News tagged with oral


Research Shows Overweight Patients More Challenging to Sedate

Research Shows Overweight Patients More Challenging to Sedate

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Patients with higher body mass indexes are more challenging to sedate, according to results found by a University of Cincinnati (UC) researcher studying data from common oral surgeries.


Countries slow to use lifesaving diarrhea treatments for children

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Despite evidence that low-cost diarrhea treatments such as lower osmolarity oral rehydration salts (ORS) and zinc supplements could drastically reduce the number of deaths among children, little progress has been made in ...


Unnatural selection: Birth control pills may alter choice of partners

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 21

There is no doubt that modern contraception has enabled women to have unprecedented control over their own fertility. However, is it possible that the use of oral contraceptives is interfering with a woman's ability to choose, ...


Iron regulates the TLR4 inflammatory signaling pathway

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Iron is a micronutrient essential to the survival of both humans and disease-causing microbes. Changes in iron levels therefore affect the severity of infectious diseases. For example, individuals with mutations in their ...


Body's immune system response to dental plaque varies by gender and race

Body's immune system response to dental plaque varies by gender and race

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Will neglecting to brush your teeth damage more than just your smile? Can failing to attack dental plaque increase your risk of heart damage?


New device could more effectively alleviate menstrual cramp pain

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

While most women experience minor pain during menstruation, for others, the pain can be severe enough to interfere with everyday activities and require medication. New research to be presented at the 2009 American Association ...


Clinical trial of antiretroviral-based HIV prevention strategies for women now under way

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new, large-scale clinical trial is examining whether antiretroviral medications normally used to treat HIV infection can also prevent HIV infection in women when applied as a vaginal gel or taken as oral tablets once daily.


Distribution of antibiotic for eye disease linked to low death risk among Ethiopian children

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children in Ethiopia who received the antibiotic azithromycin as a method for controlling the contagious eye disease trachoma had a lower odds of death compared to children who did not receive the antibiotic, according to ...


MicroRNA in human saliva may help diagnose oral cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers continue to add to the diagnostic alphabet of saliva by identifying the presence of at least 50 microRNAs that could aid in the detection of oral cancer, according to a report in Clinical Cancer Research, a jour ...


Vet scientists' work on diagnostic, intervention tools for H1N1 helps human health lab, too

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

If some day you are tested for the H1N1 virus without the painful prick of a needle, thank a pig -- and a team of Kansas State University researchers and their collaborators who are connecting animal and human health.


Interactive asthma education program reduces need for emergency care and steroid use in children

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Education on asthma management in children delivered in small, interactive groups improved asthma outcomes and the overall care of children with asthma, found researchers in a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Jo ...


New no-needle approach to prevent blood clots

New no-needle approach to prevent blood clots

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The dean of the University of Oklahoma College of Public Health and a team of scientists worldwide have found a better way to prevent deadly blood clots after joint replacement surgery - a major problem that ...


British boozing blamed for rise in oral cancer rates

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Britain has seen an "alarming" growth in oral cancer rates for people in their 40s, largely due to rising alcohol consumption, a leading British charity warned Tuesday.


Clotting in veins close to skin may be associated with more dangerous deep-vein blood clots

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

About one-fourth of patients with superficial vein thrombosis—clotting in blood vessels close to the skin—also may have the life-threatening condition deep vein thrombosis, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of ...


Drug resistance fears over killer fungal disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Treatments for the most common airborne fungal disease are proving less effective due to increased resistance to the anti-fungal drugs used to combat infections.