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FDA approves 1st HPV test for primary cervical cancer screening
By Donna Domino
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test for women 25 and older that can be used to determine whether these women should have additional diagnostic testing for cervical cancer. The test can also provide information about a patient's risk for developing cervical cancer in the future.
April 27, 2014
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Vitamin D during pregnancy strengthens babies' teeth
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Women with low levels of vitamin D during pregnancy are linked to a higher risk of caries in the teeth of their babies, according to a new study in Pediatrics.
April 21, 2014
ADA offers oral pathologist app
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The ADA is offering a new oral pathologist app to help dentists diagnose lesions, papules, nodules, ulcers, vesicles, and other oral pathology conditions.
April 17, 2014
Researchers further understanding of dental bone diseases
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The authors of new review published in the Journal of Dental Research hope to increase the understanding of dental, oral, and craniofacial manifestations of rare bone diseases and improve the ability to diagnose and treat these conditions. They identify four physiologic processes that cause these diseases and detail their dental manifestations.
April 16, 2014
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New method helps study how oral immune cells fight diseases
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers have found a new, less invasive method to extract single, rare immune cells from the mouth to study how the mouth's natural defenses ward off infection and inflammation.
April 15, 2014
6 signs of stress to be aware of in patients
By Leslie Townsend, DDS
As a dental professional, you recognize that dental visits may be stressful for patients and try to alleviate that stress. But you also need to recognize signs of chronic stress in patients, because the symptoms can first appear in their mouths, according to Dr. Leslie Townsend. She presents six common signs that may indicate your patients are stressed-out.
April 15, 2014
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Immunovaccine's DepoVax to be used in vaccine trial for HNC
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Immunovaccine announced that its DepoVax adjuvanting technology will underlie the design of a new cancer vaccine trial for the treatment of head and neck cancer (HNC).
April 10, 2014
Study: 4 proteins may lead to improved HNC treatment
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
A quartet of proteins that play critical roles in cell replication, cell death, and DNA repair could lead to better targets for therapy against head and neck squamous cell cancers that are resistant to treatment, according to a study presented at this week's American Association for Cancer Research meeting.
April 10, 2014
Study: Periodontal disease linked with cardiovascular risk
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Should dental health now be considered a marker of coronary heart disease? Periodontal disease was associated with cardiovascular risk in a large multicenter study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
April 10, 2014
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Prognosis of HPV-positive tumors in HNC varies
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Patients with throat cancer who are positive for the human papillomavirus (HPV) have a good prognosis, but until now the effect of being HPV-positive on the prognosis of other head and neck cancers (HNC) was unknown.
April 7, 2014
Gene changes may be responsible for recurrent HNC
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Gene alterations may be responsible for recurrent head and neck cancer (HNC) in some patients, and an existing cancer drug may be an effective treatment, according to research presented at this week's American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting.
April 6, 2014
New biomarker linked to better outcomes of HNC
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Researchers have identified a new biomarker linked to better outcomes in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) and non-small cell lung cancer, according to a new study in Cancer.
April 1, 2014
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