Treating Your Periodontal Pockets May Benefit Your Pocket Book

Treating Your Periodontal Pockets May Benefit Your Pocket Book
Prevention of periodontal diseases may lead to savings on not only dental costs, but also medical care costs. Periodontal, or gum diseases have been linked to systemic health conditions including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and respiratory problems.

MRSA In The Community: A New Threat To Children's Health?
Although hospital superbugs like MRSA -- methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- are now a widespread and recognised problem, new MRSA strains that have emerged and are spreading amongst the wider public in the USA may pose a bigger threat, according to researchers.

IOM's 10-Point Plan for More Comprehensive Cancer Care
The Institute of Medicine has outlined 10 measures for better meeting the psychological and social needs of cancer patients and their families.

Cause Of Watermelon Vine Decline Identified
With popular and nutritious watermelon now battling a new plague called watermelon vine decline, scientists are trying to pinpoint the cause of the disease and find ways to control it. A crippling plant disease, watermelon vine decline has made a serious economic impact since first being seen in Florida in May 2003. So far, it has been limited to the Sunshine State, but growers fear it could spread anywhere watermelons are commercially grown.

Key Genetic Trigger Of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Identified
A gene called N-Myc leads a double life in certain white blood cells, helping to trigger a cancer called acute myeloid leukemia (AML) under some conditions while triggering apoptosis, or cell suicide, under other conditions, according to results of a mouse study.

Nuclear Energy Research Moves Toward Greater Reliance On Computer Simulation
The Argonne National Laboratory is taking its nuclear energy research into new territory -- virtual territory that is. With the recent arrival of the new IBM Blue Gene/P and the lab's development of advanced computer models, Argonne has a critical role in making it possible to burn repeatedly nuclear fuel that now sits as waste, thus closing the nuclear fuel cycle and reducing the risk of nuclear proliferation.