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Preventing tooth decay at school

America's oral health is getting a boost from a nation-wide effort to prevent tooth decay among school children. Oral Health America is working with community dental sealant programs to deliver one million sealants by 2010 to children at risk for tooth decay. Today the organization announced that over 600,000 teeth have been sealed so far. [click link for full article] (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Gene-hunting facility funded by federal ‘genes and environment’ grant

Johns Hopkins' McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine is one of two gene-hunting facilities in the nation to win a new $11.7 million four-year federal grant to rigorously sort out how such environmental factors as diet, exercise, stress and addictions interact with people's individual genetic makeup to affect their risk for disorders as wide-ranging as cancer, diabetes, tooth decay and heart disease. [click link for full article] (Source: Genetics News From Medical News Today)

Wrigley sugarfree gum gets seal of acceptance from us dentists

The American Dental Association (ADA), an organization that represents over 155,000 dentists in the US, has awarded the ADA Seal of Acceptance to three brands of sugar free chewing gum made by Wrigley because clinical tests have shown they help to prevent tooth decay, reduce plaque acid and strengthen teeth. [click link for full article] (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Minority, poor children in connecticut have worse oral health than whites; increased access to dental services needed, advocates say

Minority children in Connecticut experience severe tooth decay at twice the rate of white children, and poor children -- regardless of race or ethnicity -- are three times more likely to have multiple cavities by third grade than those from families with higher incomes, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Connecticut Department of Public Health, the Hartford Courant reports. [click link for full article] (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Minority, poor children in connecticut have worse oral health than whites; increased access to dental services needed, advocates say

Minority children in Connecticut experience severe tooth decay at twice the rate of white children, and poor children -- regardless of race or ethnicity -- are three times more likely to have multiple cavities by third grade than those from families with higher incomes, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Connecticut Department of Public Health, the (Source: kaisernetwork.org: Health Policy Daily Report)

Cranberry juice– a well-characterized folk-remedy against bacterial urinary tract infection.

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Cranberry juice-- a well-characterized folk-remedy against bacterial urinary tract infection.

Wien Med Wochenschr. 2007;157(13-14):325-30

Authors: Nowack R

Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) is a North-American folk remedy for treating and preventing infection. Research has identified an anti-adhesive mechanism of cranberry-proanthocyanidins that inhibit docking of bacteria on tissues "in vitro". This efficacy mechanism can be traced in the patient's urine following oral intake of cranberry juice. The efficacy of cranberry juice and extracts as a prophylactic agent against recurrent urinary infections is well documented in women. The anti-adhesion effect of cranberry-proanthocyandins can also be applied for treatment of other common diseases of bacterial pathogenesis, e.g. Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis and dental caries/periodontal disease.

PMID: 17704981 [PubMed - in process]

(Source: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift)