STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Australians Barry J. Marshall and Robin Warren won the 2005 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for showing that bacterial infection, not stress, was to blame for painful ulcers in the stomach and intestine.

Courtesy- www.nobelprize.org

as a lay person reading the report, i thought about something which is probably wacky.
what if stress leads to larger release of peptic juices (which we know occurs), creating more conducive conditions for bacteria to fester? just wondering if there are any medical doctors out there who might have an insight into this. then, the scientific contribution of the aussie docs would be the link between stress and ulcers......

Zalim, I do agree with you.

I think "Stress" is a triggering agent, not only for peptic ulcer but for many diseases which have been baffling for many scientists for ages.