Sentences with phrase «precancerous condition in»

Mitchell Katz, MD, the director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health and author of an editorial accompanying the studies, estimates that 30 % to 40 % of the people who take proton pump inhibitors need them for health problems such as ulcers and Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous condition in which the lining of the esophagus is damaged by excess stomach acid.

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The bacterial load in fly intestines had increased dramatically with age, causing an inflammatory condition and production of free radicals that can lead to a precancerous state.
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