Two-year-olds with larger oral vocabularies enter kindergarten better prepared
Children with better academic and behavioral functioning when they start kindergarten often have better educational and societal opportunities as they grow up. For instance, children entering...
View ArticleOral contraceptives may impact aspects of arthritis in women
New research indicates that use of oral contraceptives may provide benefits for women with inflammatory arthritis.
View ArticlePakistan launches new polio vaccine, aims for 2016 wipeout
Pakistan on Thursday formally launched an injectable polio vaccine, an important step to accelerate its polio eradication campaign as the authorities vowed to wipe out the disease by 2016.
View ArticleThe killer fungus that lives in your mouth
On hearing the word "fungi" most people will probably think of pizza al funghi or a portobello mushroom burger. Incidentally, roughly half of the people salivating about these dishes will also carry a...
View ArticleResearchers identify signature of microbiomes associated with schizophrenia
In the most comprehensive study to date, researchers at the George Washington University have identified a potential link between microbes (viruses, bacteria and fungi) in the throat and schizophrenia....
View ArticleResearchers test Ebola vaccine for wild apes
Amid promising reports of effective Ebola vaccines for humans, a vaccine that could potentially protect endangered wild apes from deadly infectious diseases, including the Ebola virus, is being tested...
View ArticleBrazil's national oral health policy—an example for other nations
Today, the International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) published a Discovery! article titled "10 Years of a National Oral Health Policy in Brazil: Innovation, Boldness and...
View ArticleCould oral contraceptives help ease rheumatoid arthritis?
(HealthDay)—Oral contraceptives—also known as birth control pills—may ease pain and improve functioning in women with rheumatoid arthritis, a small German study suggests.
View ArticleLow bleeding and stroke rates in AF patients given rivaroxaban for stroke...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) patients treated with rivaroxaban for stroke prevention have low rates of bleeding and stroke, reveals real-world data from the XANTUS study presented at ESC Congress today....
View ArticleWhy do certain hormonal contraceptives increase the risk of HIV?
In recent years, evidence has been building that injectable contraceptive depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (Depo-Provera or DMPA) is associated with an increased risk of HIV infection. Now a study...
View ArticleAn app twice a day keeps the dentist away
Research published in the British Dental Journal shows that Brush DJ, an app designed to encourage youngsters to adopt and maintain an effective oral health care routine using evidence-based...
View ArticleResearcher has pioneered the use of laser technology to noninvasively detect...
Ever since her student days in the dental clinic at Guy's Hospital in London, Dr. Petra Wilder-Smith has been looking for ways to do things differently.
View ArticleCells transplanted from mouth can be used to treat illnesses causing blindness
Researchers at the University of Oslo have made discoveries that can have great consequences for the treatment of blindness caused by so-called limbal stem cell deficiency.
View ArticleSupervised tooth brushing and floride varnish schemes benefit kids and the...
Action to prevent tooth decay in children, such as supervised tooth brushing and fluoride varnish schemes, are not just beneficial to children's oral health but could also result in cost savings to the...
View ArticleDental caries prevention breakthrough
A new way to preserve caries-infected teeth and prolong the life of dental fillings has been developed at the University of Otago.
View ArticleTracing the triggers of late-onset Alzheimer's
In a sprawling review of more than 200 articles examining the suggested link between infections of the mouth and Alzheimer's disease (AD), two researchers—one, an original mapper of the oral...
View ArticleBirth control pills pose small but significant stroke risk
Birth control pills cause a small but significant increase in the risk of the most common type of stroke, according to a comprehensive report in the journal MedLink Neurology.
View ArticleSpironolactone seems effective for female pattern hair loss
(HealthDay)—Spironolactone may be an effective treatment for female pattern hair loss (FPHL), especially among patients with signs of hyperandrogenism, according to a study published in the October...
View ArticleMany people are forced to travel miles to get oral care—or forgo it
Low-income adults and children who are able to see a dentist at the same location as their primary care doctor are more likely to get dental care, yet almost three out of five community health clinics...
View ArticleStudy finds many AFib patients are not properly assessed for stroke and...
Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) have an increased risk for stroke and are often prescribed oral anticoagulation (OAC) therapy. OAC therapy can prevent disastrous strokes, but at the expense of...
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