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Using mouthwash can increase cancer risk for smokers

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Source: www.independent.ie Author: Eilish O’Regan, health correspondent Smokers have been warned to stay away from mouthwash – as it might increase their risk of developing mouth cancer. The combination of smoking and drinking alcohol has been established as increasing the risk of the disease. Now researchers have warned that may apply even to the alcohol [...]

Oral Cancer Prevention international lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson claims actions expected to cause over 7,300 oral cancers

Thursday, August 11, 2011

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Source: www.marketwatch.com Author: press release A lawsuit filed by Oral Cancer Prevention International (OCPI) against Johnson & Johnson in Federal Court in Trenton New Jersey claims that J&J’s actions to protect the reputation of its Listerine mouthwash, which has been linked to oral cancer, can be expected to result in over 7,300 cases of otherwise [...]

Alcohol based mouthwash and oral cancer – too much confusion

Friday, April 23, 2010

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Source: scienceblogs.com Author: Francis Mawanda If you are like me, you probably always and almost faithfully, include a bottle of mouthwash on your grocery list especially after watching and/or listening to the numerous commercials in the media which claim that you will not only get long lasting fresh breath, but also freedom from the germs [...]

Doctors using mouthwash to detect head, neck cancer

Friday, December 25, 2009

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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 [...]

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 [...]

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) [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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