Tagged: Helicobacter pylori

Casting a long shadow: Infection drives stomach cancer inequalities in Māori and Pacific peoples - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Nov 28, 2016 •

• bacteria,
• cancer,
• gastric cancer,
• health inequalities,
• Helicobacter pylori,
• inequality,
• Maori,
• Pacific,
• stomach cancer

By Dr Andrea Teng, Prof Tony Blakely, Prof Michael Baker, Prof Diana Sarfati In this Blog we discuss our recently published study that shows that infection from the bacteria Helicobacter pylori is the major driver of stomach cancer inequalities borne by Māori and Pacific peoples in NZ. We also discuss a possible next step which could be for one DHB … Read More

Did Ötzi have a tummy bug? - BioBlog

Alison Campbell • Jan 08, 2016 •

• caveman,
• Helicobacter pylori,
• Otzi,
• tummy bug

Well, probably not1, in the sense that most would place on the term ‘tummy bug’ (where a close proximity to the toilet is a Good Thing), but it turns out that he did have some rather interesting intestinal bacteria. Ötzi is perhaps better known as the ‘Iceman’, who died around 5,300 years ago in the Otztai Alps of the Italian … Read More