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wut? You sure it isn't that people who floss tend to also be people that take better care of their bodies overall, and hence the two, while correlated, aren't
by run4yourlives 14y ago
wut?
You sure it isn't that people who floss tend to also be people that take better care of their bodies overall, and hence the two, while correlated, aren't an example of cause and effect.
- Ives 14y agoEhm, I'll admit that at this time no causal link is established although there is a correlation [1]. I've come to realize that I don't have a good source for what I wrote earlier. Sources like [2] do claim a causal link but I was unable to find the actualy study. [1] http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=193088#qundefined http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=193088#qu... [2] http://abcnews.go.com/Health/dental-screenings-linked-lower-heart-disease-stroke-risk/story?id=14936485 http://abcnews.go.com/Health/dental-screenings-linked-lower-...
- run4yourlives 14y agoTo be clear, I don't want to discount the studies completely, because there does seem to be a little bit of smoke there. That said any real conclusions are clearly premature for the data, as science reporting tends to be these days.