News tagged with oral bacteria

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

F. nucleatum enables breaking bond on blood vessels to allow invaders in

A common oral bacteria, Fusobacterium nucleatum, acts like a key to open a door in human blood vessels and leads the way for it and other bacteria like Escherichia coli to invade the body through the blood and make people s ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Hope for powerful new C diff. treatment

MGB Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company which has licensed technology from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, is developing a powerful new antibiotic treatment for resistant infections including the deadly ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Can oral care for babies prevent future cavities?

New parents have one more reason to pay attention to the oral health of their toothless babies. A recent University of Illinois study confirms the presence of bacteria associated with early childhood caries ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Microbiologists discover how cavity-causing microbes invade heart

(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists have discovered the tool that bacteria normally found in our mouths use to invade heart tissue, causing a dangerous and sometimes lethal infection of the heart known as endocarditis. ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

That anxiety may be in your gut, not in your head

For the first time, researchers at McMaster University have conclusive evidence that bacteria residing in the gut influence brain chemistry and behaviour.

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (20) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Could there be more than lunch lurking on your retainer?

Insufficient cleaning could allow build-up of microbes on orthodontic retainers, researchers at the UCL Eastman Dental Institute have found. Dr Jonathan Pratten and colleagues looked at the types of microbes which live on ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For your teeth, Thanksgiving dinner is a real food fight

If you're lucky, it will all be kisses and hugs around the Thanksgiving dinner table, with friends and family near and dear gathered about, and puppies gathered around your feet waiting for table scraps.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Team examines how to rapily assess children's tooth decay risk

Researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University School of Dentistry have determined that ATP-driven (adenosine triphosphate-driven) bioluminescence — a way of measuring visible light generated from ATP contained in ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Even healthy pregnant women need to worry about oral bacteria

Even healthy pregnant women can be at risk for pregnancy problems caused by oral bacteria. Researchers from Case Western Reserve University began to understand which bacteria from the 700 species living in the mouth are responsible ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 10, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Give dirty mouths a brush

The human mouth is home to an estimated 800 to 1,000 different kinds of bacteria. The warm and moist environment, along with hard tooth surfaces and soft tissues, prove to be optimal factors in boosting germ growth. Many ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 13, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 21, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stopping harmful oral bacteria in its path

The best way to keep bacteria from doing any damage is to stop them in their tracks before they can start down their pathological road to destruction.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists suggest linkages between obesity and oral bacterial infection

A scientific team from The Forsyth Institute has discovered new links between certain oral bacteria and obesity. In a recent study, the researchers demonstrated that the salivary bacterial composition of overweight women ...

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created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0