More and more research is establishing that a person's risk of gum disease doesn't relate just to diet and oral hygiene, but is partly determined by their genes. However, there's more to the story, too, and it turns out that epigenetics may actually hold the key to preventing gum disease, stopping tooth loss, [...]
The strictest definition of beer is the Reinheitsgebot, the German beer purity law, states that beer can only include water, barley, and hops (Yeast wasn't mentioned because its role was not well understood, but it was implied.) It turns out this simple recipe for beer contains a powerful antibacterial ingredient: hops. The History of Hops [...]
A University of Western Australia study reveals for the first time the secret to the success of sheep teeth, which have to chew for a lifetime on the tiny glass crystals found in grass: they're not as strong or hard as human teeth. That's right, when it comes to the demanding conditions under which sheep [...]
Tinnitus is a common symptom of TMJ, perhaps the most common after jaw pain and headaches. However, some people are sceptical that jaw problems can actually cause disturbance in your hearing. Now a new approach to restoring hearing to the deaf shows just how intimately our jaws and ears [...]
For more than 30 years now, people have been putting smiles in their emails using emoticons such as :) (and their history is even older than that) but do emoticons count as true smiles? Researchers now say there is some evidence that the brain recognises and interprets emoticons using the same processes it uses for [...]
