Nutrition as a risk factor for chronic disease: Lessons from the United States

periodontal disease as a risk factor for ischemic heart disease

background: coronary artery disease is recognized as one of the three major causes of mortality around the world. the role of inflammation in producing coronary artery disease has been established in previous studies. since periodontitis, which is highly prevalent, is considered as a cause of inflammation, its influence on producing coronary artery disease was investigated in the present study ...

Lessons for the united states

Maternal Periodontal Disease as a Potential Risk Factor for Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight

Background and Aim: Periodontal disease may cause adverse pregnancy outcomes such as low birth weight (LBW) or preterm birth (PTB). In the present study, mothers with one of these two delivery complications were analyzed regarding presence/absence of periodontal disease as a possible risk factor in comparison with related medical risk factors.   Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectiona...

Lessons for the United States from the Chinese pediatricians' experience.

Our hospital is targeting issues mentioned by Xu and Zhang. As a training center for family medicine, family doctors provide care to children and hence offload some of the general pediatric burden and refer those who need specialists’ care to pediatricians. Also, all physicians and surgeons receive the same salaries according to rank and position, without regard to their specialties/subspecialt...

Asthma as a risk factor for chronic airways disease.