Carbohydrate challenge tests: do you need to measure methane?
Researchers at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine examined whether it was necessary to measure breath methane gas in addition to breath hydrogen when performing the hydrogen breath test for lactose intolerance and fructose malabsorption. The study enrolled 406 patients to be tested for lactose intolerance and 178 patients were tested for fructose… Read More →
Diabetes, insulin use and Helicobacter pylori eradication
It is know that diabetic patients have a higher incidence of gastric cancer. Whether diabetic patients also have a higher incidence of H. pylori was the subject of a study by a researcher in Taiwan. In this retrospective study, there were 1 million patient profiles examined. The conclusion of the study was that type 2… Read More →
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth in Patients with Lower Gastrointestinal Symptoms and a History of Previous Abdominal Surgery
The small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) hydrogen breath test has had positive results in 84% of patients with irritable bowel syndrome versus 20 % of controls. This research group hypothesized that SIBO would be more prevalent in patients with symptoms consistent with irritable bowel syndrome who have undergone previous abdominal surgery. The group enrolled 77… Read More →
Prevalence of Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth in Parkinson’s Disease
The April 2011 edition of Movement Disorders, a peer reviewed medical publication, reported on the findings of the prevalence of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The conclusions of the research work were that SIBO is highly prevalent in patients with PD. Out of a total of 48 PD patients… Read More →
Ulcer Causing Bacterial Linked to Diabetes
A recent study conducted at the University of Michigan showed that people infected with the ulcer causing bacteria Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) are more than twice as likely as people who do not to develop diabetes. The researchers tracked 800 people for a decade none of whom had diabetes at the beginning of the study. … Read More →
Wiping out H. pylori Offers Indigestion Relief
New research reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that eradicating H. pylori even when there is no ulcer may provide some relief for people with indigestion. The urea breath test is a highly accurate, non-invasive test for detecting active H. pylori infection. Read Fox News article at : http://fxn.ws/IPmauw
Dairy Consumption and Risk of Stroke in Swedish Women and Men
A Swedish epidemiological study examined the association between dairy consumption and the risk of stroke. The study followed 74,961 women and men since 1997 that were free from cardiovascular disease and cancer. During a mean follow-up of 10.2 years there were 4,089 cases of stroke. Statistically it was revealed that those individual who had low… Read More →
Helicobacter pylori and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
A recent retrospective study examined the link between H. pylori infection and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The study examined the records of 65,515 patients of which 1,061 were identified as having been diagnosed with IBD. Examination of the IBD patients versus controls suggested that patients with H. pylori infection are at a decreased risk for… Read More →
Prevalence of H. pylori infection in morbidly obese patients
Researchers in Brazil conducted a clinic study that evaluated the incidence of H. pylori infection in morbidly obese patients. The study enrolled 126 subjects who were candidates for bariatric surgery. None of the subjects had previously been treated for H. pylori infection. Each patient was tested for the presence of H. pylori by means of… Read More →
Does eradicating H. pylori make aspirin safer?
Researchers in England are beginning a clinical trial, known as The Helicobacter Eradication Aspirin Trial to be conducted at the Universities of Nottingham, Southampton and Oxford, to examine whether the presence of H.pylori affects the safety of aspirin. Aspirin, although a wonder drug in many ways, has long been considered a cause of ulcer bleeding…. Read More →