Oral bacteria in coronary arteries linked to heart attacks, highlighting the importance of oral hygiene for heart health.

* Poor dental health may be linked to fatal heart conditions through bacterial circulation Bacterial DNA from common oral, respiratory, gut, and skin microbes has been detected in arterial plaques , ...

Heart disease is the number one cause of death across the globe, killing 20million people every year worldwide. And now, scientists believe a common bacteria that live in the mouth and gut could play ...

A common disease killing hundreds of thousands of Americans every year could be tied to a type of bacteria lurking in the ...

A recent study has found that poor oral health may play a direct role in heart attacks, adding to long-known risks such as high cholesterol and high blood pressure. The research, published in the ...

New findings published on the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) on August 6, 2025 revealed that bad oral hygiene may be connected to heart attack.

Bacteria normally found in the mouth could play a direct role in triggering a heart attack, a new study has found. In an examination of the arterial plaques collected from more than 200 patients with ...

Scientists have discovered how mouth bacteria hide inside artery walls, escaping detection until they erupt and spark the inflammation that can cause plaques to rupture. Study: Viridans Streptococcal ...

Bacteria, fungi, and viruses can all cause infections of the penis. Penis infections can range from mild and easily treatable conditions to severe or chronic illnesses. Symptoms of penis infections ...

Kenyon, Abdellati, Vanbaelen, and Manoharan-Basil conceptualised the study. Kenyon, Vanbaelen, Gestels, and Abdellati collected the samples. Abdellati and Gestels generated the laboratory results.

Four hundred forty-four strains of streptococci of group A, which were isolated in many countries throughout a period of many years, were classified according to Griffith's technic. The data are ...

BETA-hemolytic streptococci of Lancefield Group B have been implicated in human disease almost from the time when the precipitin-grouping technic first came into use. 1–3 Since that time additional ...