Where Dentistry Meets Advanced Inflammation Testing
Inflammation is the key cause for most of our serious chronic diseases—cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cerebrovascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and Alzheimer’s disease, to name a few—and…
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Diagnosing Alzheimer’s: New Blood Test Suggests Possible Breakthrough
Diagnosing Alzheimer’s: New Blood Test Suggests Possible Breakthrough (via PRWeb) A new blood test that has the potential to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease in an individual…
Heart Disease & Alzheimer’s Connected?
There is a significant connection between heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease, according to findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers concluded,…
Oral Inflammation: The Secret to Better Health & Improved Outcomes
Let’s face it. At this point, everybody knows and understands that inflammation is bad. You’d be hard pressed to go a single day without seeing…
How a Healthy Mouth Can Save You Thousands on Healthcare Costs
Periodontal therapy drastically reduces healthcare costs for people with chronic medical conditions and pregnancy, according to a new study by researchers with United Concordia. The…
What Really Causes Heart Disease
When you think of heart disease, you probably think of a cross-section of a heart valve that’s lined with cholesterol. Why, then, do 50% of…
Sabotage: How P. Gingivalis Hijacks the Immune System
An oral pathogen is capable of sabotaging the immune system to promote inflammation for its own survival, according to a 2010 study in Science Signaling….
Low Cholesterol = Healthy Heart?
A 2012 study released in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that America’s collective cholesterol levels are going down. The study, which focused…
Perio Disease & Endothelial Function Have Researchers Seeing Red
In a study entitled Biomarkers of cardiovascular disease are increased in untreated chronic periodontitis: a case control study, published in the Australian Dental Journal, researchers examined the…
Inflammation Testing Proving Valuable Predictor of Cardiac Risk for Corporate Wellness Programs
Cleveland HeartLab CEO to present findings at Health & Wellness Congress http://www.clevelandheartlab.com/. (PRNewsFoto/Cleveland HeartLab Inc.) CLEVELAND, Feb. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Leading companies are increasingly recognizing that traditional…