News tagged with oral disease

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

US recommends routine HPV vaccination for boys

US health authorities on Friday urged all boys age 11-12 to get a routine vaccination against the most common sexually transmitted disease, human papillomavirus, or HPV.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Oral HPV infection, HPV-related cancers more common in men

Oral HPV infection is more common among men than women, explaining why men are more prone than women to develop an HPV related head and neck cancer, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | 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

IADR/AADR publish study on obesity link to periodontitis

In a study titled "MicroRNA Modulation in Obesity and Periodontitis," lead author Romina Perri, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Oral Health Institute, conducted a pilot investigation to determine whether ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NIH modifies 'VOICE' HIV prevention study in women

A large-scale clinical trial evaluating whether daily use of an oral tablet or vaginal gel containing antiretroviral drugs can prevent HIV infection in women is being modified because an interim review found that the study ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Open wide' for new stem cell potential: Stem cells of the oral mucosa stay young

While highly potent embryonic stem cells are often the subject of ethical and safety controversy, adult-derived stem cells have other problems. As we age, our stem cells are less pliant and less able to transform into the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

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

Why disparities in dental care persist for African-Americans even when they have insurance coverage

African Americans receive poorer dental care than white Americans, even when they have some dental insurance coverage. To better understand why this is so, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Penn State to help brush up oral hygiene in nursing homes

People with dementia may soon have improved oral hygiene because of a National Institutes of Health $1.4 million, four-year grant to Rita A. Jablonski, assistant professor of nursing, Penn State.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dirty mouths lead to broken hearts

Nurses who care for patients with dementia now have a tailored approach to dental hygiene for their charges, thanks to a pilot study by a team of nurses.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Newer oral contraceptive as safe for gall bladder as older birth-control pills: research

Drospirenone, the top-selling oral contraceptive marketed as Yaz or Yasmin in the U.S. and Canada, doesn't carry any more risk of gall bladder disease than the older generation of birth control pills, despite claims by some ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

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

Researchers suspect bacterial changes in mouth promote oral disease in people with HIV

Oral disease occurs commonly and progresses rapidly among people who have HIV, but the process is poorly understood. Researchers suspect that the culprit is a change in the makeup of bacterial communities that live in the ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diagnostic chip may help hearts, cut costs

Heart disease is a silent killer, but new microchip technology from Rice University is expected to advance the art of diagnosis.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0