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Another question that remains unanswered is whether the cox-2 inhibitors actually prevent stomach damage.
A study in The New England Journal of Medicine today suggests that drinking green tea does not prevent stomach cancer, as some assert.
But researchers are finding an alternative that is safe, cheap and very difficult for governments to restrict — misoprostol, a medication originally intended to prevent stomach ulcers.
(Were antacids prescribed to prevent stomach ulcers? Was the bed propped up 30 degrees to keep the windpipe clear of saliva?) The average length of stay in the I.C.U.
But concerns have arisen after a small biotech firm in Texas was fined $3m£2m2m) for tainting half a million bushels of soya bean with a trial vaccine used to prevent stomach upsets in piglets.
They tested a checklist for patients on mechanical ventilation, making sure that, for instance, the head of each patient's bed was propped up at least thirty degrees so that oral secretions couldn't go into the windpipe, and antacid medication was given to prevent stomach ulcers.
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Drs. L.S. Tompkins and Stanley Falkow of the Stanford University School of Medicine said the Italian research findings are of "extreme practical importance". Many doctors now treat H. pylori infection with antibiotics in hopes of curing ulcers or preventing stomach cancer.
Eradication will also be ineffective in preventing stomach cancer if people are rapidly reinfected (47).
The wife discovered from their doctor that he was doing this to prevent his stomach from getting flabby.
d Anterior gastropexy is performed to prevent the stomach from twisting.
The upper body was anchored to the anterior abdominal wall with two interrupted absorbable sutures in order to prevent the stomach from twisting (Fig. 4d).
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