gastric

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One of GLP-1's key roles is slowing gastric emptying, which helps regulate blood sugar and contributes to weight loss.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

She became unwell on 11 October with gastric symptoms - and while running to the bathroom to be sick the next day she slipped on water leaking from a fridge and broke her leg.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

AstraZeneca AZN 0.11%increase; green up pointing triangle said it received European Union approval for its Imfinzi drug as a treatment for early-stage gastric and gastroesophageal cancers in combination with standard-of-care chemotherapy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Procedures such as gastric bands lead to similar reductions in appetite and food intake.

From Science Daily • Feb. 4, 2026

That some viewer will be relieved of his gastric pains just as a television evangelist calls out the symptoms is considerably more likely than that a particular viewer will be.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos