Last month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Voquenza Dual (vonoprazan fumarate + amoxicillin) and Triple Paks (vonoprazan fumarate + amoxicillin + clarithromycin) for the treatment of ...

H pylori infection should be confirmed before eradication therapy. Accurate, cost-effective tests to diagnose the infection are now commercially available. Tests that do not require endoscopy include ...

1. Moss SF. The clinical evidence linking Helicobacter pylori to gastric cancer. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016;3(2):183-191. doi:10.1016/j.jcmgh.2016.12.001 2 ...

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is one of the most common bacterial infections worldwide, affecting more than 40 % of the population and is one of the causes of digestive symptoms, such as epigastric ...

New insights into how the cancer-causing stomach bacterium keeps its shape could point the way for future, more-specialized antibiotics One of H. pylori’s defining characteristics is right there in ...

There are trillions of bacteria in the human digestive tract. In the mouth, bacteria help initiate the breakdown of food. In the intestines, they process complex molecules into nutrients that human ...

Research has shown that the incidence of osteoporosis is greatly reduced when receiving 'eradication treatment' to eliminate Helicobacter bacteria that cause gastritis and gastric cancer. In ...

In 1982, two Australians – Robin Warren and Barry Marshall – presented their first observations of strange bacteria living in the human stomach. They went on to propose that these bacteria caused a ...

A breakthrough in identifying how a common ulcer-causing bacteria survives in the human stomach will lead to new medications and possible eradication, according to a WA Nobel Prize-winning scientist.

The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®): What treatment options or regimens for Helicobacter pylori exist that are not reflected in the 2017 American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) guidelines ...