Oral Cancer: Page 82

Oral cancer complications boost treatment costs
By Donna Domino
Patients with oral cancer who are hospitalized have higher mortality rates and incur significantly higher hospitalization charges when they have medical complications, according to a new study in Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology.
November 24, 2011
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Case Western gets $3.8M for sleep apnea, heart study
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a $3.8 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to study sleep apnea as a possible cause of atrial fibrillation, the most commonly diagnosed type of arrhythmia.
November 22, 2011
Major League Baseball limits smokeless tobacco use
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Limits on smokeless tobacco use included in the new Major League Baseball contract represent a historic first step to protect the health of big league players and millions of young fans who look up to them.
November 21, 2011
U.S. oral cancer deaths decline; education a factor
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Mortality rates for U.S. patients with oral and pharyngeal cancer decreased from 1993 to 2007, according to a study in the Archives of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery.
November 21, 2011
Modern diet has prompted many orthodontic issues
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Many of the common orthodontic problems experienced by people in industrialized nations are due to their soft modern diet causing the mandible to grow too short and small relative to the size of their teeth, according to new research.
November 21, 2011
Researchers use NIH grant to study Sjögren's causes
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers at the Georgia Health Sciences University are using a $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to identify what causes Sjögren's syndrome.
November 20, 2011
Dental antismoking campaign deemed a success
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A joint campaign by the Academy of General Dentistry and the North American Center for Continuing Medical Education showed that dental professionals helped smokers to stop, but also found that more therapeutic strategies are needed.
November 20, 2011
Global oral cancer rates to rise 63% by 2030
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organization, predicts that more than 790,000 people worldwide will be diagnosed with oral cancer by 2030, an increase of more than 63% compared with 2008.
November 17, 2011
Oral bacteria linked with pneumonia risk
By Rabia Mughal
Oral microbiota could play a role in identifying patients at risk for healthcare-associated pneumonia, according to a study presented at the recent Infectious Diseases Society of America annual meeting in Boston.
November 17, 2011
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Colgate donates $100K to Stop Diabetes campaign
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Colgate Total is donating $100,000 to the American Diabetes Association to support Stop Diabetes, a movement created to help educate and increase awareness of the link between oral health and diabetes.
November 14, 2011
Researchers ID virus that causes salivary gland cancer
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Cytomegalovirus has been confirmed as a cause of the most common salivary gland cancers.
November 14, 2011
Chemoradiation aids laryngeal cancer patients
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Chemoradiation for patients with stage-four laryngeal cancer appears to be an effective and reasonable treatment option, according to a study in Head & Neck.
November 13, 2011
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