Man sues Kimberly-Clark, Claims Copycat Bad Breath Device

BOSTON, July 7 (Reuters) - A Boston-area inventor sued Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB.N) on Tuesday, contending that the maker of Kleenex tissues and Huggies diapers had violated his patent for a device to detect bad breath.

The man, Marv Freadman of Chelsea, Massachusetts, filed a lawsuit in Boston federal court, saying that the Dallas-based consumer-products maker is developing a "visual indicating device for bad breath."

The device, Freadman said in court papers, works by detecting carbon dioxide and other gases given off by the bacteria that cause bad breath. Freadman said that he had already patented a similar device.

The Dallas-based company has its own later patent on the device, according to court papers.

The suit asks the court to stop Kimberly-Clark from using the technology and also seeks unspecific monetary damages.

A spokesman for Kimberly-Clark was not immediately available for comment.

The case number is 09-1145 in U.S. District Court in Boston. (Reporting by Scott Malone in Boston and Jessica Wohl in Chicago; Editing Bernard Orr)

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No Need to Take Chances Regarding Bad Breath (Halitosis)

If you ever have talked to someone who has bad breath, you know it is a problem. And it may make you wonder: What if I have bad breath? How can I know?

There are three common reasons for Bad Breath (Halitosis):

1/ a person consumes smelly products
2/ a person has a large number of smelly bacteria in his or her mouth
3/ a person has dental or medical problems so severe it is causing a bad smell.

The first two reasons are the most common. The third requires professional attention.

Civilized people will accept two kinds of breath in people: neutral, smell-free breath, or minty breath. Anything else falls into the bad breath category.

Your first defense against this kind of bad breath is to avoid products that cause it. If you cannot avoid, then you need to eliminate or mask the smells. A breath mint or gum is the easiest way. Brushing your teeth and your tongue also can help.

The other cause of bad breath is bacteria that naturally live in your mouth.

Your mouth is a warm, wet environment suited for bacteria. These bacteria eat, drink and excrete. Much of what they excrete smells bad because it contains sulfur compounds. These bacteria are the cause of "morning breath.”

The best way to fight this form of bacterial halitosis is to eliminate the bacteria, a never-ending job because the bacteria are always coming back. Your first defense is brushing and flossing your teeth at least twice a day. You also need to brush your tongue, since its bumpy surface can harbor bacteria. Antibacterial mouthwash may be helpful. If you need to do more to mask the smells, sugar-free breath mints or sugar-free gum can help; avoid sugar because sugar is food for the bacteria.

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Source - NewsOK.com - Oklahoma City, OK, USA

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How is Your Breath?

YOUR DENTIST AND YOU

How is your breath? Not sure? No doubt each of us has, at some point, unwittingly had bad breath (halitosis) only to be subsequently embarrassed by the reactions of others in response to it.

For any individual, the exact status of their own breath can be difficult to ascertain. Since noses tend to filter out and ignore background odours, it filters out and ignores the quality of our own breath. This means that it is quite possible for a person to have bad breath, yet not be aware of it.

If our noses can't reliably help us judge the quality of our own breath, how can we determine if we do have bad breath?

One solution is to ask the opinion of a spouse or significant other. If you don't feel you can ask them, ask your dentist or hygienist at your next dental appointment, after all, evaluating oral conditions is part of their job. If you find this type of question is too personal to ask an adult, don't overlook asking a child. If your children are as uninhibited like my son you'll get an honest re-sponse.

There are ways you can objectively smell your own breath. However, you have to take a slightly indirect route.

Try this technique. Lick your wrist, wait about five seconds while the saliva dries somewhat, and then smell it. What do you think?

That's the way you smell. Or, more precisely, that's the way the end of your tongue smells (your tongue's "anterior" portion). How was it? Did you pass this first check?

