Bush takes in storied college football rivalry Dec 11, 2008
The crowd at Lincoln Financial Field let out hearty cheers of USA, USA as Bush made his way to midfield for the ceremonial coin toss, which Army won. At about the 30 yard-line he saw a football on tee from the warm-ups, took a few steps and just gave it a boot, almost 15 yards worth. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Newsweek: The truth about alternative medicine Dec 11, 2008
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NGO organises workshop to help eradicate buruli ulcer Dec 10, 2008
Kukuom (B/A), Dec. 09, GNA - Mrs Lynda Arthur, Country Director of Health Foundation of Ghana, a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), has expressed concern about challenges that deterred buruli ulcer patients from reporting to health facilities for treatment ... It was organised in collaboration with the National Buruli Ulcer Control Programme and the Asunafo South District Health Administration and sponsored by Fontilles Lucha Contra La Lepra of Spain ... Mrs Arthur said, as such, patients who... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
What is Guinea Worm Disease? Dec 9, 2008
A few weeks later], the worm forms a large burning skin ulcer, causing intense, localized pain. As soon as the ulcer forms, you can barely move that part of the body ... In the middle of the ulcer, a blister forms where the worm emerges. (Scientific American)
YOU Docs: How to prevent heart attacks Dec 9, 2008
But talk to your doctor first; aspirin can raise your odds for developing an ulcer or gastric bleeding, but those odds are reduced by more than 60 percent when you drink that half glass of water before and after. Make good choices. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Peptic Ulcer Disease Dec 8, 2008
Ulcers in the stomach and duodenum form because the inner mucus layer is disrupted ... The resulting ulcers can be small (measurable in millimeters) or large (measurable in centimeters) ... Two causes of peptic ulcers are very common. (Suite101.com)
Boston Bruins spread some holiday cheer in Woburn Dec 3, 2008
I get an ulcer every time they play. These guys are fantastic. (Woburn Advocate, MA)
Barbara Bush Leaves Hospital Dec 3, 2008
Former First Lady Underwent Ulcer Surgery ... HOUSTON -- Former first lady Barbara Bush was released Tuesday from a Houston hospital a week after undergoing ulcer surgery ... Bush, 83, was hospitalized a week ago for abdominal pains and underwent surgery for a perforated ulcer Nov. 25. (Click2Houston, TX)
Pros And Cons Of Gastric Bypass Surgery For Severe Obesity Dec 3, 2008
There was also one case each of anastomotic ulcer, foreign body (part of a suction drain) and severe malnutrition. Nine reoperations and three endoscopic dilatations were required. (Science Daily)
Barbara Bush Released From Hospital Dec 3, 2008
Former first lady Barbara Bush has been released from a Houston hospital a week after undergoing ulcer surgery ... Bush, 83, was hospitalized a week ago for abdominal pains and underwent surgery for a perforated ulcer Nov. 25 ... 5-centimeter hole caused by the ulcer. (Newsmax)
Canadian telecom king Ted Rogers dead at 75 Dec 2, 2008
His father Edward Rogers, a radio pioneer who founded Toronto radio station CFRB was 39 when he died of overwork and a bleeding ulcer in the late 1930s. "I didn't get into broadcasting out of any smarts," Rogers once told a reporter. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Barbara Bush out of ICU after surgery Nov 30, 2008
Barbara Bush had surgery to repair and seal a perforated ulcer ... The ulcer has been biopsied and is benign ... (CNN) -- Former first lady Barbara Bush was moved out of the intensive care unit of a Houston, Texas, hospital into a regular room Thursday after surgery to repair and seal a perforated ulcer, a hospital spokeswoman said. (CNN -- Health)
Official: MSNBC pundit may seek Pa. Senate seat Nov 30, 2008
A Houston hospital spokeswoman says the former first lady was in good condition after undergoing laparoscopic surgery for a perforated ulcer. Political Bios. (FOX23.com, OK)
Buruli Ulcer cases detected in three communities Nov 29, 2008
Tepa (Ash) Nov. 28, GNA - Four new cases of Buruli ulcer has been detected in three communities in the Ahafo-Ano North district of Ashanti Region ... He said when the cases were confirmed as Buruli Ulcer, the District Health Directorate organised a day sensitization forum at the three communities. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Drug firms 'block cheap medicine' Nov 29, 2008
In 2005, AstraZeneca was fined 60m euros for blocking cheaper rivals to Losec, its heartburn and ulcer pill. Pressure mounts. (BBC News)
Firms raided in patent probe Nov 29, 2008
She cited a 2005 ruling in which AstraZeneca was fined 60m euros (45m; $88m) after the commission found the company had delayed market entry of rivals to an ulcer drug by misusing the patent. EU figures suggest that Europe spends 200bn euros on medicines each year - the equivalent of 400 euros per person. (BBC News -- Health)
