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Another Reason to Dump the Mouthwash for Healthier Alternatives? – The Mouthwash, Nitric Oxide, Diabetes Link

Another Reason to Dump the Mouthwash for Healthier Alternatives? – The Mouthwash, Nitric Oxide, Diabetes Link

If you’re using a conventional over-the-counter mouthwash on a regular basis, you could be raising your risk of diabetes – or so research suggests. Consider, for instance, the 2017 study in the journal Nitric Oxide. For it, researchers tracked health data from 1206...

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Want Healthy Gums? Exercise!

Want Healthy Gums? Exercise!

If you suffer from gum disease – and most Americans have it to one degree or another – getting regular exercise is one of the best things you can do. This is the surprising conclusion of research published last month in the Journal of Clinical Periodontology. The...

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Diabetes & Dental Health

Diabetes & Dental Health

Recently, news of “smart” insulin made international headlines. It’s a fascinating development that may change how often diabetes I patients need to take insulin. To be clear, there are two kinds of diabetes. Type I is when the body’s immune system kills off...

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