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Doctors using mouthwash to detect head, neck cancer

Friday, December 25, 2009

Source: www.king5.com Author: Jean Enersen For a patient with head and neck cancer, the cure rate is only 30 percent. That’s because the disease is often detected in the late stages. Now catching the cancer earlier may be as simple as gargling with mouthwash. Edie Acosta’s niece and nephew gave her the courage to fight neck [...]

Mouthwash multiplies risk of cancer up to nine times

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

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Source: www.theaustralian.com.au Author: Adam Creswell Mouthwashes containing alcohol should be used only for short periods because they may increase the risk of oral cancer by up to nine times. Dental researchers warned yesterday that among people using such mouthwashes, the risk of oral cancer was increased nine times if they smoked, and five times if they [...]

Oral health, mouthwashes and cancer – what is the story?

Friday, March 27, 2009

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Source: www.nature.com Author: David Conway Question: What are the lifestyle, occupational and genetic risk factors for head and neck and oesophageal cancers? Abstract Design Two hospital-based case–control studies were conducted in central and eastern Europe and Latin America. Case/control selection Cases and controls were recruited in Moscow (Russia), Bucharest (Romania) and Lodz and Warsaw (Poland) from 1998 to 2002, and from 1998 [...]

Tempest in a bottle of mouthwash

Thursday, February 19, 2009

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Source: blog.macleans.ca Author: staff It’s a ritual observed by thousands of Canadians every day: brush, floss, gargle and spit. Rinsing with mouthwash doesn’t just provide a scrubbed, minty feeling; it’s good for our health, we’re told, curbing plaque and gingivitis (not to mention bad breath). Some brands even carry the Canadian Dental Association’s official seal. But this [...]

Row erupts over oral cancer paper authorship

Thursday, February 19, 2009

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Source: www.theaustralian.news.com.au Author: Guy Healy An international expert on oral cancer withdrew from joint authorship of a paper that drew a link between the disease and the Listerine mouthwash made by his university laboratory’s corporate sponsors, it has been claimed. The research paper’s co-authors say Newell Johnson, whose Griffith University laboratory was funded by pharmaceutical firm Pfizer, Listerine’s [...]

Mouthwash cancer link questioned

Friday, January 16, 2009

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Source: www.bupa.co.uk/health_information Author: staff Mouthwashes that contain alcohol should only be available on prescription from a dentist because of a possible link with oral cancer, according to researchers in Australia. Professor Michael McCullough and Dr Camile Farah looked at previous research to see whether using mouthwashes containing alcohol is linked to oral (mouth) cancer. The review highlights the [...]

Using mouthwash could increase risk of cancer by nine times, claim scientists

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

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Source: news.scotsman.com Author: Shan Ross Mouthwashes containing alcohol can cause oral cancer and should be removed from supermarket shelves, a dental health study claims. Scientists say there is now “sufficient evidence” that such mouthwashes contribute to an increased risk of the disease. The ethanol in mouthwash is thought to allow cancer-causing substances to permeate the lining of [...]

Mouthwash and oral cancer risk: an update

Monday, November 3, 2008

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Source: Oral Oncol, October 24, 2008 Author: Carlo La Vecchia The possible relationship between mouthwash use and oral cancer risk has been the subject of at least 10 case-control studies published over the last three decades. Three of these reported relative risks above unity and seven no consistent association. Only a few studies, moreover, included [...]

Mouthwash or hogwash?

Monday, September 15, 2008

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Source: Times Online (www.timesonline.co.uk) Author: Peta Bee Waking up with the unpleasant hum of dog breath is far from uncommon. Whether it is the after-effects of a curry, or a more lingering problem of sewer-scented oral odour, around 95 per cent of Britons suffer bad breath at some time in their lives. Such is the social [...]

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