Sentences with phrase «as esophageal»

Violent vomiting can produce complications such as esophageal rupture and retinal detachment.

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Foods and beverages that can irritate a damaged esophageal lining, such as citrus fruits and juices, tomato products, and pepper, should also be avoided if they cause symptoms.

Small meals with more frequency, as well as burping, is particularly good for babies who have a tendency to spit up, or are showing signs gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Infant Acid Reflux: Infant GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) can trigger colic as a result of an underdeveloped lower esophageal sphincter, which is the muscle that keeps stomach acid from flowing back up into the throat and mouth.

My mouth ulcer, esophageal irritation, stomach upset, GERD, hemorrhoids etc. are all gone that I can go back to hot food such as Chiles Rellenos at least once in awhile.

Naturally, there is a separation between the stomach and the esophagus formed by a muscle that is known as the lower esophageal sphincter or LES.

Remember, their little muscles are still developing like the esophageal sphincter that acts as a valve between the esophagus and the stomach.

As your baby grows, the esophageal sphincter becomes stronger and prevents acid reflux from happening.

There is a muscle (the lower esophageal sphincter) that acts as a valve between the esophagus and stomach.

Infants spit up after feedings because the lower esophageal sphincter muscle, which serves as a trapdoor between the esophagus and the stomach, is weak in babies, allowing food to slosh back up the pipe more easily.

Heeke says the study would be open to people whose tumors have evidence of HRD like those found in this study, which includes bladder, breast, cervix, liver and bile duct, colorectal, endometrial, gastric / esophageal, head & neck, kidney, neuroendocrine, lung, ovarian, pancreas, prostate, sarcoma, and thyroid cancers, as well as gastrointestinal stromal tumors, glioma, melanoma and unknown primary cancers.

One of these, UJ3, is as effective as the industry - standard drug Cisplatin in killing cancer cells in laboratory tests done on human esophageal cancer, breast cancer and melanoma.

The results suggest that continued surveillance of esophageal cancer patients may be necessary for as long as 10 years after resection given the constant, although low risk of recurrence.

In research published in BioMetals, UJ3 is shown to be as effective against human esophageal cancer cells, as a widely - used chemotherapy drug in use today.

As of September 2014, 90 patients were disease - free, including 7 patients who had been treated for recurrent esophageal cancer during the first 5 years.

People who gained more than three stone (20 kg) during adulthood were also twice as likely to develop esophageal cancer compared to people who had little weight change.

About one third of cancer cases are estimated to be linked to dietary and other modifiable risk factors, especially for obesity - related cancers such as breast, colorectal, ovarian, endometrial, kidney, gallbladder, esophageal, and pancreatic cancers.

In 2006 Pfizer started early human testing on one of these new, targeted drugs called crizotinib (now sold as Xalkori), concentrating on a mutation of a gene called MET, implicated in several cancers, including esophageal and stomach cancer.

In the new research, Prins and Liau used a technique called adoptive cell transfer, which involves extracting and growing immune cells outside of the body, then reprogramming them with a gene known as New York Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, or NY - ESO - 1.

Our finding of sinusitis, bronchial hyperreactivity, and bronchial responsiveness in firefighters with World Trade Center cough is important but not surprising.17 - 20 An unexpected finding was that 87 percent of such firefighters reported symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease; such symptoms are generally reported by less than 25 percent of patients with chronic cough.1, 21,22 Despite the strong associations between gastroesophageal reflux disease and chronic cough17 - 20 and between gastroesophageal reflux disease and asthma,23 - 25 it remains unclear whether gastroesophageal reflux disease causes either condition.26 The causative mechanism may be repeated aspiration of minute amounts of refluxed material; vagally mediated esophageal, tracheobronchial, or laryngobronchial cough reflexes; or neurally mediated bronchial inflammation.23, 24,26 Involvement of the posterior nasopharynx is common in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, 27 whereas bronchial hyperreactivity may not be present.25, 26 For these reasons, we classified gastroesophageal reflux disease as an upper - airway symptom (Figure 2).

Major cancer operations — such as liver resection, colectomy (colon resection), esophagectomy (esophageal resection), and the Whipple procedure — are routinely performed at our hospital safely, even in patients considered at high risk.

«Because the esophageal lesions are flat and not raised, it is not as easy as detecting polyps in colonoscopy,» says Beer.

A bioengineer in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University has received a $ 141,743 grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health to develop a novel biodegradable polymer stent that will be designed to prevent complications while at the same time serving as a drug delivery system for esophageal cancer therapy.

