Drug and bug can cause gastritis - Patients who are taking omeprazole (Losec UK; Pri-losec-US) for stomach acid suppression are at great risk of developing atrophic gastritis (stomach...

Antibiotics are ‘useless’ against ulcer bug - Medicine has recognised the Helicobacter pylori bug as the cause of peptic ulcers - but is becoming increasingly powerless to treat it as its resistan...

Colloidal silver: the ultimate bug buster - As antibiotics become more and more ineffective, the search is on for another effective way to fight infections. Our forefathers had such a cheap and...

Diet reduces ulcer risk - A diet high in fruit and vegetables can reduce the risk of developing a duodenal ulcer. Researchers believe it is the vitamin A and fibre content of t...

Children at risk of antibiotic resistant infection - Children are increasingly at risk of contracting the methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection (MRSA) from hospitals, according to latest...

Tracking the bug: - A reliable test that just takes too much time - Doctors accept that the H pylori bug is responsible for many cases of persistent dyspepsia. The trouble is that they don't have a simple and reliable...

Digestion Drug: Why so many people take it, and so few need it - Every year doctors write out £7bn (US$13.9bn) worth of prescriptions for a drug group that’s designed to treat stomach acid and other digestion proble...

Eoisinophilic gastroenteritis - Not too many of you knew much about this condition, but one reader says it is clearly a sign of an allergy.