Proton pump inhibitors are among the most commonly prescribed medications worldwide, but concerns about a possible link to stomach cancer have lingered for decades. Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are a ...

Chronic pain affects more than 50 million Americans, yet for decades, treatment options for pain that persists in the absence ...

Long-term use of medications for heartburn and acid reflux, known as proton pump inhibitors, does not appear to increase the risk of stomach cancer ...

The long term use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), a class of drugs widely used to treat acid reflux and ulcers, may not be ...

Objective To help to clarify whether long term use of proton pump inhibitors is associated with an increased risk of gastric adenocarcinoma by designing a study that considered the existing literature ...

Long-term use of histamine-2-receptor antagonists -- another class of drugs used to reduce stomach acid -- also showed no ...

Nanjing Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has discovered somatostatin SST2 receptor agonists described as potentially useful for the treatment of acute pancreatitis and peptic ulcer bleeding.

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

Treating equine gastric ulcers could be made easier in the future by not having to fast horses prior to administering ...

Researchers found that a common antibiotic-resistant bacterium prevents wounds from healing by chemically paralyzing skin cells rather than attacking them directly. Scientists from an international ...

This could be the next step toward an even healthier population.