You probably know that periodontitis can cause massive damage to teeth and gums, and that for many, the final result is a loss of teeth. This is in itself a serious situation, but periodontal health is linked to an even more critical part of the body: the heart.

A new diet enables people to maintain their ideal weight to a specific pound indefinitely as long as one tracks calorie consumption.

By 2015, the WHO projects 700 million people will be obese. Obesity stresses the world's healthcare system due to health consequences like Type 2 diabetes & colon cancer. A new book, The Pen and Paper Diet, provides an easy, cheap & safe solution for people to maintain a healthy weight.

A new book, The Lyme Disease Survival Guide, provides a single, comprehensive resource that describes conventional and alternative treatments, plus real-world, practical solutions for dealing with the lifestyle and emotional difficulties of this now-epidemic disease.

Health care providers and patients need enhanced protection from blood borne pathogens before during and after any procedure involving the use of injections.

Due to the large percentage of US Latinos facing a heightened risk of exposure to air pollution, unsafe drinking water, and pesticides, their health may be more at risk than others in the US.

The recent news about superbugs such as MRSA has fueled the sale of hand washing posters. Here is a company that promotes hand washing but can't keep up with orders.

—Region ranks number one in Dial Complete's National Clean Hands Week survey—

The following excerpt is from the talk by Dr. W. John Martin, MD PhD, at the Conference "Autism Hope and Treatment," held in Madera CA, March 30-31, 2007. Dr. Martin is Director of the Institute of Progressive Medicine. The talk was entitled "Stealth Adapted Viruses: Another Inconvenient Truth."

The failure to recognize PTSD as a neurological rather than a psychological illness continues to plague military medicine and to underserve many of its most troubled veterans. The role of brain-damaging stealth adapted viruses in individuals with PTSD needs to be explored.

Descriptions of emotional difficulties in mothers of autistic children are consistent with mother-to-child transmission of stealth adapted viruses, some of which are vaccine-derived. An epidemic of these viruses can explain the increasing incidence of autism and learning disorders in children.

A new technology of respirators can protect users with 99.99% effectiveness against Avian Bird Flu. These masks can be purchased for under $10 per unit.

Learn the facts about traumatic brain injury and how personal injury litigation can compensate you for your losses.

Summary: Internist/Lead Researcher Lawrence Broxmeyer, MD believes that cardiovascular disease is just that. Here he specifically points to the microbe he feels is behind it and cites recent studies to validate his point.

ChoiceMaker Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of record matching software, announced today that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has selected their software for use with the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) applications that CDC is developing.