News articles tagged with 'gastric'
Weight loss surgery can significantly improve migraines, according to Miriam Hospital study
— 29 Mar 2011 17:23 | HealthBariatric surgery may provide an added benefit to severely obese patients besides weight loss: it can also help alleviate the excruciating pain of migraine headaches, according to new…
Detection of early gastric cancer using hydro-stomach CT
— 15 Mar 2011 20:11 | HealthTraditionally, both air and tap water have been used as oral contrast agents to achieve adequate gastric distension for preoperative computed tomography (CT) imaging in patients with…
Alcohol has stronger impact on gastric bypass patients, study finds
— 11 Mar 2011 15:25 | HealthPatients who have had a gastric bypass operation take longer to process alcohol, potentially leading some of them to overindulge when drinking, according to the results of a new study…
Urinary metabolomic profile and gastric cancer
— 9 Mar 2011 18:14 | HealthMetabolomics is a post-genomic research field for analysis of low molecular weight compounds in biological systems, and its approaches offer an analysis of metabolite level changes…
Probiotic identified to treat ulcers
— 24 Feb 2011 19:41 | HealthResearchers from Spain have identified a strain of probiotic bacteria that may be useful in treating ulcers caused by Helicobacter pylori. They report their findings in the February…
Gastric bypass surgery associated with improved health outcomes
— 22 Feb 2011 23:32 | HealthGastric bypass surgery appears to lead to better long-term results including greater weight loss, resolution of diabetes and improved quality of life compared with sleeve gastrectomy…
Gastric bypass alters sweet taste function
— 3 Nov 2010 11:44 | HealthGastric bypass surgery decreases the preference for sweet-tasting substances in obese rats, a study finding that could help in developing safer treatments for the morbidly obese, according…
Effects of chemoradiation therapy by using capecitabine on gastric cancer patients
— 21 Sep 2010 12:49 | HealthGastric cancer is a major cause of cancer deaths in the world. The outcome of large gastric tumours and those with lymph node involvement remains poor after surgical resection. The…
10-fold rise in obesity surgery in England since 2000
— 27 Aug 2010 10:40 | HealthThe use of bariatric or weight loss surgery has increased ten-fold in NHS hospitals in England since 2000, finds a study published on bmj.com today…
Cancer-causing bacterium targets tumour-suppressor protein
— 3 Aug 2010 12:30 | HealthResearchers have discovered a mechanism by which Helicobacter pylori, the only known cancer-causing bacterium, disables a tumour suppressor protein in host cells…