Dentists also saw improvements in patients’ cholesterol and fatty acid levels, both associated with heart health

If a looming root canal treatment is putting a dampener on the week, take heart: having the procedure can drive health benefits that are felt throughout the body, according to research.

Patients who were successfully treated for root canal infections saw their blood sugar levels fall significantly over two years, suggesting that ridding the body of the problematic bacteria could help protect against type 2 diabetes.

Dentists also saw improvements in patients’ blood cholesterol and fatty acid levels, both of which are associated with heart health. Yet more benefits were seen around inflammation, a driver for cardiovascular disease and other chronic conditions.

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    He’s been promising the greatest health care plan of all time for a decade, only to admit to “concepts of a plan,” an obvious lie, when pressured during a debate.

    He’s a LIAR. There has never been, and never will be, a MAGA Health Care plan. The health insurance companies have paid handsomely for this precise outcome, and Trump will honor that bribe.

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      Their plan is for us to die after giving one of them all our money and the more we suffer while doing it the better.

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        Absolutely. There is a deliberate conservative effort to make sure they strip us of every penny when we die, and leave no inheritance to help the next generation.

        They don’t like it when their experienced 50-something workers get a big inheritance, and decide to retire early, or worse, go into competition, using ideas they’ve been pushing for years, and getting refused. They may even take some others with them.

        Nope, what little money we have, they want. All of it. They even took our pennies, knowing they’ll make out over time on the round-up. They are shameless when it comes to taking our money.

        And once we are poor, our only use to them will be as slaves.