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Tobacco firms sue FDA over cigarette labeling
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Four major U.S. tobacco companies have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), challenging the agency's new graphic cigarette warnings as an unconstitutional way of forcing tobacco manufacturers to disseminate the government's antismoking message.
August 16, 2011
New drug targets head and neck cancer
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Curis, a drug company developing next-generation targeted small-molecule drug candidates for cancer treatment, announced that the first patient has been treated in a phase I combination trial of its CUDC-101 head and neck cancer drug.
August 15, 2011
$3.2M grant targets saliva protein for HIV prevention
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded a five-year, $3.2 million grant to the New York University College of Dentistry and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey to conduct the first study to evaluate whether gp340, a protein found in saliva and other mucosal secretions, can prevent HIV transmission in vivo.
August 15, 2011
Lawsuit targets Medicare denial of dental care
By Donna Domino
A lawsuit pending in U.S. federal court seeks to overcome Medicare's resistance to providing coverage for dental services for patients with diseases such as oral cancer and Sjögren's syndrome, which often require extensive dental procedures prompted by their medical conditions and related treatments.
August 15, 2011
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Study: Menthol cigarettes tougher to quit
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
People who smoke menthol cigarettes may find it harder to quit, especially blacks and Puerto Ricans, researchers report in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
August 14, 2011
Hypnotherapy helps major league ballplayers quit tobacco
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
When San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy decided it was time to quit using chewing tobacco, he turned to a solution that worked for fellow members of the Major League Baseball team: hypnotherapy.
August 10, 2011
U.K. student gets $453K for oral cancer research
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A research project studying the impact of oral cancer on cancer survivors has secured a prestigious fellowship and funding of roughly $453,000.
August 9, 2011
Multimodality approach aids oral neoplasia detection
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
When used together, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and polarimetry offer a power diagnostic tool for the dysplasia that typically precedes squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, according to a study in the Journal of Biomedical Optics.
August 8, 2011
Music reduces cancer patients' anxiety
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Cancer patients may benefit from sessions with trained music therapists or from listening to music. A new Cochrane systematic review shows using music can reduce anxiety in cancer patients, and may also have positive effects on mood, pain, and quality of life.
August 8, 2011
Researchers ID enamel biomineralization process
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine are piecing together the process of tooth enamel biomineralization, which could lead to novel nanoscale approaches to developing biomaterials.
August 7, 2011
Early morning smoking ups head/neck cancer risk
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Smokers who tend to smoke their first cigarette soon after they wake up in the morning may have a higher risk of developing lung and head and neck cancers than smokers who refrain from lighting up right away, according to two new studies in the journal Cancer.
August 7, 2011
Sentinel node biopsy safe for head/neck cancer patients
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A common technique for determining whether melanoma has spread can be used safely and effectively even in tumors from the head and neck area, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
August 4, 2011
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