IT is not uncommon to encounter a middle-aged patient who for a number of years has suffered from ulcer and who, weary of his recurrent trials, seeks relief in surgery. Physicians are now less ...

THIS report is concerned with the surgical care of gastric and duodenal ulcers in two small hospitals in New Hampshire. It covers a period of two and a half years, ending June 30, 1953, during which ...

Medicine borrows much of its vocabulary from Latin and ancient Greek. For example, the word "gastric" refers to the stomach. The word "peptic" refers to the digestive system. As such, these two terms ...

Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006;3(2):80-89. Despite their well-accepted anti-inflammatory and analgesic benefits, NSAID use is probably the most common cause of gastrointestinal mucosal ...

HOW TO TAKE THE POST-TEST: Click here after reading the article to take the post-test on myCME.com. Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is a common dis­order in the United States, with approximately 500,000 ...

In this updated review, published online in the Cochrane Library, researchers aimed to assess the magnitude of effect H. pylori eradication therapy has on H. pylori-positive patients with peptic ulcer ...

A peptic ulcer is not a condition with a single cause, but involves several interrelated factors which affect the health and integrity of the gastric and duodenal mucosa. The male preponderance of ...

A peptic ulcer is the term used for a sore that occurs in the mucosal lining of the stomach, small intestine, or esophagus. When the ulcer is in the stomach it might also be called a gastric ulcer.

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A stomach ulcer may go away on its own without treatment. However, this can take a long time, in which a person is likely to experience pain and discomfort. Delaying medical treatment may also ...

Bruce Springsteen postponed shows to get treatment for symptoms of the disease. By Dani Blum Bruce Springsteen announced on Wednesday night that he would be postponing September shows because he is ...