Daily aspirin cuts bowel cancer death risk
April 26th, 2012 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 26 (IANS) People suffering from bowel cancer who take aspirin daily could cut their chance of dying from the disease by about one-third, a decade-long study has said.The ... Read more...
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New invention could improve cancer drug delivery
December 24th, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 24 (ANI): A new way to deliver chemotherapeutic drugs to cancer tissues in controlled doses without harming healthy body cells has been found by University of Arizona researchers.If successful, the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Crack in stomach ulcer bacteria could lead to new antibiotics
October 1st, 2009 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 1 (ANI): Scientists claim to have identified a crack in the armor of a common microbe that causes stomach ulcers and other diseases.They have identified a group of substances that ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Undiagnosed gastric infections aggravate severity of diarrhoea
February 16th, 2009 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 16 (IANS) Diarrhoea claims nearly two million people annually, the bulk of them being from poor countries in Africa and Asia.The disease accounts for 18 percent of all deaths ... Read more...
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Undiagnosed chronic infection may make diarrhoea fatal
February 13th, 2009 - 6:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 13 (ANI): MIT researchers have revealed that undiagnosed gastrointestinal infections might increase the severity of and delay recovery from acute diarrhoea.They have found that the underlying, low-level undiagnosed infection ... Read more...
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‘Christmas tree’ protein protects from gastric cancer
October 14th, 2008 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 14 (IANS) Scientists in Australia have unearthed evidence that a protein likened to a Christmas tree protects against gastric cancer and ulcers. The protein, called MUC1, coats the stomach lining ... Read more...
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Removing bacteria reduces risk of stomach cancer relapse
August 1st, 2008 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 1 (IANS) Removing a certain bacteria from the stomachs of post-operative gastric cancer patients can slash chances of such cancers redeveloping, according to a study. Almost all stomach cancers develop ... Read more...
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Stomach ulcer causing bacterium found in 700-year-old mummies
July 15th, 2008 - 12:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 15 (ANI): Researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico have discovered remnants of the bacterium that causes stomach ulcers in 700-year-old mummies.Yolanda Lopez-Vidal and colleagues from the National ... Read more...
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