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Study: Limited radiation to salivary glands is safe for HNC
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Avoiding the contralateral submandibular gland during radiation therapy is feasible and safe with advanced stage, node-positive head and neck cancers and base of tongue lesions, and can decrease the side effect of dry mouth for patients, according to a study presented February 20 at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium.
February 19, 2014
FDA's antismoking campaign shows graphic oral health 'costs'
By Rabia Mughal
The FDA's first-ever public health education campaign to prevent and reduce tobacco use among at-risk young people ages 12 to 17 graphically depicts the oral health consequences of smoking.
February 12, 2014
2013 09 11 10 25 42 925 No Smoking 200
Millennium Medical set to distribute OralCDx
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Millennium Medical Devices is set to begin its rollout and distribution of the OralCDx brush biopsy test kit.
February 11, 2014
Health coaching helps diabetes patients improve oral health
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have helped a large group of patients with diabetes improve their oral health by using health coaching.
February 10, 2014
AADR praises CVS for ceasing tobacco sales
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The American Association for Dental Research (AADR) is applauding CVS for being the first national pharmacy chain to cease the sale of tobacco in its stores.
February 6, 2014
FDA launches youth tobacco prevention campaign
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is launching a national public education campaign targeting at-risk youths ages 12 to 17 with "real cost" messages about the consequences of tobacco use.
February 5, 2014
Pap test effective for oral cancer screening in India
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Screening for oral cancer with the Pap test is an effective, noninvasive method to spot the disease, according to study by Indian researchers.
February 3, 2014
New oral cancer saliva test could reduce false-positive results
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry have discovered a new saliva test for oral cancer that could reduce false-positive results.
January 30, 2014
Diabetes screening; report on underserved populations; and the father of army dentistry
By Tony Edwards
January 28, 2014
Study: Dental setting useful in early detection of diabetes
By Rabia Mughal
There is a lot of supportive literature on screening dental patients for conditions such as hypertension and cholesterol, and now a new field trial has found that the dental setting can play an important role in identifying patients who may have diabetes or prediabetes.
January 28, 2014
2013 05 02 13 20 25 544 Diabetes 200
Protein test may predict head/neck cancer survival
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A simple protein test could be more useful in predicting survival chances for patients with head and neck cancer compared with existing methods, according a recent study in Clinical Oncology.
January 26, 2014
New genetic screening technique finds 7 genes for HNC
By Donna Domino
Researchers using a new genetic screening technique have found seven new tumor-suppressor genes in head and neck cancer whose role in cancer was previously unknown, according to a new study in Science.
January 26, 2014
2014 01 24 17 08 42 520 2014 01 27 Hnc Genes 20140125002040
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