Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Atrophic gastritis (AG), also called metaplastic atrophic gastritis (MAG), is a chronic (long-lasting) inflammation of the stomach lining, which leads to the ...

Doctors suggested her symptoms could be related to anxiety, potentially brought on by her young age and the pressures of living through a pandemic. Before receiving her diagnosis, the student ...

METHODS: One hundred and thirty two gastric biopsies from 22 symptomatic patients infected with H. pylori (14F/8M, median age 10 y 5 mo, age range 2 y 11 mo to 16 y 9 mo) were evaluated. Evaluated ...

Introduction: Refractory Helicobacter pylori infection (RHPI) poses a clinical challenge due to its treatment resistance. The gastric microbiota characteristics in patients with RHPI remain ...

Globally, stomach cancer is on the rise in young people, but new research shows that three-quarters of future cases could be ...

As many as 15.6 million people born between 2008 and 2017 globally are expected to develop gastric cancer sometime in their ...

A new study has found that Helicobacter pylori, or H. pylori, a common bacteria that infects nearly half the global population, could be a major driver of stomach cancer worldwide. Researchers ...

An estimated 15.6 million people born between 2008 and 2017 are projected to develop stomach cancer during their lifetimes, ...

(around 80-90% among adults) than in high income countries (<40%). H. pylori infection can not only impact nutrient uptake and utilisation, but also increase the risk of gastritis, peptic ulcers and ...

Results: Of 60 patients who received H. pylori eradication therapy, 53 were available for subsequent follow up. H. pylori eradication was achieved in 43/53 (81.1%) patients.

Although probiotic supplementation had a positive impact on adverse events during H. pylori eradication treatment in a meta-analysis reported in 2007, [12] subsequent meta-analyses reported that ...