EU says drug makers blocked cheaper medicines Nov 29, 2008
EU action was partly triggered by its 2005 case against AstraZeneca in which the company was fined euro60 million for filing misleading information to patent offices to delay generic versions of its ulcer drug Losec for most of the 1990s. Buzz Up. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
EU accuses drugmakers of blocking cheaper generics Nov 29, 2008
Such action has already been taken in the past, with AstraZeneca Plc (AZN.L) fined 60 million euros in 2005 for blocking cheaper rivals to its heartburn and ulcer pill Losec. Kroes kicked off the sector investigation in January with a series of raids on makers of brand-name and generic drugs, including AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK.L), Pfizer Inc (PFE.N), Merck c (MRK.N) and Sanofi-Aventis SA (), as well as Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TEVA.O) and Novartis AG's (NOVN.VX) generics... (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
Barbara Bush in good condition after ulcer surgery Nov 28, 2008
HOUSTON - A Houston hospital spokeswoman says former first lady Barbara Bush was in good condition after undergoing laparoscopic surgery for a perforated ulcer ... 5-centimeter hole caused by an ulcer. (Anchorage Daily News)
Barbara Bush In Good Condition Nov 28, 2008
HOUSTON -- Former first lady Barbara Bush was in good condition Thursday and moved to a patient room from the intensive care unit after undergoing laparoscopic surgery for a perforated ulcer this week, a hospital spokeswoman said ... 5 centimeter holed caused by an ulcer, said Dr. Pat Reardon, the surgeon who operated on Bush. (Click2Houston, TX)
Barbara Bush 'in great spirits' recovering from surgery Nov 28, 2008
Bush, 83, underwent surgery for a perforated ulcer early Wednesday morning at Methodist Hospital. She was hospitalized after experiencing intense pain that she characterized as "worse than childbirth.". (Houston Chronicle)
World's oldest person dies at 115 Nov 28, 2008
Former first lady in good condition after surgery: A Houston hospital spokeswoman says former first lady Barbara Bush was in good condition after undergoing laparoscopic surgery for a perforated ulcer. 3 swept out to sea in Calif. (DetNews.com)
Former First Lady Doing Well Nov 28, 2008
(November 27, 2008)Doctors said former First Lady Barbara Bush was doing well Thursday at a Houston hospital where she underwent surgery for a perforated ulcer ... 5 centimeter hole caused by the ulcer. (KWTX.com, TX)
Barbara Bush Recoups From 'Serious' Ulcer Nov 28, 2008
ABC News: Barbara Bush Recovers From 'Serious' Ulcer ... Barbara Bush Recovers From 'Serious' Ulcer ... Barbara Bush's surgeon said she told him her recent bout with a perforated ulcer was "the worst pain she had ever felt" at a Wednesday press conference on the 83-year-old former first lady's condition. (ABC News)
Barbara Bush resting after surgery Nov 27, 2008
HOUSTON - Former first lady Barbara Bush was resting and in good spirits in a Houston hospital yesterday following surgery for a perforated ulcer, a family spokesman said ... Surgeons cleansed her abdominal area and closed a one-centimeter hole caused by the ulcer, McGrath said. (Boston Globe)
Pumpkin's pardon Nov 27, 2008
Bush also gave thanks that his mother, former first lady Barbara Bush, was doing well at a Houston hospital following surgery Wednesday morning for a perforated ulcer. And finally Bush gave a shout out to the newest addition to the Bush family, Henry Hager, Jenna's husband. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Barbara Bush: Stomach pain worse than childbirth Nov 27, 2008
(CNN) -- Former first lady Barbara Bush was doing well Wednesday following her surgery late Tuesday night to repair and seal a perforated ulcer, according to the surgeon who performed the operation ... After examining her and doing some diagnostic tests, doctors determined Bush had a perforated ulcer in her duodenum, the first portion of the small intestine after the stomach, Reardon said ... Then, doctors repaired the ulcer and used a piece of the omentum, living fat tissue in the abdomen, to... (CNN -- US)
Barbara Bush: Ulcer led to pain 'worse than childbirth' Nov 27, 2008
She says ulcer led to pain 'worse than childbirth ... Former first lady Barbara Bush was sitting and joking Wednesday, less than 24 hours after Houston surgeons repaired a perforated ulcer that was causing pain she described as "worse than childbirth." ... The hole, which allows bile and acid to spill into the abdominal cavity, was caused by an ulcer burning through a portion of her small intestine. (Houston Chronicle)
Hospital Says Former First Lady Underwent Surgery Nov 27, 2008
