Impacting approximately one-third of the U.S. population, obesity is a significant health concern for Americans. It's a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and certain forms of cancer, and now, according to an article published in the January/February 2013 issue of General Dentistry, the peer-reviewed clinical journal of the...
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Gum Disease Found To Worsen Infection In Animal Model Of AIDS
By Jone MarkAIDS, Dentistry, gum disease, HIV
Texas Biomed scientists in San Antonio have found that moderate gum disease in an animal model exposed to an AIDS- like virus had more viral variants causing infection and greater inflammation.
Both of these features have potential negative implications in long
term disease progression, including other kinds of infections, the
researchers say in...