Background. Many early epidemiologic studies reported an association between periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease. However, other studies found no association or nonsignificant trends. This report summarizes the evidence from epidemiologic studies and studies that focused on potential contributing mechanisms to provide a more complete picture of the association between periodontal and...

Anosognosia is the denial of illness that may be seen in brain-injured patients. In general, denial of illness takes two forms. There may be verbal, explicit denial of illness, or there may be a lack of genuine concern about the deficit. The verbal explicit denial is termed anosognosia, and indifference has been termed anoso-diaphoria (Critchley, 1953). Anosognosia was first described by Von Mo...

Nigella sativa (N. sativa) is a spice plant which has been traditionally used for culinary and medicinal purposes. Different therapeutic properties including the beneficial effects on asthma and dyspnea, digestive and gynecology disorders have been described for the seeds of N. sativa. There is evidence of the relaxant effects of this plant and some of its constituents on different types of smo...