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A recent article in the February 2010 issue of the Journal of Obstetrics and Genecology has promoted me to again continue with the mouth-body connection theme. The article contains a report by researchers at the Department of Periodontics at Cincinnati’s Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine that reports the first documented link between a mother with pregnancy-associated gum disease to the death of her fetus. Doctors found the exact same strain of bacteria from the 35-year-old California woman’s infected gums in her stillborn baby.

According to the CDC records form 2006, the top 10 leading causes of death by disease were: 1) Heart disease
2) Cancer
3) Stroke
4) Chronic Lower Respiratory diseases
5) Accidents (unintentional injuries)
6) Diabetes
7) Alzheimer’s disease
8) Influenza and pneumonia
9) Nephritis, nephritic syndrome, and nephrosis (kidney disease)
10) Septicemia (Infection)