News tagged with bleeding gums

Research finds first oral bacteria linking a mother and her stillborn baby

Yiping Han, a researcher from Department of Periodontics at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, reports the first documented link between a mother with pregnancy-associated gum disease to the death ...

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Preventing bacteria from falling in with the wrong crowd could help stop gum disease

Stripping some mouth bacteria of their access key to gangs of other pathogenic oral bacteria could help prevent gum disease and tooth loss. The study, published in the journal Microbiology suggests that t ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Injectable progesterone contraceptives may be associated with poor periodontal health

Injectable progesterone contraceptives may be associated with poor periodontal health, according to research in the Journal of Periodontology. The study found that women who are currently taking depotmedroxyprogesterone acetat ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Professional dental cleanings may reduce risk of heart attack, stroke

Professional tooth scaling was associated with fewer heart attacks and strokes in a study (Abstract 17704) from Taiwan presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2011.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Nov 13, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Lose the fat and improve the gums, dental researchers find

Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine researchers found the human body is better at fighting gum disease when fat cells, which trigger inflammation, disappear.

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created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Healthy mouth bacteria provide ideal conditions for gum disease

Normal bacteria which live in our mouths provide the catalyst for the development of gum disease, a debilitating condition which leads to painful gums and the loosening of teeth, new research from Queen Mary, ...

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created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Fruit and vegetable compound offers hope against gum disease

(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at the University of Birmingham have found that supplementing the diet with a special combination of fruit and vegetable juice powder concentrates may help to combat chronic gum disease when ...

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created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ESC calls for greater awareness of potential for adverse events from bleeding as a result of PCI

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC Working Group on Thrombosis) is calling for greater attention to be paid by health care staff to reducing bleeding in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) undergoing percutaneous ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Head and neck cancer -- what you need to know

It is estimated that 40,000 men and women in the United States will develop head and neck cancer in the coming year. Head and neck cancer involves the cells that line the mucosal surfaces or moist tissue lining in the head ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researcher sends message to postmenopausal women: 'Increase yearly dental checkups'

Postmenopausal women have a new health message to hear. Two annual dental checkups aren't enough. Older women need more, according to research findings from the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine ...

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created Mar 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New state scorecard on children's health care finds wide geographic disparities

Two years after the reauthorization and expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), a new Commonwealth Fund state-by-state scorecard evaluating how the health care system is working for children finds that ...

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