PHOENIX -- Patients with head and neck cancer had substantial sparing of oral mucosa when they used custom-made dental stents to shield normal tissue from radiation therapy, data from a small clinical series showed.
Gum disease may rely as much on "healthy" oral flora as it does on known bacterial pathogens, and there are new findings on the premature aging disease, progeria, in this week's Lab Notes.
Researchers have identified a candidate gene that appears to be linked to herpes simplex labialis -- the crusty and painful outbreaks associated with herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) activation.
Patients who resisted dental procedures because of anxiety successfully received treatment after five minutes of acupuncture, a small case series showed.
WASHINGTON -- Although the healthcare reform measures working their way through Congress promise some improvement to the nation's teeth, the American Dental Association (ADA) hasn't signed on because neither increases Medicaid reimbursment rates, a spokesman for the group said.
SAARBRUECKEN, Germany -- Among antidepressant drugs, low-dose tricyclics showed the best efficacy against fibromyalgia symptoms, although long-term data were lacking, researchers here found in a meta-analysis.
BALTIMORE -- Boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may be less likely than girls to overcome abnormalities in motor function as they get older, researchers here said.
BOSTON -- Most children starting stimulant drug therapy for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder don't need the ECG screening the American Heart Association recently suggested, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
KENMORE, Wash. -- For attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, St John's wort was a bust in improving symptoms in an eight-week randomized trial involving children and adolescents.ALL
DALLAS -- Periodontitis and human papillomavirus may work together to increase the risk of tongue cancer, according to findings of a case-control study.