Pain is the No. 1 symptom of oral cancer patients that makes them go to the doctor. They experience pain as soon as a tumor develops in the oral cavity, and it increases as the tumor progresses.

NIH budget cuts are threatening key medical research programs, shrinking training grants, and leaving young researchers ...

(Nov. 5, 2009) -- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded researchers in Rice University's new BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) a $2 million Grand Opportunity (GO) grant to develop ...

Millions of people across the South—particularly in rural or low-income areas—have limited or no access to preventive oral ...

The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded a two-year grant to Dr. Brian L. Schmidt, professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the NYU ...

Oral health is important for people of all ages. But the simple routine you learned as a kid—brush your teeth twice a day and ...

Discover the connections between dental cavities, oral health, and cancer risk, including inflammation pathways, immune system effects and prevention strategies. Skip to content. News; ...

Heavy drinking increases oral cancer risk independently of HPV status and may compromise immune function, potentially reducing the body’s ability to clear viral infections naturally.

Gomez-Castillo L, Cushing-Haugen KL, Useche M, et al. High sugar-sweetened beverage intake and oral cavity cancer in smoking and nonsmoking women. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.Published online ...

Poor oral hygiene, cavities, and tooth loss increase the risk of developing certain cancers. However, scientists do not yet understand why. Dental cavities or caries are small holes or openings in ...

In the prospective nested case-control study, 13 oral bacterial species were found to be differentially associated with development of HNSCC, and a 1-standard deviation increase in microbial risk ...