The gold standard for treating inoperable esophageal cancer patients is a surgically implanted metal mesh stent, which causes a number of complications such as bleeding, chest pain, perforation, and tumor ingrowth.

The high expression frequency of NY - ESO - 1 indicates this as a feasible vaccine target in esophageal cancer.

Turnstone's first clinical trial with MG1 - MAGEA3, which is still ongoing, is testing the agent as a monotherapy in NSCLC, as well as in breast and esophageal cancers.

We expect that Dr. Kang's state - of - the - art approach in the treatment of esophageal cancer will help our university emerge as a leader in the treatment of a variety of cancers through tissue engineering approaches,» said Javad Hashemi, Ph.D., chair and professor of FAU's Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering.

Currently, the CDK9 inhibitor flavopiridol is being evaluated in several phase I and II clinical trials for its anti-cancer effects either as a single agent or in combination with other drugs in treatment of esophageal cancer, B - cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia, endometrial carcinoma, recurrent / metastatic squamous cell carcinoma and most relevantly, previously treated locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer (http://www.cancernetwork.com/review-article/current-clinical-trials-flavopiridol/page/0/2).

There are some major long - term complications of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and those can be serious, such as stomach cancer, esophageal cancer, and even lung problems.

Studies show that citrus may help lower the risk of lung cancer as well as stomach and esophageal cancer.

Gastro - esophageal reflux — informally known as reflux, heart burn or acid indigestion — occurs when gastric acid, duodenal bile and enzymes reflux...

Chronic, severe acid reflux can damage the esophagus if it's not treated, and can even lead to a precancerous condition known as Barrett's esophagus, or esophageal cancer.

Naturopathic medicine aims to eliminate any factors that may be affecting the functioning of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) such as hiatal hernia, low acid pH, poor diet and food sensitivity.

Processed tomato products are the richest source of the antioxidant called lycopene, which has been associated with a reduced risk of prostate, lung and stomach cancer, as well as pancreatic, colorectal, esophageal, oral, breast, and cervical cancers.

This could be because fiber only lowers the risk of specific cancers, such as head and neck cancer and esophageal cancer, which are more common in men.

Chronic heartburn is medically referred to as Gastro - Esophageal Reflux Disease or «GERD».

Heartburn is fairly common, but chronic, excessive heartburn can cause serious problems such as gastritis, stomach ulcers and esophageal cancer.

Also known as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), acid reflux is a medical condition that occurs when the lower esophageal sphincter is unable to effectively block stomach acid from getting into the esophagus.

As a cruciferous vegetable, it may help reduce the risk of certain cancers, including esophageal and stomach cancer (68, 69).

Vitamin C may reduce the carcinogenicity of nitrosamines and other chemicals; vitamin C deficits may increase cervical, bladder, stomach and esophageal cancers, as well as the general carcinogenic process.

Ironically, when we look at plant protein — which The China Study argues so vigorously is cancer - protective — we find almost three times as many positive correlations with various cancers as we do with animal protein, including colon cancer, rectal cancer, and esophageal cancer.20 Likewise, for heart disease and stroke, plant protein has a positive correlation while animal protein and fish protein have negative or nearly neutral correlations — meaning the animal - food eaters in rural China, if anything, are getting less cardiovascular disease than their more vegetarian friends.

Consuming coconut oil may help remove bacteria from the intestines as well as coat the esophageal wall, soothing reflux and aiding in the digestive process.

For me RED meat is definitely out because of all the studies linking it to bowel cancer and possibly esophageal and stomach as well.

This helps keep the fat content low, which in turn prevents the barrier between your stomach and esophagus (also known as your lower esophageal sphincter) from letting acid through.

I tried to find any reference in the published literature showing esophageal obstruction and some of the other more obscure references without luck on PubMed...... it may have indeed happen to someone somewhere but...... It should be noted that you would want to use the flax with other products and liquids as it can swell when exposed to liquids.

My husband says he will not stop his PPI as his father had GERD and died from esophageal cancer.

Those eating the most antioxidant - rich foods had half the odds of esophageal cancer, whereas practically no reduction in risk among those who used vitamin supplements, such as Vitamin C or E pills.

He learned esophageal speech then taught this method for the American Cancer Society; the same group enlisted him as an anti-smoking campaigner.

Evers, 65, has held his post as head of the Department of Public Instruction during eight years of significant transition in the state's education landscape, which began while he was still recovering from esophageal cancer.

Esophageal foreign bodies are a true emergency as they can cause severe damage to the lining of the esophagus.