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Vitamin A and cod liver oil don’t prevent measles. So, what treatments work? And how sick are kids with measles? |
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Friday, April 04, 2025 12:36 PM |
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Very few doctors in the U.S. have cared for children with measles. An expert who treated hundreds of children for measles — and sadly saw some die — talks about the dangers of misinformation and the importance of the measles vaccine, known as the MMR, to prevent measles. Read more. |
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Do infectious diseases cause dementia? AI will be looking into it |
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Friday, April 04, 2025 10:29 AM |
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Working out the relationship between infectious diseases and dementia is a bit like the chicken and the egg problem. But artificial intelligence may help researchers decide which comes first. Read more. |
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Ruby will see you now: Meet the emotional support dog in a California dental practice |
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Friday, April 04, 2025 10:20 AM |
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More dental offices today are using on-site emotional support and therapy dogs to help relieve patients’ dental anxiety and to even boost patients’ feelings of well-being. Read about the successful introduction of an emotional support dog at a Sacramento dental practice. We explain the difference between service, therapy and emotional support animals and encourage dentists review important considerations before bringing an animal to the practice. Read more. |
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MMWR Weekly - April 3, 2025 |
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Thursday, April 03, 2025 06:34 PM |
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Weekly / Vol. 74 / No. 11. Read more. |
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Shingles is awful, but here’s another reason to get vaccinated: It may fight dementia |
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Thursday, April 03, 2025 04:59 PM |
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A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one – shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to protect aging brains. Read more. |
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COVID-19 re-infection doubles risk of long COVID in kids, young adults, data reveal |
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Thursday, April 03, 2025 10:34 AM |
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Compared with after a first COVID-19 illness, being re-infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, doubles the risk of later developing long COVID, or post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) in children, teens, and young adults, according to a new preprint study posted on medRxiv. Read more. |
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Tuberculosis is one of the deadliest infectious diseases in human history. Here's why. |
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Thursday, April 03, 2025 10:31 AM |
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When most of us think of serious diseases that kill millions of people, the ones that come to mind are often the ones that get the most attention: cancer, COVID-19, heart disease and diabetes. But a disease that's been killing a shocking number of people for over a century is tuberculous. Read more. |
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Understanding Hepatitis C: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment Options |
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Thursday, April 03, 2025 10:26 AM |
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Hepatitis C is a serious condition that can greatly affect your liver and overall health. The culprit is a virus called hepatitis C virus (HCV), which typically gets into a person’s system through direct contact with infected blood. Read more. |
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Penn Dental Medicine Study Shows Gum Containing Antiviral Protein Reduces Flu, Herpes Transmission |
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Thursday, April 03, 2025 10:14 AM |
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In today's interconnected world, viral diseases contribute to significant global health challenges and economic costs. Seasonal influenza epidemics cause substantial disease burden and economic losses exceeding $11.2 billion annually in the United States alone. Meanwhile, herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1), spread primarily through oral contact, infects over two-thirds of the global population and is the leading cause of infectious blindness in Western countries. Read more. |
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IZ Express #1,807: Measles in 19 states, CDC checklist for measles preparedness, storage reference, and more |
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Wednesday, April 02, 2025 02:34 PM |
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IZ Express #1,807: Measles in 19 states, CDC checklist for measles preparedness, storage reference, and more. Read more. |
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Wednesday, April 02, 2025 02:22 PM |
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Tooth gems may be safe when your dentist applies them, but there are still risks. Read more. |
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OSHA to employers: Be ready for tornadoes |
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Wednesday, April 02, 2025 01:50 PM |
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With the spring tornado season ramping up, OSHA is calling on employers to develop an emergency plan, learn the warning signs, and monitor tornado watches and warnings. Read more. |
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Viral infection and antiviral immunity in the oral cavity |
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Wednesday, April 02, 2025 09:46 AM |
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Individual tissues have distinct antiviral properties garnered through various mechanisms, including physical characteristics, tissue-resident immune cells and commensal organisms. Although the oral mucosa has long been appreciated as a critical barrier tissue that is exposed to a continuous barrage of pathogens, many fundamental aspects of the antiviral immune response in this tissue remain unknown. Read more. |
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Graduate Dental Hygiene Education Faculty Perceptions Regarding Mentoring Practices |
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Tuesday, April 01, 2025 04:47 PM |
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Graduate dental hygiene (DH) faculty roles may include teaching, research development, scholarly writing, supervising graduate teaching assistants, and advanced clinical training. Faculty frequently enter these roles without clear expectations and awareness of programmatic policies and graduate student needs. This study explored the perceptions of mentoring for faculty engaged in teaching, research, supervision, and committees in graduate DH programs. Read more. |
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Environment strongly influences chronic disease development |
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Tuesday, April 01, 2025 04:44 PM |
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Modifiable environmental exposures more strongly correlate with disease than a person’s genetic makeup, according to long-term NIEHS study. Read more. |
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New cases push US measles total past 500 |
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Tuesday, April 01, 2025 04:40 PM |
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Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma today reported more measles cases in a large outbreak centered in West Texas, as other states reported new illnesses as well, some with known links to international travel. Read more. |
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What to do when your patient smells of cannabis, but denies its use |
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Monday, March 31, 2025 01:46 PM |
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What do you do when your patient says they don’t use cannabis, but they reek of it? Can a patient who has been using cannabis sign an informed consent? Join us in Medical History Mysteries as we answer these questions and more. Read more. |
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AI dental assistant reads X-rays with near-perfect accuracy |
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Monday, March 31, 2025 01:16 PM |
