Scientists discover a hidden heart valve risk linked to gum disease
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"Scientists discover a hidden heart valve risk linked to gum disease" is generating significant coverage in the Health category, with 6 articles from 6 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Tech Times, London Daily News, Inside Precision Medicine and Nature. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (8)
- Bleeding gums may be doing more than harming your teeth: Scientists discover a link between gum disease bacteria and a serious heart valve condition The Times of India · 1d ago
- Bacteria from gum disease may cause inflammation, harden heart valves Medical Xpress · 1d ago
- Gum Disease Bacteria Found to Harden Heart Valves via IL-1β Inflammatory Pathway Tech Times · 1d ago
- Gum disease bacterium implicated in mouse study of aortic valve calcification London Daily News · 1d ago
- Treating Gum Disease Could Prevent Most Common Heart Valve Disease Inside Precision Medicine · 1d ago
- Heart failure promotes gingival inflammation and impairs periodontal remodeling Nature · 1d ago
- Bacteria from gum disease may cause inflammation, harden heart valves www.heart.org · 1d ago
- Scientists discover a hidden heart valve risk linked to gum disease ScienceDaily · 1d ago
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