referring to reuters
Gum disease linked to heart disease
Gum disease linked to heart disease
(Reuters Health) - A report from The Netherlands adds to the evidence tying chronic gum disease to heart disease and stroke.In a study of more than 60,000 dental patients, those with gum disease were twice as likely to have had a heart attack, stroke or severe chest pain.Previous studies have linked periodontitis and clogged arteries, but this is the first to investigate the link in a group of people this large, the researchers say.At the Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, the largest dental school in the Netherlands, investigators reviewed the medical records of 60,174 patients age 35 and older, looking for an association between periodontal gum disease and atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases such as angina, heart attack and stroke.
furthermore statnews
Why cancer hasn't overtaken heart disease as America's top killer
Why cancer hasn't overtaken heart disease as America's top killer
Cancer deaths have been on pace to outnumber deaths from heart disease in the United States for some years now — but once again, in new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, they didn't.Heart disease has ticked upward in deaths since 2010, and it remains the number one killer of Americans.Over the last three decades, the US has seen rising mortality from cancer and falling mortality for heart disease.Those lines had been projected to cross in recent years.
additionally latimes
Cancer surpasses heart disease to become the leading cause of death in California and 21 other states
Cancer surpasses heart disease to become the leading cause of death in California and 21 other states
Cancer has surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of death in California and 21 other states, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.That total is in stark contrast to the situation at the start of this century, when only two states — Alaska and Minnesota — lost more people to cancer than heart disease.And it's a huge departure from the situation in the 1950s, when the number of heart disease deaths was 2½ times bigger than the number of cancer fatalities.Nationwide, heart disease still edges out cancer as the top killer of Americans.
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