Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 14th 2017
Fight Aging! provides a weekly digest of news and commentary for thousands of subscribers interested in the latest longevity science: progress towards the medical control of aging in order to prevent age-related frailty, suffering, and disease, as well as improvements in the present understanding of what works and what doesn't work when it comes to extending healthy life. Expect to see summaries of recent advances in medical research, news from the scientific community, advocacy and fundraising initiatives to help speed work on the repair and reversal of aging, links to online resources, and much more.
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Source: Fight Aging! - August 13, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Smokeless Tobacco Company Admits that Its Products Cause Oral Cancer
In its defense of a lawsuit brought by the family of former San Diego Padres great Tony Gwynn who died of oral cancer in 2014, the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company hasadmitted that its products cause oral cancer and that the public was widely aware of it, to the extent that it was " obvious. "As reported byUSA Today: " The U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company has filed a response to the family of deceased baseball legend Tony Gwynn, saying that Gwynn was warned about the alleged risks of using smokeless tobacco and that such risks are “commonly known” but Gwynn accepted them anyway. ... “Plaintiffs (the Gwynns) are barred fr...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - May 4, 2017 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, March 27th 2017
In conclusion, DNAm of multiple disease-related genes are strongly linked to mortality outcomes.
The recently established epigenetic clock (DNAm age) has received growing attention as an increasing number of studies have uncovered it to be a proxy of biological ageing and thus potentially providing a measure for assessing health and mortality. Intriguingly, we targeted mortality-related DNAm changes and did not find any overlap with previously established CpGs that are used to determine the DNAm age. Our findings are in line with evidence, suggesting that DNAm involved in ageing or health-related outcomes are mostly...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 26, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Mock Test 4
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Source: Cardiophile MD - January 18, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis, MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Featured Source Type: blogs
NYU Researchers Develop New Assessment Tool to Combat Oral-Systemic Disease Across the Lifespan
The Interprofessional Oral Health Grant Team Challenges the Medical Profession to “Put the Mouth Back in the Head” in the American Journal of Public HealthImproving oral health is a leading population health goal; however, curricula preparing health professionals have a dearth of oral health content and clinical experiences. Funded by a grant from the Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA), New York University College of Nursing’s (NYUCN) Teaching Oral-Systemic Health (TOSH) Program is working to build interprofessional oral health workforce capacity which addresses a significant public health i...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - January 26, 2015 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
Curt Schilling Announces He is a Victim of Oral Cancer from Smokeless Tobacco: Time for MLB to Ban the Stuff
This summer, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling announced that he had undergone treatment for oral cancer, which he clearly attributes to this 30-year history of smokeless tobacco use (he was not a smoker). According to an article at MLB News:"Curt Schilling said Wednesday that he believes his use of smokeless tobacco led to oral cancer that required radiation and chemotherapy. Schilling revealed the type of cancer he had while speaking on WEEI Radio during the Boston station's annual fund-raising broadcast for the Jimmy Fund. "I do believe without a doubt, unquestionably, that chewing is what gave me cancer,...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - October 1, 2014 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs
Byproducts of bacteria-causing gum disease incite oral cancer growth, study shows
X. Yu, A.-M. Shahir, J. Sha, Z. Feng, B. Eapen, S. Nithianantham, B. Das, J. Karn, A. Weinberg, N. F. Bissada, F. Ye. Short Chain Fatty Acids From Periodontal Pathogens Suppress HDACs, EZH2, and SUV39H1 to Promote Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Replication. Journal of Virology, 2014; DOI: 10.1128/JVI.03326-13 Researchers from Case Western Reserve University have discovered how byproducts in the form of small fatty acids from two bacteria prevalent in gum disease incite the growth of deadly Kaposi's sarcoma-related (KS) lesions and tumors in the mouth. The discovery could lead to early saliva testing for ...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - March 6, 2014 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
Cellular signals between pancreatic cancer tumors and saliva support validity of salivary diagnostics
This study was funded in part by Public Health Service grants R01DE17170, UH2/UH3 TR000923 and T32DE07296, and SOD Faculty Seed Grants from the UCLA School of Dentistry (441901-69749-FWEIFY11DR).Role of Pancreatic Cancer-derived Exosomes in Salivary Biomarker Development The Journal of Biological Chemistry doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.452458 September 13, 2013. University of California - Los Angeles (Source: Dental Technology Blog)
Source: Dental Technology Blog - October 16, 2013 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
HPV infection linked to poor oral health, say cancer prevention researchers
Infection with oral human papillomavirus (HPV) - a main cause of throat cancer - could be linked to poor oral health, including gum disease, according to a study published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research. Researchers from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houston analyzed data from the 2009-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which was carried out by the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Some 3,439 participants were included in the data, aged between 30 and 69 years. Participants were chosen based on...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - September 3, 2013 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
Michael Douglas got throat cancer from oral sex. Really?
Guess what. It’s might be true. How can this be? It turns out that about one-third or perhaps more of throat cancers (specifically called oropharyngeal – referring to the back of the mouth and the throat) are associated with an infection called human papilloma virus or HPV. HPV is a common sexually transmitted (by the standard way) infection that affects most women at some time in their lives and is the major, maybe only, cause of cervical cancer. That is why we have developed vaccines for this virus to give to girls before they become sexually active. If every young woman were vaccinated before becoming sexually acti...
Source: Dr.Kattlove's Cancer Blog - July 26, 2013 Category: Oncologists Source Type: blogs
How to reduce the risk of oral cancer
The fact that cunnilingus increases a man’s risk of developing oral cancer has been all over the Internet recently with Michael Douglas’ disclosure that he had an HPV-positive tumor.
To recap: some strains of human papilloma virus (HPV) are oncogenic, meaning they induce changes in a cell’s DNA that can lead to cancer. The same strains of HPV that are oncogenic in the genital tract for women, causing both cervical cancer and anal cancer, can also wreak havoc on cells in the oral cavity. As an aside, HPV can also cause anal cancer for men.
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 21, 2013 Category: Family Physicians Tags: Conditions Infectious disease OB/GYN Source Type: blogs
OralCDx Places Oral Cancer on Short List of Preventable Diseases
Oral Cancer Awareness Week: A Disease That is Rapidly Growing Among Women, Young People and Non-Smokers 4 billion mathematical operations per second used to analyze each of the 100,000 cells painlessly obtained from the mouth of one patient. Over 500,000 patients already tested by primary care physicians, ENTs and dentists. 50,000 precancerous abnormalities found. 2,000 lives saved. Oral cancer has met its match. Oral Cancer Awareness Week was created by people who saw the anguish that oral cancer can cause and refused to give up. This week is in memory of all those who have suffered and died from...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - April 16, 2013 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
Annual Report to the Nation on Cancer Trends: Cancer Deaths Continue to Fall, But We Can Do Better
This report comes out every year. It is a summation of what we know about the trends in incidence rates for the most common cancers in the United States among both men and women as well as the trends in death rates from those cancers that lead to the highest mortality in the general population as well as specific ethnic groups. It is in a real sense a report card on our progress, which in large part is good but in a number of cancers, not so good.
The good news is what we have come to expect: since the year 2000, the overall cancer death rates have continued to decline 1.8% per year in men, 1.4% in women and 0.6% per year ...
Source: Dr. Len's Cancer Blog - January 7, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Dr. Len Tags: Access to care Breast Cancer Cancer Care Cervical Cancer Colon Cancer Early detection Lung Cancer Other cancers Prevention Prostate Cancer Rectal Cancer Research Screening Tobacco Treatment Vaccines Source Type: blogs
