Category: 6. Health

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  • Research examines oral health benefits of toothbrush choice and brushing duration

    Research examines oral health benefits of toothbrush choice and brushing duration

    Real progress in oral health doesn’t come from expensive gadgets, but from better daily habits. That is the conclusion of dentist- periodontist Tim Thomassen in his dissertation Oral Disease Prevention, which he will defend on 12…

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  • Quality of Life and Diabetic Complications Among Type 2 Diabetes Patie

    Quality of Life and Diabetic Complications Among Type 2 Diabetes Patie

    Introduction

    Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic metabolic disease affecting 415 million adults worldwide, with 20% of these individuals residing in Southeast Asia.1 People with T2DM have a significant risk of developing microvascular…

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  • Health Rounds: Shingles vaccine reduces risk of death from dementia, study finds – Reuters

    1. Health Rounds: Shingles vaccine reduces risk of death from dementia, study finds  Reuters
    2. Shingles Vaccine Doesn’t Just Lower Dementia Risk, It Could Also Help Treat It  Gizmodo
    3. An Existing Vaccine Could Slow Dementia And Cut Death Risk by 30%  

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  • Key US panel to vote on changing infant hepatitis B vaccine recommendation | US healthcare

    Key US panel to vote on changing infant hepatitis B vaccine recommendation | US healthcare

    After a delay and an unusually contentious meeting, a federal vaccine advisory panel was expected to vote on Friday whether to change the longstanding recommendation that all newborns be immunized against hepatitis B.

    The first day of the meeting…

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