She underwent laparoscopic surgery Tuesday for a perforated ulcer, the hospital said ... He said surgeons cleansed her abdominal area and closed a one-centimeter hole in her stomach caused by the ulcer. (KWTX.com, TX)
Stomach Ulcer Bug Causes Bad Breath Nov 25, 2008
Bacteria that cause stomach ulcers and cancer could also be giving us bad breath, according to research published in the December issue of the Journal of Medical Microbiology ... Helicobacter pylori has recently been shown to cause stomach ulcers and is also responsible for a large proportion of gastric cancers. (Newsmax)
Does Stomach Ulcer Bug Cause Bad Breath? Nov 24, 2008
Does Stomach Ulcer Bug Cause Bad Breath ... Does Stomach Ulcer Bug Cause Bad Breath ... H. pylori Tied To Ulcers, Stomach Cancer. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
Feeling crook - and better off for it Nov 17, 2008
Clarke, who also happens to be Goodman Group's chairman, is on a drip in hospital after suffering a "stomach-related" illness - believed to be a ruptured ulcer - at the weekend. Goodman had to call in the corporate paramedic Ian Ferrier at the "last minute" yesterday to stand in as chairman for its annual meeting in Sydney. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Pitt Men's Basketball: Panthers take on scrappy Miami team (Today) Nov 17, 2008
The surgery was a success, but in the next few months he had to have his gallbladder removed and deal with a bleeding ulcer ... "I didn't think I'd ever pass away. Buteven though open-heart surgery has a 91-point something success rate today, you still wonder. After the initial surgery I was just trying to feel good and then I had to deal with the bleeding ulcer and the gallbladder. I just didn't know how it was going to turn out. I knew I wanted to coach, but I didn't know if I was going to be... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Aspartame Angst Nov 14, 2008
Schlatter was testing anti-gastric ulcer drugs with a tetrapeptide - a protein made up of four amino acids - that breaks down to an intermediate dipeptide. It was this dipeptide - aspartame - that Schlatter tasted when he later licked his finger. (FirstScience.com)
AstraZeneca's Ulcer Drug Raised Risks With Clot Drug (Update1) Nov 12, 2008
Ulcer Drug-Blood Thinner Cocktail Raises Heart Risks (Update3) ... Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Heart stent patients taking and 's anti-clotting drug Plavix increased their risk of heart attacks and strokes if they also took anti-ulcer medicines like AstraZeneca Plc's Nexium ... About a third of patients who received a heart stent and Plavix suffered complications within a year when they also took the ulcer medicines, according to a study reported today at an American Heart Association in New Orleans.... (Bloomberg)
Chronic Stomach Pain Usually Worsened by Meals Nov 11, 2008
The condition is diagnosed after ruling out any apparent underlying cause or disease, such as gastrointestinal reflux disease or peptic ulcer. A subset of patients with functional dyspepsia report meal-related symptoms, senior author Dr. J. Tack, from University Hospital Gasthuisberg in Leuven, Belgium, and colleagues explain. (MEDLINEplus)
Diabetes study cuts ulcer deaths Nov 10, 2008
New research shows patients suffering from a diabetic foot ulcer could win their battle if their heart health was also treated at the same time ... Dr Young said: "By applying the principles of cardiovascular risk reduction, and by learning more about a patients' cardiac health, we were able to offer them a more specialised package of care. "These improvements have halved this death rate to under a quarter of foot ulcer patients dying within five years of their ulcer ... Foot ulcers are known to... (BBC News -- UK)
IRAQ: Alternative medicine regains luster Nov 3, 2008
"I went to four different doctors and took the pills, painkillers and antibiotics they prescribed, and I only got worse. They gave me an ulcer, and I became too weak to walk," Shabib says. "Finally, I came here and started on a twice-a-week regimen of mint oil, and now my life is very comfortable.". (USA Today)
DOCS defends drugs for kids in care Nov 3, 2008
This is a clear case of socio economic family breakdown and the government is the ulcer to the problem and not the cure ... The problem is more than the medication the medication has become the bandaid for a chronic ulcer. (ABC Online)
A conspiracy of love Nov 1, 2008
Maher died Jan. 3 of complications from surgery to repair a perforated ulcer and Pappas made good on her word. She rounded up other friends, family members and neighbors I call it a conspiracy, Marsha Maher now says with a laugh to build not only a handicapped ramp, but a work of art-chitecture that features Doric-style posts, a broad ramp with hand rails, a widened front door and even a farmer s porch. (Woburn Advocate, MA)
Prague medical misadventure a lesson in the pitfalls of travellers' insurance Oct 31, 2008
