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Wiping Out
Stomach Bug Improves Cholesterol Level
(NY, Reuters Health, 2/18/04)
Dr. Hubert Scharnagl, of the University of Graz in Austria,
and team, monitored the cholesterol levels of 87 subjects who
were being treated for intestinal ulcers with drugs that fight
Helicobacter pylori. The researchers found that the
eradication of the H pylori bacteria was associated with
significant increases in patients' blood levels of HDL, the
“good” cholesterol.
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