Study tests oral insulin to prevent type 1 diabetes
...rs are testing whether an insulin capsule taken by mouth once a day can prevent or delay type 1 diabetes in a specific group of people at risk for the disease. An earlier trial suggested that oral insulin might delay type 1 diabetes for about four years in some people with islet cell autoantibodies in th...... into RAW risk analysis resources used in foot and mouth disease research being undertaken at one of the other centers, the Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense, (FAZD), located at Texas A&M, and will be reaching out to the other 6 centers for subject matter. The system, says Orosz, "it...New system for reporting toxicity burden of cancer treatment
...he adverse events focused on in the study included mouth sores, skin reactions, swallowing difficulty, nausea, and blood counts. The TAME system focuses on consolidating clinically meaningful events that have high symptom burden or that might compromise the delivery of treatment. TAME values are presente...Dentists need more training in oral cancer detection
... survival rate for oral cancer. Symptoms include a mouth sore that fails to heal or that bleeds easily; a white or red patch in the mouth that may not be painful but will not go away; a lump, thickening or soreness in the mouth, throat or...Endoscopic procedures advance physician knowledge and patient care
...n endoscope through a natural orifice, such as the mouth or anus, then making an internal incision in the stomach, colon, bladder or vagina, thus avoiding external incisions or scarring. Since its introduction in 2004, many physicians have tested this concept to determine its strengths, weaknesses and pot...Chronic gum disease associated with tongue cancer
...iodontitis was assessed in panoramic X-rays of the mouth by calculating the amount of bone loss in the tooth cavities (alveoli), an established measure of the diseases history and progression. "The mean [average] alveolar bone loss was significantly higher in cancer cases compared with controls (4.21 vs...Researchers begin randomized double-blind trial of airway bypass treatment for emphysema
...ician advances a flexible bronchoscope through the mouth into the airways. There the physician creates new small pathways and places an Exhale Drug-Eluting Stent manufactured by Broncus Technologies, Inc. - to allow the trapped air in the lung to escape. The study will determine if patients experience an...Students devise oral quick-dissolve strips for rotavirus vaccine
A thin strip that dissolves in the mouth like a popular breath-freshener could someday provide life-saving rotavirus vaccine to infants in impoverished areas. The innovative drug-delivery system was developed by Johns Hopkins undergraduate biomedical engineering students. During a two-sem...Swedish snus much safer than smoking but linked to pancreatic cancer
...tobacco. Snus causes no increased risk for lung or mouth cancer for never-smokers and could produce a net health benefit to the population if smokers switched to using it. But users of Snus are twice as likely to contract pancreatic cancer than never-smokers. The findings are revealed in two Articles publ...Exercise science principles strengthen swallowing rehabilitation
...s can help restore this fundamental function using mouth and throat muscles. Because swallowing muscles are...e, developed by Atos Medical in Sweden, to improve mouth opening. The device holds the jaw in position while the patient places his tongue at the roof of the...Clinical studies evaluate potential treatments for mouth ulcers
...ave limited benefit in the first-line treatment of mouth ulcers due to recurrent apthous stomatitis, accord...e effective in patients with another ulcer-causing mouth disease, oral erosive lichen planus. Mouth ulcers are among the most common oral health problems, ...'The eyes have it' -- Autism research yields surprising results
...emed particularly reliant on the eyes and also the mouth when making mentalistic inferences. "The conclus...op screen. In the facial images used, the eyes and mouth were either freeze-framed in a neutral expression, or animated and expressive. By showing a sequence...EVEREST data on use of tolvaptan published in JAMA and featured at ACC
... adverse events associated with tolvaptan were dry mouth and thirst, which are consistent with the pharmaco...s. placebo (n equal to 0); (p equal to 0.02). Dry mouth resulted in discontinuation in 4 tolvaptan patients vs. 0 placebo patients (p equal to 0.12). Hyper...CankerMelts patches reduce pain and speed resolution of canker sores
...us ulcers) are painful recurring ulcers inside the mouth that afflict 60 million Americans. They are not vi...shown that stress, family history, and cuts in the mouth (like those caused by braces or accidental bites) are indirect causes. Diet may be a factor for som...Baum to receive IADR Oral Medicine & Pathology Award
...the first research clinic in the US focused on dry mouth as a significant clinical problem, and their studies from 1982 to the early 1990s established the importance of a complaint of xerostomia, the parameters defining the adequacy of normal human saliva production, how to evaluate a complaint of xerostom...Study tests oral insulin to prevent type 1 diabetes
...rs are testing whether an insulin capsule taken by mouth once a day can prevent or delay diabetes in a specific group of people at risk for type 1 diabetes. An earlier trial suggested that oral insulin might delay type 1 diabetes for about four years in some people with autoantibodies to insulin in their ...Oral wounds heal slower in women, older adults, study finds
Wounds in the mouth heal more slowly in women and older adults, a new ...y. "We discovered that, regardless of age, men's mouth wounds heal faster than women's." Older women were at the highest risk for delayed healing, their ...New screening process helps better diagnose oral cancers
...amined by their doctor for suspicious areas in the mouth and throat area. Doctors in this study wanted to test the value of two diagnostic aids in evaluating lesions in the oral cavity. Chemiluminescent light, or brand name Vizilite and toluidine blue, a pharmaceutical grade dye, were used in addition to t...Cyclic vomiting syndrome: Recurring and unexplained episodes destroy teeth
...cence. With regard to oral health, CVS affects the mouth and teeth in similar ways to diseases associated with chronic vomiting, such as bulimia, gastritis, or peritonitis, and can cause tooth sensitivity and erosion, caries, periodontal disease, xerostomia, salivary gland enlargement, and trauma to the or...Swishing once a day with mouthrinse poses no harm to dental work
...d water for 10 days. The materials were placed in mouth guards that had three holes, each of which contain...torative material, and volunteer patients wore the mouth guards 12 hours per day for 10 days. The patients rinsed twice daily with a commercial mouthrinse a...