Helicobacter Pylori

Using Antibiotics To Prevent Gastric Cancer
Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium found in about 50% of humans worldwide, can cause stomach ulcers and, in extreme cases, gastric cancer. In an article for F1000 Medicine Reports, Seiji Shiota and Yoshio Yamaoka discuss the possible eradication of H. pylori infections Infection by the H. pylori bacterium can approach 100% in developing countries. Most infected people do not have symptoms, but ...

Physician scientists present new findings on aspirin therapy, atrial fibrillation drug therapy and LVAD
Physician scientists from the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute presented new findings on the effectiveness of routine aspirin therapy for preventing heart disease, a drug therapy for atrial fibrillation and the role left ventricular assist devices may play in weight reduction for obese patients with chronic end-stage heart failure who are considered for heart transplantation.

Dana Ullman: Do Antibiotics Make People Fat?
Evidence suggesting that antibiotics may make people fat is old. As far back as 1955, research published in a leading nutrition journal showed that weight gain may be linked to prolonged antibiotic usage.

TRITON-TIMI 38 study evaluates response rates in patients with common genetic variant in ABCB1 gene
A new analysis of the TRITON-TIMI 38 study evaluated response rates in patients with a common genetic variant in the ABCB1 gene. Patients enrolled in the TRITON-TIMI 38 study were treated with dual antiplatelet therapy with either Plavix® (clopidogrel) plus aspirin or Effient® (prasugrel) plus aspirin and managed with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) following an acute coronary syndrome ...

Human amniotic fluid skin cells "reprogrammed" to pluripotency
In a breakthrough that may help fill a critical need in stem cell research and patient care, researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have demonstrated that skin cells found in human amniotic fluid can be efficiently "reprogrammed" to pluripotency, where they have characteristics similar to human embryonic stem cells that can develop into almost any type of cell in the human body. The study ...

Scientists at RML find similarities in diseases
In a find that has implications for future development of possible treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, a team at Rocky Mountain Laboratories found new forms of prion disease in genetically modified mice.