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Older Women With Gum Infections May Have Higher Risk For Certain Cancers, Research Suggests.

Reuters (8/1, Rapaport) reports that researchpublished in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention suggests "older women with gum infections are more likely to get many common cancers than their peers who have perfect oral health."

        The New York Daily News (8/1, Dziemianowicz) reports that investigators looked at "data on 65,000 postmenopausal subjects between the ages of 54 and 86 enrolled in the ongoing Women's Health Initiative."

        Medscape (8/1, Jenkins) reports that the researchers found that "postmenopausal women with a history of periodontal disease, including those who have never smoked, are at significantly increased overall risk for cancer as well as site-specific cancers, including lung, breast, esophageal, gallbladder, and melanoma skin cancers."

Benjamin Hidalgo-Matlock

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