Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

Oral Bacteria May Indicate Esophageal Cancer Risks

Certain oral pathogens are more prevalent in esophageal cancer patients and could be used...

Rheumatoid Arthritis Linked With Periodontal and Cardiovascular Disease

Rates of both periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease are elevated in individuals with rheumatoid...

Penn Dental Student Takes Top Prize for Aa Research

Third-year Penn Dental Medicine student Grace Huang took first place in the junior category...

Aa Gets Along Better With Bacteria That Doesn’t Live in the Mouth

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa) fares better overall when it’s paired with bacteria and other microbes...

Study to Explore How Good and Bad Oral Bacteria Feed Each Other

The National Institutes of Health has awarded $437,250 to Narayanan Ramasubbu, PhD, of the...

Smoking and Obesity Combine to Exacerbate Periodontitis Risks

In the United States, more than 35% of adults are obese, 20% of adults...

Common Bacterium Triggers Both Periodontitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis

A bacterium that causes chronic inflammatory gum infections also triggers the inflammatory autoimmune response...

Pancreatic Cancer Risk Linked to Specific Oral Bacteria

Pancreatic cancer will kill more than 41,000 Americans this year, reports the Lustgarten Foundation,...