The source of the bleeding was a gastric ulcer that was particularly difficult to find as it was located at the upper back of the stomach, Dr. Stewart said. His spleen was removed during the operation and he received 33 units of blood. (Globe and Mail -- National)
AstraZeneca third quarter beats forecasts Oct 30, 2008
Cholesterol fighter Crestor and asthma drug Symbicort showed strong growth in the quarter, offsetting a fall in sales of ulcer and heartburn treatment Nexium, which faces fierce competition from cheaper rivals. Today in Business with Reuters. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Foot Pain May Warn of Diabetes Oct 30, 2008
"It's a leading contributor to foot ulcers in people with diabetes." ... "The statistics on diabetic ulcers are sobering." ... Twenty percent of diabetes patients who develop ulcers will require an amputation. (Newsmax)
Study: Meds cost more in poor Fla. areas Oct 29, 2008
Using this Web site, Gellad and colleagues looked at data for November 2006 on the ulcer drug Nexium, the asthma drug Advair, the heart drug Plavix, and the antibiotic azithromycin, specifically the "Z-Pak" formulation. They then categorized all of Florida's 627 ZIP codes into four groups based on median income. (MSNBC -- Health)
• Risch says ulcer barred him from Vietnam Oct 29, 2008
Risch says ulcer barred him from Vietnam MERIDIAN, Idaho - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jim Risch, the target of growing pressure late in the campaign to explain publicly his lack of a military record, says his enlistment plans were derailed by ongoing troubles with an ulcer ... "I had an ongoing ulcer, and they didn't want me," Idaho's lieutenant governor told about 120 people at a Meridian Chamber of Commerce luncheon candidate forum ... "I was told that I could get a commission since I... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Wyeth narrows focus of early-stage research Oct 29, 2008
The company, which has been beset by rejections and delays for important experimental drugs and by generic competition for its Protonix ulcer medicine, will focus on sophisticated biotech medicines and ailments treated by specialists. This is not a cost-reduction effort at all; the dollars spent and number of personnel won't change, said Wyeth spokesman Michael Lampe, adding that the payoff from the strategy shift might not be noticed for years. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Nexium Helps Prevent Aspirin-Related Ulcers Oct 27, 2008
Regular low-dose aspirin, taken typically to ward off a heart attack, may increase the risk of developing stomach ulcers, but this can be counteracted by taking another pill -- esomeprazole, more familiarly known as Nexium ... The authors note that no studies until now have measured how often low-dose aspirin users develop stomach ulcers (as seen by endoscopy) or "to what extent ulcers are prevented by use of a proton pump inhibitor." ... During the study period, endoscopic examinations revealed... (Newsmax)
Coles back with RedHawks Oct 17, 2008
Doctors shocked his heart to get it back into rhythm, replaced the blood vessels around it in a quadruple bypass, fixed a bleeding ulcer in his stomach and removed his gall bladder. He wasn't sure how he would come through it. (WKRC.com, OH)
Terroir lessons in a nutshell Oct 16, 2008
Since he was 16, McNamara the younger has suffered from an ulcer, which was caused, he says, by the conflict the war generated in society and in his family ... Although he chose not to take a student deferment like many other college students, believing it would be hypocritical to use his position and privilege to avoid the draft, his ulcer ultimately led to a medical deferment. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Saved - by an artificial heart the size of a thumb that plugged ... Oct 14, 2008
It felt as though I was being stabbed and it came on so suddenly that I thought it must be a stomach ulcer. I got out of breath easily and had to spend the rest of my holiday in bed. (Daily Mail)
Crucial Control In Long-lasting Immunity Discovered Oct 12, 2008
(July 17, 2007) New immunization methods offer long-term protection against H. pylori in humans and may contribute to a possible ulcer vaccine in the future say researchers from the University of California. (July 22, 1998) Researchers led by scientists at UC San Francisco say they have made a significant breakthrough in their attempt to reengineer the poliovirus so that it could some day be used as a transporting. (Science Daily)
Herbs for Ulcers Oct 10, 2008
Prior to the advent of modern pharmaceuticals, many gastric and duodenal ulcers were successfully treated with herbs. 500,000 Americans are diagnosed with peptic ulcer disease every year ... g., ), and illness-related stress ulcers. (Suite101.com)
Health Buzz: SIDS Risk and Other Health News Oct 10, 2008
