Scientists from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have studied bacteria commonly found in severe oral infections. Their research aims to help us understand how these bacteria may be connected to ...

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In recent years, medical research has increasingly confirmed what dental professionals have long suspected — the health of your mouth is deeply connected to the health of your entire body.

indicates that it could root from a bacterial gum infection. A team of researchers led by senior author Jan Potempa, a ...

Apical periodontitis, a chronic and hard-to-treat dental infection, affects more than half of the population worldwide and is ...

This is more likely to occur in women who experience chronic UTIs, especially those who are postmenopausal. Bacteria such as E. coli can easily enter the urinary tract through the urethra, which is ...

Discover the common causes of white tongue coating from poor hygiene to fungal infections, plus when this seemingly harmless ...

Medically reviewed by Jurairat J. Molina, MD Chronic rhinosinusitis is inflammation of the sinuses and nasal passages that ...

Recent research links Alzheimer's disease to bacterial gum infections, specifically the pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis. This discovery suggests that early brain infection with P. gingivalis ...

In recent years, a growing number of scientific studies have backed an alarming hypothesis: Alzheimer's disease isn't just a ...

Ghosh et al study transcriptional diversification in the human-adapting zoonotic pathogen, Bordetella hinzii, as it evolved during the course of a chronic infection, revealing plasticity and niche ...