After stomach cancer is diagnosed, a team of cancer specialists will work together with you to develop a personalized ...

EVER since Réaumur, more than two centuries ago, discovered that gastric juice digests meat, men have asked: "Why doesn't the stomach digest itself?" There are two answers to this question. One is, of ...

Ikoma, Japan – The gastric corpus, which is a major component of the glandular stomach, is composed of parietal, chief, pit, and neck cells. Each of these specialized epithelial cells play an ...

Gastropathy or gastritis? Both affect your stomach lining or mucosa. If you've received either diagnosis, it's easy to confuse the two. However, these conditions are different and affect your body in ...

For centuries, the medical community attributed gastric ulcers to lifestyle factors, particularly the consumption of ...

Folic acid supplementation can improve histopathologic aspects of gastric precancerous conditions (GPC), including gastric mucosal atrophy and intestinal metaplasia, according to results of a ...

Clinicians can help reduce gastric cancer incidence and mortality in high-risk groups through endoscopic screening and surveillance of precancerous conditions, such as gastric intestinal metaplasia ...

Various cells in the stomach secrete digestive enzymes and hydrochloric acid. These substances break down food so the body can absorb nutrients. The stomach is a muscular organ in the upper abdomen ...

Certain drinks, such as cabbage juice or honey water, may help soothe stomach ulcers, though people may wish to avoid other drinks, such as alcohol and coffee. Stomach ulcers are sores that form on ...