Researchers have discovered that an ancient and affordable remedy a dab of a certain type of honey with potent antimicrobial properties is a worthy weapon against an ulcer that refuses to heal ... Yet the bulk of the 2 million Americans with chronic foot ulcers probably aren't aware of honey's curative power, says Peter Molan, a researcher at the University of Waikato in New Zealand who has been studying honey's properties for decades. (U.S. News & World Report)
Obama's 1/2 hour of airtime Oct 10, 2008
Prescription drug benefits: Prior to this reform, Medicare paid for extended hospital stays for ulcer surgery, for example, at a cost of about $28,000 per patient. Yet Medicare would not pay for the drugs that eliminate the cause of most ulcers, drugs that cost about $500 a year. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Honey May Help Burns Heal Faster Oct 8, 2008
However, honey used with compression bandages does not significantly increase healing of venous leg ulcers and the jury is still out on honeys effectiveness for other wounds, according to Andrew Jull and colleagues at the University of Auckland in New Zealand ... Jennifer Eddy, M.D., a University of Wisconsin researcher who is completing a study on honey treatments for diabetic foot ulcers, says patients might consider honey as part of an interest in alternative medicine or following a bad... (Newsmax)
Smoking And Solid Fuel Use In Homes In China Projected To Cause Millions Of Deaths Oct 7, 2008
Calculations revealed that pneumonia, peptic ulcer, coronary and rheumatic heart diseases, lung. (Dec. (Science Daily)
Indian girl spontaneously bleeds through pores Oct 3, 2008
A doctor diagnosed it as an ulcer. But a few weeks later she started bleeding between five and 20 times a day from pores near her hairline, nose, eyes and feet. (Xinhuanet, China)
What Is The Best Strategy For Treating Helicobacter Pylori? Sep 25, 2008
(July 17, 2007) New immunization methods offer long-term protection against H. pylori in humans and may contribute to a possible ulcer vaccine in the future say researchers from the University of California. (May 15, 2008) The bacterium Helicobacter pylori infects various parts of the stomach and small intestine, and chronic infection with H. pylori can cause stomach cancer. (Science Daily)
Ted Rogers: A question of succession Sep 25, 2008
Edward died of an aneurysm and burst ulcer. In his autobiography, Mr. Rogers tells how the family made an emergency, predawn appeal to listeners of CFRB for blood donations to save his father. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
Kevin ArmstrongINSIDE COLLEGE BASKETBALL Sep 24, 2008
In order, he listed the five things he does not want the coaches in attendance to do: have an ulcer, slip into a depression that requires medical attention, divorce, drugs and alcohol. "You can get divorced for other reasons," Brown said. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NCAA Basketball)
What's The Main Risk Factor Of Gallstone Disease? Sep 23, 2008
In the studied population, the risk factors for GD in males were increasing age, BMI, concomitant diseases such as diabetes, liver cirrhosis, peptic ulcer and coronary disease, low levels of HDL and total cholesterol, and high levels of triglycerides while, in females, only increasing age and BMI.. Increasing age, pain in the right hypocondrium/epigastrium and the presence of concomitant diseases are predictors of GD. Pain in the right hypocondrium or epigastrium was the only symptom associated... (Science Daily)
Flesh-eating disease causes havoc Sep 22, 2008
THE World Health Organisation has said a tropical flesh-eating disease known as Buruli ulcer is spreading across parts of West Africa, leaving at least 40 000 people with bloody infected wounds and swollen skin ulcers. Buruli ulcer is a devastating skin disease caused by mycobacterium ulcerans, a pathogen belonging to the same family of organisms that causes tuberculosis and leprosy ... Unlike these conditions, however, Buruli ulcer is a poorly understood tropical disease that has emerged... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Meat given the chop at debt-ridden hospitals Sep 21, 2008
"It's a bleeding ulcer for them - they are all suffering from the drought and they don't need this," Mr Williams said. Greater Western Area Health is not the only one unable to pay suppliers. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Fear and loathing on Wall Street and the campaign trail Sep 19, 2008
I do not recommend living on a diet of coffee and apocalyptic financial news headlings, but if you are, like me, beginning to feel an incipient ulcer forming in your stomach, then you probably could use a few good belly laughs. From the satirists at to the tune of Carole King's "You've Got a Friend". (Salon)
Doctor, Husband Sep 18, 2008
Another is of a husband with anxiety neurosis caused by his wife loudly invoking god each time he attempted to undress her; and a husband who developed duodenal ulcer induced by his wifes snoring. Given to vivid imagery, he described it as the bellowing of mastodons across African swamps. (India Times, India)
