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DrBicuspid.com Oral Cancer & Diagnostics Insider
By Donna Domino
March 30, 2011
Aspen Dental spotlights Oral Cancer Awareness Month
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
In recognition of April as Oral Cancer Awareness Month, more than 285 Aspen Dental practices in 22 states will donate $5 from every Vizilite Plus screening conducted during Oral Cancer Awareness Screening Week, April 11-15, to the Oral Cancer Foundation.
March 30, 2011
'Dissolvable' tobacco products have oral risks
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dissolvable tobacco products developed as "pop-into-the-mouth" replacements for cigarettes have the potential to cause oral diseases and other problems, according to a study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
March 29, 2011
Health officials call on baseball groups to ban tobacco
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
With opening day of the 2011 Major League Baseball season set for March 24, public health officials in 15 U.S. cities are calling on Commissioner Bud Selig and the Major League Baseball Players Association to ban tobacco use by players, managers, coaches, and other staff at major league ballparks.
March 28, 2011
Vt. dentists fight proposed tax; is oral pain a cancer clue?
By Kathy Kincade
March 27, 2011
Mouth pain may herald oral cancer onset
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In comparison with other patients, those with oral cancer report significant levels of spontaneous pain and functional restriction from pain, researchers report in a March 9 online paper in Pain.
March 27, 2011
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Salivary biomarkers can help ID tongue cancer
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Salivary biomarkers could improve early detection of squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, which has one of the poorest prognoses of head and neck cancers, according to a study in Oral Oncology.
March 24, 2011
NIH awards $2M grant for oral mucositis treatment
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Biotech firm Synedgen has been awarded a $1.96 million phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to accelerate the development of Synedgen's proprietary oral disease treatments.
March 22, 2011
FDA panel urges end to menthol cigarettes
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Finding that the availability of menthol cigarettes increases the number of children and African Americans who smoke, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee on March 18 concluded that "removal of menthol cigarettes from the marketplace would benefit public health in the United States."
March 21, 2011
Specific protein linked to head and neck cancers
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The discovery that a certain protein is overexpressed in patients with oral cancer may give new treatment hope to people suffering from forms of head and neck cancer, according to the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.
March 20, 2011
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Orthodontist cleared in oral cancer patient's death
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A New York orthodontist who was sued following the death of a patient who developed tongue cancer has been found not guilty of negligence, according to a story in the Staten Island Advance.
March 20, 2011
HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancers on the rise
By Donna Domino
HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer rates are increasing, especially among younger patients, according to research presented last week at the International Association for Dental Research meeting in San Diego.
March 20, 2011
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