While conversations about cancer risk often center on genetics and lifestyle choices, emerging research highlights a more insidious threat lurking in millions of American stomachs. Helicobacter pylori ...

Researchers searched PubMed, Cochrane Library and ClinicalTrials.gov and reviewed titles and abstracts of studies to investigate the eradication of H pylori infection and its effect on gastric cancer ...

Stomach cancer, also called gastric cancer, is rare in Western countries but still a serious problem in Asia, especially in ...

What if we could eliminate a major risk factor for stomach cancer in Black, Asian, Latino and other vulnerable populations? A new study from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of ...

Q: I was having stomach pain and some nausea. The doctor found bacteria in my stomach, and I was diagnosed with a gastric ulcer. Now I'm being told that I should get screened for stomach cancer. Is ...

A common, usually harmless bacteria have a significant role in causing stomach cancer, a new study has found. It joins the better-known, at least in medical circles, H. pylori bacteria as a known ...

A study in Nature Medicine links Helicobacter pylori to nearly 76% of gastric cancers, potentially affecting 12 million individuals born between 2008-2017. This common, often asymptomatic stomach ...

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Obesity significantly elevates the risk of stomach cancer by promoting chronic inflammation, hormonal imbalances, and ...

Former Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher Bobby Jenks, 44, a member of the 2005 Chicago White Sox World Series championship team, died July 4 of gastric cancer. (ESPN) Actor Julian McMahon, 56, ...

The Trump administration killed a federal report on alcohol and health risks, the draft of which concluded that moderate drinking could increase the risks for liver disease and cancer. (New York Times ...