Medical News Today: Health News for Saturday 17 October 2009

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Saturday 17 October 2009

What Is Gum Disease? What Is Gingivitis? What Causes Gingivitis?

Written by Christian Nordqvist

A mild form of gum disease with inflammation of the gum is called gingivitis. Gum disease is also known as periodontal disease. As gingivitis is usually very mild; many people may have it and not know...
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Scientists Demonstrate Link Between Genetic Defect And Brain Changes In Schizophrenia
For decades, scientists have thought the faulty neural wiring that predisposes individuals to behavioral disorders like autism and psychiatric diseases like schizophrenia must occur during development...
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Physicians Urge Pregnant Women To Get H1N1 Vaccine, Protect Themselves And Baby From Potential Deadly Threat
Pregnant women in the U.S. infected with the novel H1N1 influenza A virus have died at a rate six times higher than the general population. With flu season upon us, that mortality rate may escalate, so UMDNJ physicians...
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Other Medical and Health News for 17 October*

News In Red And Blue: How Messages About Social Factors And Health Can Backfire

Researcher Wins $2.4M In Grants To Pursue Early Detection Of Autism

Fabled "Vegetable Lamb" Plant Contains Potential Treatment For Osteoporosis

Mobile Tour To Provide Prescription Help To The Uninsured In Charleston, S.C.

FDA Issues Another Emergency Use Authorization For Commercial H1N1 Flu Test To Quest Diagnostics' Focus Diagnostics

Breast Cancer Survivors And Patients Encouraged To Have Medical History Readily Available

National Institutes Of Health Award Clemson $9.3 Million For Tissue Regeneration Center

Novel HIV Drug To Be Studied In Cell Cultures And Patients

Concordia University To Build Innovative Centre For Health Research And Training

Concordia University To Construct New Building For Genomics Research

Biomedical Research Centre Searches For Immunological Biomarkers

MSU Becoming Center Of Excellence For Parkinson's Research

Miriam Hospital Researcher Receives More Than $12 Million To Study Weight Control

Elsevier's Brainnavigator Research Tool To Launch New Features At Neuroscience 2009 Show

EPIX Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Approval Of A Physician-Sponsored IND For Fourth 6-month Open Label Extension Of PRX-03140 For Alzheimer's Disease

Wound Management Technologies Announces Clinical Study Presentation Of CellerateRx(R) Technology At Leading Skin And Wound Care Conference

MedImmune To Present Data On RSV And Influenza At 2009 American Academy Of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition

Growing Up With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Health Care Spending Increases For Middle Age Americans

How Medical Center Research Led To New Cervical Cancer Vaccine

Where There's Smoke, There May Be Health Risks

Tradis Technique Tackles Typhoid: First High-throughput Functional Analysis Of Every Salmonella Typhi Gene

University Of The Basque Country Study On Proteins Related To Alzheimer

Trial Raises Doubts Over Alternative Pain Therapy For Arthritis

Be Overweight And Live Longer

The State University Of New York Launches H1N1 Pandemic Flu Strategy

Super Sticky Barnacle Glue Cures Like Blood Clots

Penn Study Finds Loss Of Tumor-Suppressor And DNA-Maintenance Proteins Causes Tissue Demise

Misuse Of Antibiotics Not The Only Cause Of Resistance

Cell Growth Abnormalities Predisposing People To Cancer Show Up In Cultured Skin Cells

Revealing The Food-Energy Cellular Connection

Evaluation Of The Cost Effectiveness Of Implantable Blood Pressure Device

Need For Government Intervention To Reduce Socio-Economic Disparities In Health Receives Public Support

Making Difficult Intubations Easier

Theory On Protective Effect Of Being Warm-Blooded Offered By Einstein Research

Assembly Line Gears In Ribosomes Visualized By Scientists

Findings About Veracity Of Peripheral Vision Could Lead To Better Robotic Eyes

Dismantling The Powerhouses In Cells

Potential For Universal Vaccines From Bug Barcode Readers

New Method Proposed To Calculate Reduction In Road Accident Deaths

Protein Receptor For Carbonation Taste Discovered By Scientists

Scientists Give Flies False Memories

Fox Chase Researchers Uncover Process That Determines The Fate Of White Blood Cells

In Shaping Our Immune Systems, Some 'Friendly' Bacteria May Play Inordinate Role

DFG Research Centre For 'Renewable Therapies' To Be Funded For A Further 4 Years

Big Study Of Young Brains Funded By Stimulus Grant Of Nearly $9 Million To UC San Diego

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