Interest in the role of the microbiome in human health has burgeoned over the past decade
with the advent of new technologies for interrogating complex microbial communities. The …

The stomach is traditionally regarded as a hollow muscular sac that initiates the second
phase of digestion. Yet this simple view ignores the fact that it is the most sophisticated …

Abstract Background Since “Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection” was set as the
indication in the Japanese Society for Helicobacter Research (JSHR) Guidelines 2009 …

The second edition of The Great Psychotherapy Debate has been updated and revised to
expand the presentation of the Contextual Model, which is derived from a scientific …

A 29-year-old man presents with intermittent epigastric discomfort, without weight loss or
evidence of gastrointestinal bleeding. He reports no use of aspirin or nonsteroidal …

Flavonoids are plant pigments that are synthesised from phenylalanine, generally display
marvelous colors known from flower petals, mostly emit brilliant fluorescence when they are …

Helicobacter pylori is the first formally recognized bacterial carcinogen and is one of the
most successful human pathogens, as over half of the world's population is colonized with …

Background Helicobacter pylori infection is a risk factor for gastric adenocarcinoma. We
examined whether this infection is also a risk factor for primary gastric non-Hodgkin's …

Approximately 50% of Helicobacter pylori strains produce a cytotoxin, encoded by vacA, that
induces vacuolation of eukaryotic cells. Analysis of a clinically isolated tox-strain (Tx30a) …

The K orean C ollege of H elicobacter and U pper G astrointestinal R esearch first
developed guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of H elicobacter pylori (H. pylori) …