targeted Thermal Therapy (Triple T) that has the potential to transform medical management of a common, but commonly overlooked, cause of high blood pressure.

10 Feb 2025

Targeted Thermal Therapy could transform management of common cause of high blood pressure

8 Feb 2025

New 3D bioprinted gastric cancer model predicts drug responses

A collaborative research team led by Professor Jinah Jang from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Creative IT Engineering at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) and Professor Charles Lee from The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine in the United States has successfully developed a gastric cancer model using 3D bioprinting technology and patient-derived cancer tissue fragments.

7 Feb 2025

Study shows weather factors affect Salmonella transmission

Climate change is impacting the spread of Salmonella, according to new research from the University of Surrey.

29 Jan 2025

Infant mortality drops in the United States while SUID rates rise

Infant mortality in the United States decreased by 24.2% between 1999 and 2022. Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University and Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU discovered this improvement in a study published Jan. 27 in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics.

27 Jan 2025

An Arm and a Leg: The ‘Shkreli Awards’ — for dysfunction and profiteering in health care

Every year, a health care think tank called the Lown Institute ranks the 10 worst examples of "profiteering and dysfunction" in health care and "honors" the winners.

27 Jan 2025

Dietary intervention restores gut microbiome and offers protection against chronic diseases

Findings indicate that a microbiome restoration diet improves gut health and reduces chronic disease markers, highlighting its cardiometabolic benefits.

27 Jan 2025

UH Seidman Cancer Center introduces advanced Varian Ethos 2.0 for cancer treatment

Radiation oncologists at UH Seidman Cancer Center have another powerful treatment option for patients diagnosed with many forms of cancer with the addition of Varian Ethos 2.0, capable of a new form of radiotherapy called adaptive radiotherapy.

24 Jan 2025

Boosting BCL6 may counteract muscle loss from GLP-1 medications

About one in eight adults in the United States has tried or currently uses a GLP-1 medication, and a quarter of those users cite weight loss as their main goal.

23 Jan 2025

Fizzy water may aid weight loss but can't replace healthy lifestyle

Fizzy water might aid weight loss by boosting blood glucose uptake and metabolism-the rate at which the body uses and converts energy-but the effects are so small, drinking it can't be relied on alone to shed the pounds, concludes a brief analysis published in the open access journal BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health.

21 Jan 2025

Stomach News and Research

Study reveals new insights into the role of gastric bacteria in stomach cancer development

Researchers develop new tool to assess psychological impact of esophageal diseases

UCL researchers develop groundbreaking therapy for a common cause of high blood pressure

Zinc-carrying proteins may activate PPIs in the absence of gastric acid

Newly discovered antigens could speed the development of potent cancer immunotherapies

Preventing colorectal cancer through lifestyle choices

Brain's opiate pathway triggers dessert cravings even after fullness

Gut bacteria could one day serve as microscopic in-house pharmacists

Yoga can reduce stress in both schools and workplaces

Mental health drives med student dropout rate

New minimally invasive treatment offers hope for primary aldosteronism

Targeted Thermal Therapy could transform management of common cause of high blood pressure

New 3D bioprinted gastric cancer model predicts drug responses

Study shows weather factors affect Salmonella transmission

Infant mortality drops in the United States while SUID rates rise

An Arm and a Leg: The ‘Shkreli Awards’ — for dysfunction and profiteering in health care

Dietary intervention restores gut microbiome and offers protection against chronic diseases

UH Seidman Cancer Center introduces advanced Varian Ethos 2.0 for cancer treatment

Boosting BCL6 may counteract muscle loss from GLP-1 medications

Fizzy water may aid weight loss but can't replace healthy lifestyle

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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