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Ehm, 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 wh
by Ives 14y ago
Ehm, 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.