Now try this second experiment. It will check the odour associated with the back portion of your tongue (your tongue's "posterior" aspect). Take a spoon, turn it upside down, and use it to scrape the very back portion of your tongue. (Don't be surprised if you find you have an active gag reflex.) Take a look at the material that has been scrapped off, usually it's a thick whitish material.

Now, take a whiff of it. Not so bad? Pretty nasty? This smell, as opposed to the sampling from the anterior portion of your tongue, is probably the way your breath smells to others.

Most people overlook cleaning their tongue but doing this on a regular basis can be the single most beneficial treatment for bad breath (halitosis) that a person can institute.

The smell of the anterior portion of a person's tongue is usually less offensive than the smell found emanating from the posterior part.

The reason for this is related to the fact that the anterior portion of the tongue is somewhat self-cleansing and therefore less likely to harbour large numbers of odour producing bacteria. Many tongue functions require that the front portion of the tongue touches firmly against the hard palate. This friction produces a cleansing action, therefore preventing any significant bacterial accumulation.

There are various techniques that you can use to clean the posterior portion of your tongue. Each of these methods, however, has the same goal, to scrape away the bacteria and debris that have accumulated on your tongue's surface.

No matter which method of tongue cleaning you choose to use, you should try to clean as far back on your tongue as possible. Don't be surprised if you find you have an active gag reflex. Gagging is a natural reaction but with time the intensity of this reflex should diminish.

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Source - The Freeport News - Bahamas

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Bad Breath (Halitosis) and BO Get Up Travellers Noses

Most annoying passengers revealed by Skyscanner

Fellow passengers with bad breath and BO have been voted the worst people to sit next to in a most recent poll.

Over a thousand people took part in the poll, which asked the question: “Who do you hate sitting next to most on the plane?”

19% of voters said ‘those with bad breath and BO’ made the most unwelcome neighbours. 15% said a ‘wailing baby’, 13% said ’the hyperactive child’. ‘Big bodied people’ received 12% of the vote, ‘sneezers and sniffers’ got 10% along with ‘rowdy stag/hen parties’, whilst the ‘arm rest occupier’ received 8% of the vote.

Barry Smith, Skyscanner co-founder and director said:

“It’s well known that wailing babies and screaming kids don’t make popular travel partners, but what really gets up air travellers noses is fellow passengers who smell bad. The message from Skyscanner is simple: take a shower and pack breath mints before boarding a flight if you want to stay on the good side of your fellow passengers. For any budding entrepreneurs, there is obviously a big market here for some form of nose plug.”

Skyscanner users volunteered suggestions for other fellow passengers that they weren’t enamoured with, including: ‘loud talkers’, ‘drunkards’, ‘shoeless people’ and, on a strangely personal note, ‘Noel Gallagher’.


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Source - Travel Daily News International - Athens,Greece

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Gargling Tea Can Beat Bad Breath (Halitosis)

In a new trial, patients with gingivitis (early gum disease) are being given mouthwash containing tea.

This is based on previous research, which has shown that compounds in tea block the growth of the bacteria that leads to plaque.

Gingivitis is caused by a build-up of plaque, which makes the gums red, inflamed and swollen; it can also lead to bad breath.

Most people suffer from gingivitis at some point.

Patients in the study, at Mahidol University, Thailand, will use the tea mouthwash twice a day after brushing their teeth, for 28 days.

The theory is that gargling with it will reduce levels of inflammation and even stop plaque from forming.

To test the benefits, dentists will measure the patient's level of so called Volatile Sulphur Compounds (VSC) - an indicator of bad breath.

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Source - Daily Mail - England, UK

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Sing to Ease Irritable Bowel and Bad Breath (Halitosis)

How singing can ease irritable bowel and gargling tea can beat bad breath (Halitosis)

In our pick of top health stories this week, scientists have found that singing may help ease irritable bowel disease, early menopause could increase risk of stroke and compounds in tea could help prevent bad breath.

