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Sunlight For Healthy Gums And Teeth

...light is an important factor in the maintenance of oral health. "Calcium and vitamin D are important to oral health," observed study author Charles F. Hildebolt, D.D.S., Ph.D., associate professor of radiology...

The Falling Sperm Count In Men

...ow getting slowly polluted more so by women taking oral contraceptive pills. These are excreted in the urine and increase the level of estrogen in the water. This in turn when ingested increases its level in the blood and causes problem with male fertility. The synthetic contraceptives are more difficult...

Role Of Tobacco In Development Of Oral Cancer And Heart Disease

... that it would be focusing on the relation between oral health, tobacco use, and heart disease during this...e single biggest risk factor in the development of oral cancer. Smoking increases the chances of developing cancer up to four times more than not smoking. T...

Bifidogenic Growth Stimulator: A Non-Toxic Way To Treat Ulcerative Colitis

...ool samples. Results from the study indicate that oral BGS resulted in clinical and endoscopic improvemen... require dietary restrictions. Thus, oral BGS therapy may represent a non-toxic way to treat ulcerative colitis. However, the authors warn tha...

Novel drug holds promise for treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

...e. The drug would have to administered through the oral route as the immune set up in the gut has the potential to educate the body to view a protein as one that isn’t dangerous or foreign. DnaJP1 was found effective in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Healt...

Acute Toxicity Of Nano-Scale Zinc Powder: Severe Renal Damage And Anemia

...found in nutritional supplements, acute, high-dose oral exposure to zinc and its compounds generally resul...nducted in China to evaluate the acute toxicity of oral exposure to nanoscale zinc powder in mice. The healthy adult male and female mice were gastrointes...

Flossing everyday keeps tooth decay away

...24 hours to break up plaque is imperative for good oral health," said Gordon Isbell, DMD, MAGD, spokesperson for the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD). Flossing regularly also keeps the surfaces of the teeth that are inaccessible to a toothbrush clean. It also prevents the accumulation of plaque and debr...

Development of kidney disease in adults with pre-diabetes

...udinal study. Subjects free of CKD were given an oral glucose tolerance test, and followed for an average of 7 years for development of CKD. Multivariable logistic regression models, adjusted for cardiovascular disease risk factors including age, sex, hypertension, smoking, BMI, total and HDL cholestero...

The ideal composition of intravenous lipid emulsion

... of a correctly functioning gut precludes complete oral or enteral nutrient provision. As a consequence, the intravenous route assumes a greater importance for the provision of energy substrates, amino acids and micronutrients. Reliance on glucose as the main provider of energy to patients requiring intra...

Rural India shows apathy towards dental problems: Survey

...toothpaste available in the market, //the level of oral hygiene awareness was surprisingly low. Almost 60 ...entist in their life. The survey notes that poor oral hygiene practices are resulting in a myriad of dental problems across the country especially in the ...

Association Of Breast Arterial Calcifications With Diabetes And Hypertension

...were coded. Patients who had been using insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents were included in the diabetic ...hypertensive group. Diabetes was defined as use of oral hypoglycemic agents or insulin and hypertension was defined as use of antihypertensive agents. The...

Glimepiride in the medical management of Type 2 diabetes

... of Type 2 diabetes. The sulfonylureas, the first oral agents introduced for the management of Type 2 diabetes, are effective, well-tolerated, and well-established drugs; Second-generation sulfonylureas are now widely used in the management of Type 2 diabetes. The most recent addition, glimepiride, can b...

Vegetarian Food may protect against cancer

...fection of the mouth which may lead to stomach and oral cancers. An other study has shown that the chemicals in the sprouts have found to be effective in reducing the incidence of stomach cancers and skin cancer. Large number of recent research has focused on the use of cabbage which is found to have an...

Acute Gastroenteritis Responds To Treatment With Either Gatorade Or Pedialyte

...at Gatorade and Pedialyte are equally effective as oral rehydration salts in children suffering from and v...is and administered Gatorade, Pedialyte or another oral rehydration solution containing carbohydrates, sodium and potassium for 2 days. Out of the 61 childr...

Discovery of a built-in 'fat sensor'

...om this study demonstrate that CD36 is involved in oral LCFA detection and raise the possibility that an alteration in the lingual fat perception may be linked to feeding dysregulation. The sense of taste informs the organism about the quality of ingested food. It is widely accepted that human taste bud...

Enzyme Linked To Spread Of Skin Cancer

...he eye, prostate, thyroid, colorectal, ovarian and oral cancers. Angela R. Hess, a research scientist at Children's Memorial Research Center in the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and lead author of the current study says that the main aim of the study was to understand the role pla...

Colgate To Develop Anti-Cancer Toothpastes And Mouthwashes

...o an alliance with Introgen Therapeutics to market oral health care formulations specifically designed to fight against pre-cancerous //conditions in the oral cavity as well as oral cancer. Towards this end Colgate purchased $20 million of Introgen shares w...

Oral Edible vaccine for Allergy Vaccines

...ay cause anaphylactic reactions. This new edible oral vaccine contains only part of the allergen in comparison to traditional injections and therefore it reduces the risk of anaphylactic reactions caused by injection vaccines. Professor Hidenori Takagi, Co-author of the new vaccine developed said, Plan...

Nine Major Culprits For Tooth Loss Identified By Researchers

...king, lack of professional maintenance, inadequate oral hygiene, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, rheumato...ent compliance with maintenance therapy and proper oral hygiene measures. Periodontal disease is one of the main causes of tooth loss worldwide and is the...

Hookah And The Gums: A Dangerous Mix

... disease and are equally devastating as far as the oral hygiene is concerned. The article notes that the hookah has become pretty popular in Mediterranean restaurants, cafes and bars. It warns that the impact of the water pipe is largely similar to that of cigarettes. In the study, it was found that per...

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