Helicobacter Pylori Combined With A High-Salt Diet Increases Risk Of Cancer

Numerous epidemiologic studies have shown that a diet high in salt is associated with an increased risk of gastric cancer. Now Timothy L. Cover and colleagues of Vanderbilt University show that high dietary salt combined with infection by the ulcer-causing bacterium Helicobacter pylori greatly increases the risk of cancer. The study was published ahead of print in the journal Infection and Immunity. In the study, the researchers infected Mongolian gerbils with H. pylori. One set of gerbils received a regular diet; the other, a high salt diet...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - Category: Consumer Health News Tags: GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Source Type: news