WebMD explains how an H. pylori bacterial infection can raise your chances of stomach cancer. Find out more about symptoms, tests, and treatments for H. pylori.

Our bodies are replete with bacteria and other microorganisms that coexist without harming us, but we do occasionally suffer ...

H. pylori accounted for over 800,000 cancer cases in 2018, and about 30% to 40% of Americans get an H. pylori infection at ...

Potential causes of peptic ulcers include Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacteria infection and the long-term use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Symptoms of a peptic ulcer.

A common cause of both gastric and peptic ulcers is infection with Helicobacter pylori. Often shortened to H. pylori, it is a spiral-shaped bacterium that can, as it burrows into the stomach ...

Only 56% of elderly patients hospitalized for peptic ulcers in the USA were tested for H. pylori infection, among which only 73% were then treated.

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a widespread bacterial infection associated with gastritis, peptic ulcers, and gastric cancer. While conventional antibiotic-based treatments have been the gold ...

H. pylori, or Helicobacter pylori, is a type of bacteria that 40 per cent of people carry in their stomach. In between 80 and 90 per cent of cases it doesn't cause symptoms, ...

H.pylori is a type of bacteria that infects the stomach lining which causes gastritis (stomach inflammation), peptic ulcers (sores in the stomach or small intestine), and gastric cancer in some cases.

A standard diagnostic threshold for the H. pylori test showed that only 28.6% of Parkinson’s disease patients tested positive, compared to 33.9% of controls.

Besides H. pylori, Kenyans are increasingly facing digestive issues like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which affects people of all ages—young, middle-aged, and elderly alike.

Raising the importance of eradicating Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), Nobel laureate Barry J. Marshall laid emphasis on adopting the 21st century strategy -- novel technology, precision diagnosis ...