It is something that nearly 36 percent of U.S. adults are infected with at some point. Normally, H. pylori can be treated with antibiotics early on, but when left untreated can lead to detrimental ...

The most widely used H. pylori treatments are 1-week triple therapy regimens involving twice daily dosing with a PPI, clarithromycin 500 mg and either amoxicillin 1 g or metronidazole 400−500 mg.

Patients with GERD and infected with Helicobacter pylori showed significantly lower rates of symptom rebound and reduced rebound severity 4 weeks after bacterial eradication. HealthDay News — For ...

Another option is to replace a nonselective NSAID with a COX-2 inhibitor, a selective NSAID that is associated with a decreased incidence of ulcers. 1,12,13 The mucosal protective agent misoprostol ...

Helicobacter pylori infects nearly half of the global adult population and is a leading cause of gastritis, peptic ulcers, and gastric cancer. Eradication therapies, primarily proton pump inhibitor ...

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacteria infect the stomach lining and cause abdominal pain and discomfort. Some people with H. pylori also develop ulcers on the lining of the digestive tract, ad it’s ...

While conversations about cancer risk often center on genetics and lifestyle choices, emerging research highlights a more insidious threat lurking in millions of American stomachs. Helicobacter pylori ...

Researchers conducted a large-scale online survey of clinicians in the Asia-Pacific region to investigate treatment policies for the gastric cancer-causing bacteria Helicobacter pylori. Helicobacter ...

Routine Helicobacter pylori screening did not significantly reduce the risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients hospitalized for myocardial infarction (MI), according to late-breaking ...

Child health experts have warned that untreated peptic ulcer disease in children could lead to anaemia, shock and bleeding, ...