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Old 02-06-2013, 11:59 PM   #118
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Originally Posted by billybob123 View Post
She's actually right about the heart disease. Bacterial endocarditis, and some atherosclerotic plaques occur when bacteria infect the heart. Some causal links exist between oral bacteria and heart diseases.

Alzheimers has nothing to do with bacteria though. Diabetes either.
Yeah. One type of heart disease basically. Streptococcus can infect the heart valves. She was talking about all things heart health. Should have clarified. Most likely she made her claims based on the one documented case of a systemic problem.
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