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The Ateneo Laboratory for Intelligent Visual Environments (ALIVE) and international researchers have developed a deep learning model that aims to revolutionize dentistry, with the capability to identify tooth and sinus structures in dental X-rays with an accuracy of 98.2%. Read more. |
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Social factors help explain worse cardiovascular health among adults in rural vs. urban communities |
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Monday, March 31, 2025 11:39 AM |
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NIH-funded study reveals variables, such as poverty and education, that may underpin higher rates of heart disease and its risk factors. Read more. |
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Can vaping cause oral cancer? |
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Monday, March 31, 2025 10:15 AM |
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Vaping has not been around long enough for researchers to fully understand the long-term health impacts. However, the aerosol a person inhales when vaping contains some chemicals that may be linked to oral cancer. Read more. |
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Do antibiotics prior to dental extractions reduce adverse post-operative outcomes? |
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Monday, March 31, 2025 09:57 AM |
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This retrospective cohort study aimed to investigate whether antibiotic prophylaxis reduced or increased post-operative complications following dental extractions. Read more. |
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Catching Cavities Before They Start |
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Saturday, March 29, 2025 09:58 AM |
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A dentist uses an engineer’s tools to invent a simple device to spot early-stage decay and avoid drilling. Read more. |
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Notification of Cyber Security Threat – Scam That Appears To Come From AAO |
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Friday, March 28, 2025 12:51 PM |
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On March 25, 2025, AAO IT and Cyber Security teams identified a targeted incident affecting certain AAO members. The attack involves a deceptive email designed to mimic official communications from the AAO. This email prompts recipients to update their personal information on a fraudulent website that mimics the AAO’s official site, using a provided hyperlink. Read more. |
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Exploring dental professionals' perceptions of resilience to dental environment stress: a qualitative study |
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Friday, March 28, 2025 12:20 PM |
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This study aimed to investigate what constitutes the meaning of resilience to dental environment stress for different members of the dental team, and how resilience is operationalised by these team members. It also aimed to clarify if there were different or similar sources of stress for different groups.Methods Participants were recruited from dentists, dental therapists, dental hygienists, dental nurses, dental technicians and clinical dental technicians. Read more. |
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Salivary screenings: A new era of prevention |
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Friday, March 28, 2025 12:02 PM |
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A new initiative utilizes salivary screenings to identify risks for chronic diseases early. The upside is a way to catch issues and personalize care before they turn into more serious, costly health problems. Read more. |
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Efficacy of Ultrasonic Cleaning Products With Various Disinfection Chemistries on Dental Instruments Contaminated With Bioburden |
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Friday, March 28, 2025 10:58 AM |
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The effective cleaning of reusable dental instruments that removes organic bioburden is a crucial process in infection prevention and control in dental clinics. Despite widespread use, the parameters affecting the efficacy of ultrasonic cleaning products with different chemistries remain underexplored. In the present study, we comprehensively evaluated the cleaning efficacy of commonly available cleaning detergent products against organic bioburden on dental instruments. Read more. |
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Pa. resident contracted measles while in Texas: Health department |
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Friday, March 28, 2025 09:11 AM |
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A resident of Bucks County has contracted measles after traveling to Texas recently. Read more. |
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MMWR Weekly - March 27, 2025 |
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Thursday, March 27, 2025 12:37 PM |
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Weekly / Vol. 74 / No. 10. Read more. |
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Postural effects of dental loupes in pediatric dental practice? |
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Thursday, March 27, 2025 12:23 PM |
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Pediatric dentists may encounter musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) when they cannot maintain neutral postures during dental treatments. It is known that dental loupes (DL) can contribute to improving the ergonomic posture of dentists during treatment. This study aims to investigate the effect of wearing DL on the working posture of pediatric dentists. Read more. |
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Measles elimination versus eradication: the difference and why it matters |
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Thursday, March 27, 2025 11:50 AM |
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health advisory warning about the spread of measles in multiple states across the country. As of March 13, the CDC has confirmed 301 cases of measles as well as the death of a child in Texas. Reports show that an estimated 94% of measles infections are among individuals who are unvaccinated, or whose vaccination status could not be confirmed. Roughly 80% of cases are in children and adolescents (ages under 5 – 19 years). Read more. |
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Thursday, March 27, 2025 11:40 AM |
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Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease. There are 4 types of dengue virus: dengue-1, dengue-2, dengue-3 and dengue-4. Dengue is found globally and infects about 400 million people per year. Outbreaks frequently occur in the Caribbean, Central and South America, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. Dengue is seen in the U.S., in patients who have recently traveled to an area with dengue and due to occasional local transmission, since Aedes mosquitos are common in many areas in the US. Read more. |
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Tuberculosis on the Rise Again in the United States |
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Thursday, March 27, 2025 11:24 AM |
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Preliminary data released this month by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that more than 10,300 tuberculosis (TB) cases were reported last year, representing an 8 percent increase from 2023 and marking the highest case count since 2011. Read more. |
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Measles Outbreak Expands to 4 States |
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025 03:47 PM |
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Kansas now has an outbreak with at least 10 confirmed cases with an expectation from the state's health officials that there will be more. Read more. |
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Hand Hygiene: The Foundation for Infection Prevention (Podcast) |
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025 02:53 PM |
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Protecting patients and caregivers comes down to the basics. Read more. |
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Mitigating Chronic Disease Depends on Infection Prevention |
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025 02:47 PM |
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What causes chronic disease? At a time when studying the root causes of diseases like cancer is presumably a priority, with an emphasis on factors like diet and environmental toxins, there is another piece of the puzzle that requires attention: infectious disease. Read more. |
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