| Show a brew brimming with H pylori and drank it himself! Two weeks later as expected he developed the agonizing pain of stomach ulcers His stomach contained the same amount of acid it always had but now H pylori was present His ulcers it Plii8s4 Hama responded to the old antacid treatment but the antibiotics he took eradicated the H pylori so he never developed ulcers again But even this dramatic and courageous demonstration didnt convince Barry's colleagues It took years and lots more evidence before H pylori was accepted as the underlying cause of most peptic ulcers H pylori is also thought to cause stomach cancer especially if picked up early in life If you get it as an adult its more likely to lead to ulcers than to cancer When ulcers are eradicated by anti- biotics they rarely recur So the modem effective way to manage ulcers even those caused by aspirin or other antiinflammatory drugs is to reduce the acid content of the stomach to heal the ulcers and to start a 0- - to regimen of antibiotics to get rid of H pylori In the acute stage when ulcers are hot you should avoid caffeine tobacco alcohol and aspirinlike drugs After that eat anything you like even chili peppers Forget about diets and psychiatrists Surprisingly this ulcer breakthrough has not spread like wildfire through the hallowed halls of medicine Patients with ulcers are still not being tested for H pylori as often as they should (its easily done with a breath test or a simple blood analysis) or being given antibiotics to get rid of the bacterium I still meet people w ith ulcers who are being treated for the symptoms but not the cause So here's my advice: If you have been diagnosed with ulcers and have not been tested for pylori andor had antibiotics prescribed to eradicate it remind your doctor about Barry's brimming bacterial brew II 1 14-d- hadore Rosenfeld MD is an Attending Physician at The New York Hospital and the Rossi Distinguished Professor of Clinical Medicine at The New York Hos Medicat Center He sened for years on the Practicing Physicians Advisory Council for the Secretary of Health and Human Sendees Among his g books are "The Best Treatment "Doctor What Should I Eat? and "Symptoms " His most recent book is "Dr Rosenfeld i Guide to Alternative Medicine He practices in New York City ital-Comell (sSF KOFESSDOKIAIL nM$m&nustfrDK OR GET A FREE SELF INSTALLATION KTT Now when you buy a DSS mini-dis- h system and subscribe to DIRECTV' you'll get $100 off professional installation from your participating retailer EQUIPMENT PRICES ARE AS LOW AS 1991 CET ACCESS TO MULTICHANNEL HBO STAR 21 SHOWTIME AND 18 OTHER PREMIUM MOVIE CHANNELS FROM USSB & DIRECTV! PROGRAMMING PACKAGES START AT ONLY 1999 A MONTH! SOURCE OWN THE BEST SELLING MINI-DIS31 COMMERCIAL-FRE- E Only DIRECTV H LOCAL CHANNELS ARC AN AVAILABLE WITH OFF-AI- R ANTENNA1 (THtiWn im Martietng material ana vant hated on qmqrwtoL pubtohed ietit) iwwctv SYSTEM WITH OYER 3 MILLION SOLDI CD QUALITY MUSIC CHANNELS displays artist and song titles Circuit City rggprf See a demo today at Best Buy or any other fine retailer! wwwdirectvcom DIRECTV SATELLITE TV AT ITS BEST best-sellin- PARADE MAGAZINE DECEMBER T 1897 PAGE !1 'Price are determined independently by reteiien end may very DMTtCTY OSH Also ewaieNe for epertroenbk edition end Broadcae 4 CeM Novambar 25 1090 Limned time offer tor new raw dent eubaenber who Cab etetoce aourcad from the TMewteion 4 CeWe Feet Book tteenen PuMeNnp tteMhtngton D e DSS eyetemtiwn a parttetpattng tetoftar and eign up tor Sated Onto pruyanwitog (4 '9 00) or above Ttotae not included Off wand between 1(Y1M)7 end 174418 One per nptw onoid Propemneng pricing term to ecem to vxvti end umdUhre eufctect to dwige BtoOoU reetoebon pragremmng and to order pey per new proywnreig by wnot e DtPFCTV eubecripnon ie nejuwert (except NH SUNpwgimyg DAY TICKET) end your DSS eyotem muet be centlruoueiy oonrwcted to a land baaed phone in A IS 00 order eaentenoe toe to phone to orders Mod wt eubecripbone continue automatically at i nat new-- I ntfa each year provided DECTV cartoe the earrica uniaae you cal to cancel htoa toe Pert of to saeeon Hardware and unny eniiwig arid eeparetofy CWECTV ptogremming proMOed m accordance wtto the term DnTFCTV 088 Select Choc and 'Satefft TV At ft Beet" are trade- and oondPHone of toe DIRECTV Cuetomer Agreement a copy of which ie pmvtoed wtto ycur Bret DlRFCTV bd Equipment epectocebone may vary n Electronic SUNDAY TICKET Triteis'iuoe at NFL trwtomwV h rWFCTV ie a Inc nl imR of NFl lemerwert a Com LP Commarcw Huohea nwu tre |
