Dental Caries An Indicator Of Heart Disease
In a recent study, a poor oral health diagnosis was a stronger predictor of heart... or high triglycerides. Researchers compared the oral health data of 256 cardiac patients to 250 non-cardiac patients with similar demographic characteris...Gel Offers A More Targeted Approach
...njections.Scientists in India have developed a new oral gel that is able to deliver // drugs to manage dis...e hydrogel system so it can be modified to produce oral pills....Eliminating Eye Infection With Antibiotics
...ere the infection is endemic to be treated with an oral dose of azithromycin. Researchers treated nearly 98 percent of the people living in the community with the medication or, if they could not tolerate the drug, with a tetracycline eye ointment. Researchers measured results over the next two years by t...Eliminating Eye Infection With Antibiotics
...ere the infection is endemic to be treated with an oral dose of azithromycin. Researchers treated nearly 98 percent of the people living in the community with the medication or, if they could not tolerate the drug, with a tetracycline eye ointment. Researchers measured results over the next two years by t...The Effectiveness Of NSAIDs Evaluated
...ion as serious adverse effects are associated with oral NSAIDs, they recommend only limited use ....Green Tea Might Help Patients With Prostate Cancer
...he tumor. Research done in the past shows that an oral dose of green tea achievable in humans resulted in significant inhibition of prostate cancer and progression of the disease. Prostate cancer usually strikes older men, thus researchers believe substances such as green tea that are capable of holding ...Preventing Bone Metastasis In Patients With Breast Cancer
...received standard therapy plus 1,600 milligrams of oral clodronate a day or a placebo for five years. Res...ess likely to need bone surgery.Those treated with oral clodronate also had a 2.5-year increase in survival compared to those on placebo. Patients treated w...New Drug Shows Significant Improvement In HIV-related Heart Condition
Latest research has shown that treatment with the oral drug bosentan (Tracleer) has led to significant improvements in an often fatal disease, pulmonary arterial hypertension ( PAH) // . PAH is usually linked with human immunodeficiency virus infection. HIV infection is believed to cause the overproduct...Home-based Treatment For Eczema More Effective Compared To Hospital Care
...e saying that hospital-administered bath PUVA with oral PUVA at home, both had a similar decrease in hand eczema score clinical improvement at the end of treatment....Arithmetic Skills Found To Diminish With Progression Of Alzheimer’s Disease
... elderly people. All of the participants underwent oral and written arithmetic tests. Patients with mild ...icantly below the healthy participants on both the oral and written tests. The patients with moderate Alzheimer’s disease performed worse than those with mi...The Use Of Oral Steroids For Muscular Dystrophy Questioned
...ho have Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) with the oral steroid prednisone is probably a good idea say researchers // despite the side effects of the drug . Most patients with this form of muscular dystrophy die in their late teens or early 20s from respiratory failure or heart problems. Despite the benef...Blood Thinning Medication Could Prevent Strokes
...uaemin) overlapped with and followed by long-term, oral anticoagulation therapy such as warfarin. Warfarin is given orally but is associated with unpredictable responses, and continued monitoring and adjustments are therefore necessary. Researchers found ximelagatran was as effective as enoxaparin/warfari...Effective Treatment Option For Dehydrated Kids
... evaluate the two methods patients received either oral rehydration therapy or intravenous fluid therapy. At the end of the trial researchers found oral rehydration therapy is as effective as intravenous fluid therapy for rehydration of moderately dehyd...Neglected Gum Disease Could Increase Risk Of Heart Attack and Stroke
...that causes periodontal disease and not with other oral bacteria. Researchers confirmed their finding by a...are preventable and treatable, taking care of ones oral health could have a significant impact on ones cardiovascular health....Doctors warned of fluoride toxicity
...ile prescribing fluoride dosage //to patients with oral problems. High concentrations of fluoride dosage are often prescribed to patients to check caries, especially those suffering from mouth cancer. In the recent issue of JADA, authors Frederick C. Eichmiller, Naomi Eidelman, and Clifton M. Carey have...Herb Found To Be Effective In Controlling Blood Sugar Levels
...similar to the effects that see with prescription oral medications for people with diabetes. Though the results of the study indicates a positive finding researchers say further studies should be done to look at the effects of salacia oblonga in people with diabetes....Should we avoid energy drinks to protect our teeth?
...ks and energy drinks may just be sacrificing their oral health for sake of athletic achievements. //According to a study published in the January issue of Journal General Dentistry, most harm caused to the dental enamel is caused by bottled lemonade, sports drinks and energy drinks. At times the damage ca...Oral examination may not predict relationship between snoring and sleep disturbance
Recent studies have shown that oral examination may not foretell much relation to snor...en concludes that medical history of the patients, oral examination or any such factors cannot be used, either singularly or in conjunction, to predict patt...Futuristic devices are here to take care of dental problems
...nvention is also one of the largest exhibitions of oral care products in North America. The showcase of p...utomation that will take patient history, diagnose oral problems and provide the latest technological tools to guide the dentist in his treatment. A showca......itis with atherosclerosis to preeclampsia. Such an oral condition happens due to high blood pressure and s...reatment of such a condition might be checking for oral health and removing periodontitis as a preventive measure to reduce the occurrence of preeclampsia i...