Adult tobacco smokers are four times more likely to develop oral health problems but much less likely than nonsmokers to go to the dentist regularly,

A new government advertising campaign in the U.K. is warning that consuming two large glasses of wine or two strong pints of beer a day

Slight temperature increases of a head and neck cancer patient’s oral mucous membranes during early chemotherapy and radiation therapy treatment are a predictor of severe

The Manhattan Tobacco Cessation Program at the New York University (NYU) School of Medicine has developed a tool kit for dental practitioners who want to

Smoking doubles the risk of developing esophageal cancer in people with Barrett’s esophagus, according to a new study in Gastroenterology (January 13, 2012). The study,

Patients treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for head and neck cancer reported increasingly better quality of life after treatment than patients receiving other forms

Grape seed extract can kill head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells in both cell lines and mouse models while leaving healthy cells unharmed, according

Radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy is less effective for patients with HIV when compared with the recurrence and overall survival rates in patients who

Aetna is piloting a program to support dentists in adopting the U.S. Public Health Service’s (USPHS) five A’s tobacco cessation guidelines: Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist,

A saliva self-test used to diagnose human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is comparable in accuracy to the traditional blood test, according to a new study in

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the University Hospital for Einstein have found a biomarker in head and neck cancers that can predict

LED Dental’s VELscope Vx oral cancer screening system has been approved for use by the dentists affiliated with Heartland Dental Care. All new and existing