What Doctors Don't Tell YouMedicine has recognised the Helicobacter pylori bug as the cause of peptic ulcers - but is becoming increasingly powerless to treat it as its resistance to antibiotics rises.
THE COX-2s: Oh well, back to the drawing board
The COX (cyclooxygenase)-2 inhibitors, also known as ‘selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs’ (NSAIDs), have long been touted as being safer for your stomach than painkillers such as aspirin and other NSAIDs. Indeed, they were designed to...
* Take it with liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra). Certain flavonoids in liquorice extract are called ‘DGL’ (deglycyrrhizinated liquorice). These can help to avoid the usual irritating effect of NSAIDs on the stomach and intestines. According to one...
In the heady world of the pharmaceutical industry, the most profitable industry in the world - where world sales doubled in the last five years - the pressure is always intense to develop new product.
Thalidomide could soon be making a return, this time as a mouth ulcer treatment. ...
Patients with leg ulcers treated with compression bandaging may end up with severe and completely new ulcers on their toes and feet.
Q My husband is a healthy 57-year-old vegetarian, a regular exerciser, takes vitamin supplements and eats mostly organic food. Four weeks ago, for the first time in years, he had to take a week off work due to a virus that left him exhausted and...
Q I’ve had a venous ulcer on my ankle for some three months now, and hydrocolloidal bandages have not alleviated the almost constant pain. I’m 74 years old, in otherwise good health,
IT'LL MAKE YOU BLIND: But nobody told us about ulcers
