Scientists are uncovering a surprising link between hidden tooth infections and blood sugar problems. Deep infections around tooth roots can create chronic inflammation that spreads through the body ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — An infected tooth led to the death of a man who had been held in ICE custody in Arizona, according to the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner. The medical examiner ...

Tooth infection and dental disease have been cited as the cause of death for a Haitian man who died in ICE custody this spring, according to the Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office. Subscribe to ...

New research suggests chronic infections around the tip of a tooth root may be linked to poorer blood sugar control and wider inflammation in the body. Some studies found that people who had root ...

After biting into a chicken bone hidden inside a burrito, a routine dental infection led to antibiotic treatment that disrupted her gut microbiome. What followed was recurrent Clostridioides difficile ...

A 56-year-old man held in ICE custody in Arizona complained about "experiencing severe tooth pain" and "repeatedly requested medical care" but federal agents ignored him, leading to his death from a ...

Dental implants have helped tens of millions of people regain a full set of stable, functional teeth, something traditional ...

The prehistoric hominins “apparently were very adept at what we would consider invasive medicine,” said the anthropologist John Olsen. By Franz Lidz Franz Lidz has had two root canals and was ...

Consumers report being startled by glass oven range doors that shattered spontaneously, often when the oven wasn't even on. Oven doors are spontaneously exploding, according to our analysis of reports ...

Firefighters have been working through the weekend to cool a chemical tank “literally on the edge” of exploding in Southern California as they worked to avert a disastrous “worst-case” scenario, the ...

An international effort is underway to contain an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda that is believed by local authorities to have caused more than 130 deaths, with ...