PEOPLE’S PHARMACY JOE GRAEDON, TERESA GRAEDON: Bad breath can be caused by some drugs (The Charlotte Observer)
Q. Can medications cause bad breath? My husband takes pills for heart trouble, high blood pressure and diabetes. His breath is really bad, and mouthwash or breath fresheners don’t seem to help.

THE CHIEL Dogged by good health (Daily Dispatch)
REGULAR readers of this page will have noticed a brief item on Saturday asking them to believe that exercising outside in appalling weather is good for our health.

The bacteria you allow to flourish in your mouth can spread and infect other parts of your body.
Gum disease , is a subtle but potentially disastrous medical problem that millions of people must contend with each year.
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Canine Oral Health Continues To Make Significant Advances
Veterinarians now have an additional tool available to aid in the prevention of periodontitis in their canine patients.
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Medical Edge: Bad breath? Dentures may be the culprit (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)
Most bad breath does arise from dental problems, so you should first consult your dentist for a thorough examination.

Improve digestion with lively foods
You are not what you eat, but what you actually digest and absorb. If you are not eating healthy-bacteria or enzyme-rich foods, your digestive system may not be at peak performance.
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Calming dog during storm is difficult task (Bradenton Herald)
Perhaps you have come across a solution for thunderstorm-phobic dogs, which my hound is to an extraordinary extent. Even Xanax doesn’t help him! He thinks storms are in the apartment, and we have to sit in the lobby whenever there is one.

Hydrogen Peroxide Tooth Whiteners Do Not Cause Cancer, Study Finds (Science Daily)
Common tooth whitening products, which have been used by millions of people, are found to be safe and do not increase the risk of oral cancer when used as directed. This exhaustive review of the literature, including numerous unpublished clinical studies involving over 4,000 human subjects, appeared in an article by Dr. Ian Monroe entitled, “Use of Hydrogen Peroxide-Based Tooth Whitening Products

Please Exhale: New Method Detects Breath ‘Fingerprint’ (Science Daily)
Swiss researchers led by R. Zenobi have developed a mass-spectrometric method to quickly and easily obtain a proper fingerprint of breath, including the quantitative detection of large, nonvolatile compounds. Breath analysis has some advantages for clinical diagnosis, for example it requires no puncture.

Some drugs may cause dry mouth, which contributes to bad breath
Q: My husband takes pills for heart trouble, high blood pressure and diabetes. His breath is really bad, and mouthwash or breath fresheners don’t seem to help.
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