Word: pepticity
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...that "blood will tell" is gaining new meaning from medical research. Last week the British Medical Journal published a series of reports by three research teams. Among the findings: ¶ People with blood of Type O are 35% more likely than others to suffer from peptic ulcers...
...some, it is a soothing therapy for the peptic ulcer; to others, especially those who make their living at it, it is a good way to acquire...
...switchboard at Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital lit up after press reports that the hospital was testing a drug developed in Denmark that would cure peptic ulcers in ten days. The truth: no such cures can be proved, and Bellevue may not even get around to testing the drug, it seems so iffy...
With few exceptions, Payne Whitney's patients are depressed, anxious and tense. Many have complaints such as peptic ulcers, migraine, asthma, colitis, or skin disorders of psychosomatic origin. Some are alcoholics, a few are narcotic addicts, many have precipitated their admission to the hospital by attempting or threatening suicide. Broadly, such cases are classed as neuroses and personality disorders; some are psychoses. However, less importance is attached to the label than to individualized treatment for the illness...
Because children with peptic ulcers seldom appear in medical literature, it has been assumed that the disease is rare. Far from it, says Dr. Bertram R. Girdany: at Pittsburgh's Children's Hospital he has had no less than 45 cases in a year...