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Study takes a closer look at the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on dental hygienists

Despite having been designated as high risk for COVID-19 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a new study finds 3.1 percent of dental hygienists have had COVID-19 based on data collected in October 2020.

24 Feb 2021

Study: Abundance of iron can drive cancer cell death in neuroblastoma

Neuroblastoma is a cancer that develops in nerve tissue, most commonly in the glands around the kidneys. The gene MYCN is overexpressed in 20-25% of neuroblastoma, and MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma contributes to a considerable percentage of pediatric cancer-related deaths.

24 Feb 2021

Study reports a positive link between social vulnerability and COVID-19 incidence

An LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health study reports a positive association between social vulnerability and COVID-19 incidence at the census tract level and recommends that more resources be allocated to socially vulnerable populations to reduce the incidence of COVID-19.

23 Feb 2021

Limiting the release of fat into the bloodstream during heart failure could help improve outcomes

University of Alberta researchers have found that limiting the amount of fat the body releases into the bloodstream from fat cells during heart failure could help improve outcomes for patients.

23 Feb 2021

One in five adults suffers from dental anxiety or phobia in Sweden

In Sweden, approximately one in five adults suffers from dental anxiety or phobia. The number has decreased over time, but still, an important part of the population has major problems, according to a recent doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg.

22 Feb 2021

Salt reduction program will lead to health benefits, cost savings by 2050

England's salt reduction programme will have led to nearly 200,000 fewer adults developing heart disease and £1.64 billion of healthcare cost savings by 2050, according to research by Queen Mary University of London.

22 Feb 2021

Psychosocial factors may contribute to dropout of patients from peritoneal dialysis

A retrospective study conducted by LSU Health New Orleans reports that contrary to previous research, most patients who drop out of peritoneal dialysis may do so for psychosocial reasons.

20 Feb 2021

Study: Patients should be assessed for frailty before considering multiple surgeries

Patients should be assessed for frailty before having many types of surgery, even if the surgery is considered low risk, a review of two national patient databases shows.

18 Feb 2021

Gait variability could help diagnose different types of dementia, Alzheimer's disease

Canadian researchers are the first to study how different patterns in the way older adults walk could more accurately diagnose different types of dementia and identify Alzheimer's disease.

16 Feb 2021

New research yields potential drug target against HIV

Humans possess a formidable multi-layered defense system that protects us against viral infections. Better understanding of these defenses and the tricks that viruses use to evade them could open novel avenues for treating viral infections and possibly other diseases.

11 Feb 2021

Breastfeeding women produce COVID-19 antibodies that neutralize the virus

Breastfeeding women with COVID-19 do not pass along the SARS-CoV-2 virus in their milk but do transfer milk-borne antibodies that are able to neutralize the virus, a multi-institutional team of researchers led by the University of Idaho reported.

11 Feb 2021

Assistant professor from University of Tennessee receives $1.9 million for retinal research

Thirumalini Vaithianathan, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Addiction Science, and Toxicology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has spent a decade studying molecular signaling involved in vision. She has just received $1.9 million from the National Eye Institute for her project titled, "Dynamics of calcium signals control neurotransmitter release in retinal ribbon Synapses".

5 Feb 2021

Dialysis patients are 4 times more likely to die from COVID-19

People undergoing long-term dialysis are almost 4 times more likely to die from COVID-19 and should be prioritized for vaccination, found a new Ontario study published in CMAJ.

4 Feb 2021

Reducing barriers in cancer care for LGBTQ2SPIA+ patients

In an upcoming issue of the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, published by Elsevier, undergraduate researchers from the University of Alberta's Radiation Therapy Program in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry describe how LGBTQ2SPIA+ patients face unique cancer risks, including fear of discrimination, higher incidence of certain cancer sites, and lower screening rates, resulting in more cancers detected at later stages.

2 Feb 2021

Decision-support tool may help clinicians to appropriately treat children with diarrhea

A decision-support tool that could be accessed via mobile devices may help clinicians in lower-resource settings avoid unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions for children with diarrhea, a study published today in eLife shows.

2 Feb 2021

NYU Dentistry researcher receives NIH grant to study mitochondrial permeability transition

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded NYU College of Dentistry's Evgeny Pavlov a grant to study a phenomenon called mitochondrial permeability transition, one of the central causes of tissue damage during stroke and heart attack.

1 Feb 2021

Bleeding of the gums associated with low vitamin C levels

Current advice from the America Dental Association tells you that if your gums bleed, make sure you are brushing and flossing twice a day because it could be a sign of gingivitis, an early stage of periodontal disease.

1 Feb 2021

UTHSC professor wins grant to explore poverty-health link in primary care delivery

Shelley White-Means, PhD, a professor of health economics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, is the principal investigator of a $298,368 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to examine whether health outcomes for low-income individuals will improve if primary care delivery focuses not only on physical and mental health, but also on the effects of poverty.

27 Jan 2021

New study provides both good and bad news about transient ischemic attacks

Study findings released Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) hold both good news and bad news about transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), which are harbingers of subsequent strokes.

27 Jan 2021

Study sheds new light on digital contact tracing to control the spread of COVID-19

An international research collaboration, involving scientists from the UK, US and Spain, has shed new light on the usefulness of digital contact tracing (DCT) to control the spread of Covid-19.

27 Jan 2021

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Latest Dentistry News and Research

Study takes a closer look at the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on dental hygienists

Study: Abundance of iron can drive cancer cell death in neuroblastoma

Study reports a positive link between social vulnerability and COVID-19 incidence

Limiting the release of fat into the bloodstream during heart failure could help improve outcomes

One in five adults suffers from dental anxiety or phobia in Sweden

Salt reduction program will lead to health benefits, cost savings by 2050

Psychosocial factors may contribute to dropout of patients from peritoneal dialysis

Study: Patients should be assessed for frailty before considering multiple surgeries

Gait variability could help diagnose different types of dementia, Alzheimer's disease

New research yields potential drug target against HIV

Breastfeeding women produce COVID-19 antibodies that neutralize the virus

Assistant professor from University of Tennessee receives $1.9 million for retinal research

Dialysis patients are 4 times more likely to die from COVID-19

Reducing barriers in cancer care for LGBTQ2SPIA+ patients

Decision-support tool may help clinicians to appropriately treat children with diarrhea

NYU Dentistry researcher receives NIH grant to study mitochondrial permeability transition

Bleeding of the gums associated with low vitamin C levels

UTHSC professor wins grant to explore poverty-health link in primary care delivery

New study provides both good and bad news about transient ischemic attacks

Study sheds new light on digital contact tracing to control the spread of COVID-19

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