Word: duodenale
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-- Don't bellyache--too much--about that ULCER. Research shows that patients with duodenal ulcers (near the stomach, in the small intestine) have a 40% lower risk than the rest of the population of developing stomach cancer.
Led by Dr. M. Judah Folkman, Andrus professor of pediatric surgery and a professor of anatomy and cellular biology at the Medical School, a team of doctors discovered that basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) is present in the normal lining of the intestines and in ulcerated tissue. The team also...
The nefarious H. pylori has also been linked to ulcers and gastritis -- inflammation of the stomach lining. Parsonnet and others believe that people with chronic duodenal ulcers should consider a course of antibiotics to knock out the bug rather than rely on costly medications like Tagamet and Zantac, which treat...
The call came before 5 a.m., summoning the chief court physician to the bedside of the ailing monarch. Since September, when the aging Emperor was first stricken with internal hemorrhaging, he had remained in a second-floor bedroom of his residence within the walled, moated and heavily wooded grounds of...
The cost of keeping up that appearance is high. Despite his youthful face, Ullah, 41, relies on tranquilizers to remain calm, and the occasional stabbing pain warns him when too much stress has awakened his duodenal ulcer. He earned it.