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Keep smiling: Collagen matrix promotes gum healing around exposed roots

Receding gums often result in tooth sensitivity and can lead to decay of the root and persistent inflammation of the gum. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Head & Face Medicine demonstrates that a ...

Inflammatory disorders created Mar 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Many asthmatics do well on food-allergy tests, study finds

(HealthDay) -- People with asthma fare better on a type of food-allergy test called a "food challenge" than non-asthmatics, new research suggests.

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Heavy kids may not respond as well to asthma meds

(HealthDay) -- Overweight children may not respond as well to common asthma medicines known as inhaled corticosteroids, new research finds.

Inflammatory disorders created Mar 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mouse study suggests vitamin E may weaken bones

(HealthDay) -- Vitamin E may stimulate cells that result in bone loss, a new study suggests.

Medical research created Mar 04, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Research shows brain more flexible, trainable than previously thought

Opening the door to the development of thought-controlled prosthetic devices to help people with spinal cord injuries, amputations and other impairments, neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, ...

Neuroscience created Mar 04, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Scientists shed light on how liver repairs itself

Scientists have shed light on how the liver repairs itself with research that could help develop drugs to treat liver disease.

Medical research created Mar 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Taiwan official quits over 'bird flu cover-up'

A top Taiwan agriculture official stepped down Sunday amid allegations he covered up bird flu outbreaks, a day after authorities said they had culled thousands of chickens.

Other created Mar 04, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Typhoid cases soar in Zimbabwe

Some 3,000 cases of typhoid have been reported in Zimbabwe's capital of Harare since the first case was detected in a working-class suburb in January, state media reported on Sunday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0