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U.K. dental charity launches oral cancer awareness month
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A U.K. oral health charity has announced the Mouth Cancer Action Month campaign, which will take place throughout November and is dedicated to raising awareness of the disease.
August 23, 2011
Cancer study tests exosome-removal device
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Aethlon Medical has entered into an agreement with the Sarcoma Oncology Center in Santa Monica, CA, to study the effectiveness of the Aethlon Hemopurifier in removing immunosuppressive exosomes from the blood of advanced-stage cancer patients, including those with head and neck cancer.
August 23, 2011
Chemists ID protein in dental biofilm bacterium
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Two chemists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered the most naturally variable protein known to date in a bacterium that is a key player in the formation of dental plaque.
August 21, 2011
OCT aids in identifying oral lesion biopsy sites
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) offers a noninvasive approach for localizing the most representative site to biopsy in a suspicious oral lesion, according to a study in Lasers in Medical Science.
August 21, 2011
DentalEZ offers free Identafi training seminars
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
DentalEZ will conduct free training seminars for customers who have purchased the Identafi oral screening device or are interested in finding out more about the Identafi.
August 18, 2011
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
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