Oral infection and heart disease

Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 08:21 in Health & Medicine

(PhysOrg.com) -- Science previously suggested oral infections might trigger the immune system, causing inflammation in other parts of the body and contributing to heart disease. It was thought that all antibodies worked the same way and that elevated antibody levels would increase the risk of heart disease if the `oral infection and heart disease` hypothesis were true.

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