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Oral health: Brush up on dental care basics

Your smile depends on simple dental care habits, such as brushing and flossing. But are you using the right techniques? Follow these steps to protect your oral health. Brushing for oral health Oral health begins with clean teeth. Keeping the area where your teeth meet your gums clean can prevent gum disease, while keeping your tooth surfaces clean can help you stave off cavities. Consider these…

Health Tip: Get the Facts About Gum Disease

— When it comes to gum disease, some popular beliefs simply have no teeth. The American Dental Association debunks these common myths: Gum disease is not rare. About half of adults 30 and older have this infection of tissues that surround the teeth. Just because you have few cavities doesn’t mean you won’t have gum disease. Having gum disease doesn’t mean you will lose teeth. Proper care and…

Treating Gum Disease Might Help Prostate Symptoms: Study

Treating gum disease may help reduce symptoms of prostate inflammation, which can make urination difficult, a small study suggests. Previous research has shown a link between gum disease and prostate inflammation — called prostatitis. The study included 27 men, age 21 and older, who had prostatitis and moderate to severe gum disease. The men underwent treatment for gum disease and showed…

What You Can Get From Dental X-Rays

The images taken from dental X-rays provide your dentist with valuable information about your teeth and gums and help him or her plan the best treatment for any problems that you have. Of course, the machines used for dental X-rays do involve radiation, but the amount of exposure is extremely small, which is why studies have shown that dental X-rays are safe for most people in most situations. In…

Quick Fixes For Dental Emergencies

You never know when a dental emergency will occur, so it’s good to be ready with some quick fixes for dental crises that arise for you or someone in your family. Of course, these fixes are no substitute for a speedy visit to the dentist, but they may make your dentist’s job easier when he or she works to help you treat these problems. Broken Braces If you or your child wears braces, check the…

Pick the Right Products for Pain-Free Flossing

One of the most common reasons people give for not flossing their teeth daily is that they find flossing uncomfortable and even painful. Some people experience bleeding gums after flossing, and this discourages them from continuing with this healthy habit and important element of dental hygiene. The truth is, even if you have sensitive gums, you can enjoy pain-free flossing. Instead of the thin,…

Fish Fillets with Lemon Parsley Topping

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Caesar-Style Salad with Rustic Croutons

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Whole Grain Chicken Pot Pie

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Gastroparesis is a disorder affecting people with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes in which the stomach takes too long to empty its contents (delayed gastric emptying). The vagus nerve controls the movement of food through the digestive tract. If the vagus nerve is damaged or stops working, the muscles of the stomach and intestines do not work normally, and the movement of food is slowed or…

Diabetes sometimes damages kidneys so badly that they no longer work. When kidneys fail, the person needs to replace their function with either dialysis or a transplant.

Dialysis

Dialysis, the more common form of kidney-replacement therapy, is a way of cleaning the blood with an artificial kidney. There are two types of dialysis: hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.

No matter which type is…

Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)

Peripheral arterial disease, also called PAD, occurs when blood vessels in the legs are narrowed or blocked by fatty deposits and blood flow to your feet and legs decreases.

If you have PAD, you have an increased risk for heart attack and stroke. An estimated 1 out of every 3 people with diabetes over the age of 50 have this condition. However, many of those with warning signs don’t realize that…

Diabetes sometimes damages kidneys so badly that they no longer work. When kidneys fail, one option is a kidney transplant. There are also pancreas transplants, as well as islet cell transplants.

Islet Transplantation

Pancreas Transplantation

Kidney Replacement Therapy

Diabetes can affect every part of the body, including the skin. As many as 1/3 of people with diabetes will have a skin disorder caused or affected by diabetes at some time in their lives. Most skin conditions can be prevented or easily treated if caught early. Talk to your doctor if you have questions or concerns about skin changes or infection.

Good Skin Care

There are several things you can…

Types of Heart Disease

Coronary artery disease, sometimes called hardening of the arteries, is caused by narrowing or blocking of the blood vessels that go to your heart.

Your blood carries oxygen and other needed materials to your heart. If the blood vessels to your heart become partially or totally blocked by fatty deposits, then the blood supply is reduced or cut off. Then a heart attack, sometimes called a…