Periodontal disease associated with kidney disease
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NEW YORK  - Gum disease -- also referred to as periodontal disease -- and the loss of teeth are nontraditional risk factors that are independently associated with chronic kidney disease, according to the results of a new study.
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MONDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) -- Uninsured Americans or those with certain types of public health insurance are more likely to have oral or breast cancer diagnosed at an advanced stage, compared to people with private insurance whose disease is caught earlier.
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NEW YORK  - Although obesity increases the risk of developing kidney cancer, patients with greater body mass index (BMI) seem to have less aggressive disease, according to researchers. BMI, the ratio of weight to height, is a common means of estimating whether someone is overweight or underweight.
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NEW YORK  - Bacteria in dental plaque can  cause hospital-acquired pneumonia in elderly nursing home  residents, according to a report in the medical journal Chest.
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Bad breath can be one of the most embarrassing problems for individuals suffering from it as well as the people subjected to it and now a dentist at the Sapir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, Israel, has found a new laser treatment to fight a particular kind
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NEW YORK  - Young adults who lose their teeth to cavities or gum disease may have an increased risk of dying from heart disease later in life, a new study suggests.
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WEDNESDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging can identify an aggressive form of kidney cancer and may eliminate the need for biopsy in some patients, U.S. researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - In patients with type 2 diabetes, a decrease in hemoglobin (Hb) is insidious and occurs predominantly in older people with chronic kidney disease and damaged large blood vessels, research suggests.
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Adults with type 1 diabetes who  are obese, especially those who carry excess weight around the  middle, are at increased risk for developing kidney disease, a  study shows.
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By Ed Edelson    New study strengthens connection between two organ ailments    HealthDayNews -- A new blood test could provide the quick, easy marker of kidney function that cardiologists need to assess patients being treated for heart attacks or other serious coronary events, Swedish researchers report.    The test measures blood levels of cystatin C, a molecule that is produced by most cells and is filtered out of the blood by the kidneys...
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Adding etidronate to calcium and vitamin D therapy is not necessary in the treatment of bone loss in patients with Crohn's disease, results of a new study indicate. "The addition of the bone-building drug etidronate adds no additional advantage," Dr. Richard N. Fedorak told Reuters Health.
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People with more bacteria in their  mouths also have more evidence of heart disease, researchers  said on Monday in a study strengthening the evidence for a link  between gum disease and heart disease.
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Measuring levels of antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) help predict future disease activity in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis, Swedish researchers report in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
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Better oral hygiene, including good regular toothbrushing, may lessen nursing home residents' chances of developing pneumonia, according to a study which traced germs from dental plaque to the lungs of patients with the potentially fatal illness.
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NEW YORK  - Recent studies suggest that the incidence of kidney stones is increasing, both in the U.S. and worldwide, and data compiled by researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, suggest that diabetes may be a predisposing factor, particularly for kidney stones composed of uric acid.
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Dental health is particularly important for people with diabetes, new findings indicate.
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The risk of developing a type of kidney cancer, renal cell carcinoma, is directly related to body mass index (BMI) and to the increase in BMI since age 20, according to the findings from two new European ...