HEALTH BRIEFS

Salt may cause ulcers<br>H pylori, the bug that causes stomach ulcers, may become more active when exposed to high concentrations of salt, a US team of researchers has said. The researchers said salt was linked to gastric cancer. H pylori lives in the stomach and accounts for up to 90% of duodenal

Salt may cause ulcers
H pylori, the bug that causes stomach ulcers, may become more active when exposed to high concentrations of salt, a US team of researchers has said. The researchers said salt was linked to gastric cancer. H pylori lives in the stomach and accounts for up to 90% of duodenal ulcers and up to 80% of gastric ulcers.

Grow iron-rich plants
Swiss scientists have recommended growing iron-rich plants like wheat, greens, or rice, as the best way to combat iron deficiencies. “Iron deficiency has substantial health and economic costs, including poor pregnancy outcome, impaired school performance and decreased productivity,” researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich