Word: ulcer
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...been nearly 25 years since Drs. Barry Marshall and J. Robin Warren showed that the vast majority of peptic ulcers are caused by a bacterium called Helicobacter pylori, a discovery that was honored last week with a Nobel Prize. Yet I'm always surprised by how many ulcer sufferers don't realize that their stomach pains can be easily and effectively cured with antibiotics...
...peptic ulcer is a sore in the protective lining of the stomach or duodenum (the upper part of the small intestine). The most common symptom is a burning pain between your belly button and your breastbone. It's usually worse at night or when your stomach is empty...
...knows how H. pylori gets into the stomach--it may be through eating, touching or even kissing--and 80% of people who are infected with the bug never develop ulcers. There may even be some truth to the old ulcer myths: stress and spicy food don't create ulcers, but they can certainly make them worse...
...with director James Ivory in 44 years?they shared a line in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most enduring movie partnership?were stately endeavors, with nary a monster shouting Boo! to frighten the children. But Merchant's death in London last week at 68, after an ulcer burst in his abdomen, was a shock to the international film community. A genial friend had left life's banquet much too early...
...American who has long studied the lethargic, degenerative aspects of European living, I was immeasurably bored by "tripper" Ann Miller's trite comment concerning the Utopian holiday of the Europeans as opposed to the mad American way of life [Oct. 3]. Obviously, the ulcerous worker of the U.S. has to keep up the furious and exhaustive pace to produce the money which permits the lazy Latin and feeble French to vegetate on their numb posteriors. And if the typical American has his ulcer, the typical European most assuredly has his perforated liver...