A leading oncologist has warned that a common stomach infection we get in childhood may have an unexpected link to bowel ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration of H pylori bacterium. KATERYNA KON via ...

Most infected people never develop symptoms. But in some, H pylori causes long-term inflammation of the stomach lining. This ...

Exposure to a common stomach bug, which over half the population will have during their lifetime, has been linked with ...

It used to be thought that stomach and duodenal (outlet of the stomach) irritation and ulcers were caused by stress and spicy foods. Then, in the late 1970s and early ’80s two researchers in Australia ...

GERD and gastritis are not the same condition. GERD mainly involves stomach contents flowing back into the oesophagus, while gastritis refers to inflammation of the stomach lining. Because some ...

Half the world’s population has H. pylori, a type of bacteria that can mess with digestion. So why doesn’t the problem have a higher public profile? By Priya Krishna I’ve never known what it means to ...

Illustration by Jared Bartman / The Atlantic. Source: Alamy. It survives, for example, by producing “copious amounts” of an enzyme that neutralizes stomach acid, Richard Peek, a gastroenterologist at ...

A new study shows that cranberry juice can reduce the risk of getting an H. pylori infection, which can lead to stomach ulcers. Courtesy of Rodale Images If I say cranberries, the first thought might ...