This just in, Brush Your Teeth! — Especially if you are female and pregnant
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I wonder how many diseases and other medical problems are caused by weakened immune systems due to mouth infections related to poor oral hygiene. Anybody?
Discovery Channel – Jan. 13, 2009 — Previously undiscovered bacteria usually found in the mouth could be responsible for up to 80 percent of early preterm labors, estimate doctors from Case Western and Yale Universities in a new study published recently in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology.
The research could help doctors prevent preterm births by encouraging oral hygiene or stop early labor from developing by prescribing targeted antibiotics.
“The earlier the woman goes into preterm labor, the higher the chance that she will be infected,” said Yiping Han, a doctor at Case Western University and the first author on the study.
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