For years there have been hints and hypotheses that heart disease and periodontal (gum) disease are associated or share common factors. Among the more humorous notions held by the uninformed press and public was that heart plaque and tooth plaque were somehow the same thing. That dubious notion notwithstanding there have long been provocative findings that have pointed to a relationship between a healthy mouth and a healthy heart.
The first and most widely studied theory was that the...
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I remember when I was first introduced to the concept of heart plaque. I thought, "Plaque, isn't that the stuff on your teeth?" Since... Read more »
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Scientists at Wake Forest University have that one part of the carotid artery that supplies the brain with blood expands when deadly plaque builds up... Read more »
Medical therapy such as aggressive control of blood pressure and cholesterol is more helpful to people who have symptomless buildup of plaque in... Read more »
Research presented at a recent scientific conference suggests that Benicar, a drug used to treat high blood pressure, may also help reduce the... Read more »
A new study has found that patients who see visual proof of plaque (coronary artery calcium) in their arteries are more likely to follow their... Read more »
Researchers have identified a process that can cause plaque to rupture in the arteries of people with atherosclerosis. Plaque rupture can produce... Read more »
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