News tagged with oral disease


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.

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

Inner weapons against allergies: Gut bacteria control allergic diseases

When poet Walt Whitman wrote that we "contain multitudes," he was speaking metaphorically, but he was correct in the literal sense. Every human being carries over 100 trillion individual bacterial cells within ...

Immunology created Mar 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Breast milk kills HIV and blocks its oral transmission in humanized mouse

More than 15 percent of new HIV infections occur in children. Without treatment, only 65 percent of HIV-infected children will live until their first birthday, and fewer than half will make it to the age of ...

HIV & AIDS created Jun 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pot smoking linked to some metabolic changes

(HealthDay)—Regularly smoking pot is associated with visceral adiposity and adipose tissue insulin resistance, but not other metabolic changes such as impaired β-cell function or hepatic steatosis, according ...

Diabetes created Apr 19, 2013 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

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 ...

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

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 ...

Cancer created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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.

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

Dentists play key role in detecting oral cancer

(HealthDay) -- Not only do regular dental exams help keep your teeth and gums healthy, they can help detect oral cancer, the Academy of General Dentistry says.

Cancer created Apr 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers find joint failures potentially linked to oral bacteria

The culprit behind a failed hip or knee replacements might be found in the mouth. DNA testing of bacteria from the fluid that lubricates hip and knee joints had bacteria with the same DNA as the plaque from patients with ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Common acne medication doubles risk of eye infection

Millions of teenagers suffer from acne, and they deal with the embarrassing skin blemishes by taking popular prescription medications such as Accutane or Roaccutane. Now, however, research from Tel Aviv University shows that ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gonorrhea resistant to all but one antibiotic: CDC

(HealthDay) -- With options shrinking to a single antibiotic that can fight resistant strains of gonorrhea, U.S. health authorities issued revised guidelines for treating the sexually transmitted bacteria ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Two-thirds of U.S. youth have had oral sex, CDC reports

(HealthDay) -- Two-thirds of Americans aged 15 to 24 have engaged in oral sex, according to a broad new survey of young people's sexual habits.

Health created Aug 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 6

Evidence that new biomimetic controlled-release capsules may help in gum disease

Scientists are trying to open a new front in the battle against gum disease, the leading cause of tooth loss in adults and sometimes termed the most serious oral health problem of the 21st century. They described another tr ...

Dentistry created Aug 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New evidence on easing inflammation of brain cells for Alzheimer's disease

New research proves the validity of one of the most promising approaches for combating Alzheimer's disease (AD) with medicines that treat not just some of the symptoms, but actually stop or prevent the disease ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cancer kills less in US, but prevention lacking

Fewer people are dying from cancer in the United States, but a government report published Monday warned that a lack of preventative measures could stem a steady decline in mortality rates.

Cancer created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0