| What Is A Dental Abscess? What Causes Dental Abscesses?
A dental abscess, or tooth abscess, is an accumulation of pus that forms inside the teeth or gums. The abscess typically originates from a bacterial infection, often one that has...
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| Variation In Bacterial Populations From Person To Person Surprises Researchers
A team of US scientists that has developed the first map of bacterial diversity across nearly 30 sites of the human body from hair, to ears, nostrils, mouth, armpits, intestines,...
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| Kellogg To Stop Immunity Claims On Rice Krispies, US
Kellogg , the global cereal and convenience food producer based in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA, has announced it is going to stop putting claims on its US packets of Rice...
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| What Is Graves' Disease? What Causes Graves' Disease?
Graves' disease is an autoimmune disease in which the patient's own immune system attacks the thyroid gland, causing it to produce too much thyroxine. Thyroxine (T4) is a hormone produced...
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| Less Brain Injury For Infants Starved Of Oxygen At Birth With Therapeutic Cooling And Accurate MRI Prognosis (TOBY Trial)
An article published Online First and in the January edition of The Lancet Neurology reports that MRI scans on infants who's brains were oxygen deprived can predict with 80 percent...
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| Children's Asthma Risk Linked To Folic Acid Supplements During Late Pregnancy, Australian Study
Researchers in Australia have identified a link between allergic asthma in 3 to 5 year-old children and exposure to folic acid that their birth mothers took as supplements during late...
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| Cat Had 2009 H1N1 Swine Flu Say US Officials
Animal health officials in the US have confirmed that a cat has tested positive for 2009 H1N1 swine flu virus, and while this is the first report of a cat...
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| Green Tea Shows Promise As Reducer Of Oral Cancer Risk In Trial
A new study led by US researchers suggests that green tea extract may be a promsing agent for preventing oral cancer in patients with a pre-malignant condition known as oral...
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| What Is Exophthalmos? What Causes Exophthalmos?
Exophthalmos, or exophthalmia, is a protruding eyeball anteriorly out of the orbit (eye socket). The Greek word ophthalmos means "eye" and the Greek word ex means "out". Exophthalmos can be...
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| Cost Savings And Decreased Radiation Exposure With On-Demand Chest Radiographs For Mechanically Ventilated Patients
An article published Online First and in a future edition of The Lancet reports that when on-demand radiographs are dictated by the patient's clinical status, the number of radiographs carried...
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