Singing in a choir may help ease the symptoms of irritable bowel disease.
Sufferers who took singing sessions once a week for a year reported less pain than those who did not, according to a recent Swedish study.

Benefits: Singing in a choir can reduce the pain of irritable bowel syndrome by increasing the levels of feel-good hormone oxytocin.

The researchers believe that singing increases levels of the feel-good hormone oxytocin, which may have a painkilling effect.

Irritable bowel syndrome affects ten to 15 per cent of the population, causing symptoms such as abdominal pain and cramping, bloating and diarrhoea.

It is three times more common in women, there is no cure and treatment includes dietary changes, medication to treat the spasms, and even antidepressants.

Although its cause is unknown, there is evidence that psychological factors, such as stress, play an important role in irritable bowel syndrome.

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Source - Daily Mail - England, UK

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Watch Your Mouth, Fight Bad Breath (Halitosis)

FIGHTING bad breath takes more than chewing gum and using mouthwash. If halitosis is caused by imbalanced energy, then herbal medication can help. Zhang Qian takes a whiff of the problem.

Bad breath is a real turnoff, but mouth wash and chewing gum can't help for long if halitosis is caused by disordered energy.

Traditional Chinese medicine recommends rebalancing energy with herbal medication and adopting a healthy lifestyle that includes proper diet and strict oral hygiene.

Eating garlic and onions can cause bad breath, but it can usually be dispelled by eating nuts, chewing tea leaves or gum, drinking milk or gargling with vinegar or wine.

Halitosis, however, usually refers to a long-term problem of bad breath, not just caused by eating smelly foods. It can be caused by digestive problems, gum disease, tooth decay, gastritis and constipation.

Regular brushing and flossing gets rid of food particles that can decay and give off odor, eventually causing persistent bacterial infection and gum disease.

Unhealthy diet and a tiring lifestyle can weaken the stomach and intestines so that food is not properly digested, giving off a smell.

Bacterial infection in the digestive system, such as helicobacter pylori, can cause long-term bad breath but when the bacteria is killed the bad breath problem is solved.

According to TCM, internal pathogenic heat is the main cause of halitosis and it often gets worse in summer when pathogenic heat and damp prevail in the universe, and correspondingly, in the human body.

There's been a recent increase in pathogenic heat-related conditions, according to Dr Gong Yuping, chief of the Gastroenterology Department of Longhua Hospital attached to the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

People with halitosis due to excessive heat are often thirsty and suffer mouth ulcers and constipation. They usually have flushed faces and red tongues with a yellow coating.

People who smoke, drink a lot or eating stimulating spicy foods often have excessive pathogenic heat, resulting in bad breath. They need to adjust their diet and shift to plainer foods.

Dr Gong recommends heat-dispelling herbs, such as huangqin (Baikal skullcap root), huanglian (rhizoma coptidis) and danpi (root-bark of tree peony). These are commonly prescribed. Rhubarb is often added if there's serious constipation. Eating pearl barley also helps dispel heat and damp.

Halitosis can be a problem for elderly people, those who are weak or are recovering from serious ailments. Yin (cold) energy efficiency and internal heat weaken their digestive system, causing bad breath.

They are often tired, may sweat a lot at night and have red tongues with a thick coating.

Patients with deficient yin in their lungs may also suffer coughing or constipation and have bad breath. Mulberry leaves, almonds, liquorice and maidong (ophiopogon root) are recommended.

Halitosis may occur in patients with deficient yin energy in the liver; they tend to suffer insomnia and are irritable. Nourishing the liver is the best treatment. Herbs like zhimu (rhizoma anemarrhenae), chuanqiong (hemlock parsley) and wild jujubes are recommended.

If you have bad breath - and sore back and legs - then you may be suffering deficient energy in the kidney. TCM doctors often prescribe patent drugs, such as Zhi Bo Di Huang Wan mainly made of zhimu, philodendron and prepared rhizome of rehmannia.

Other yin energy-reinforcing foods include white fungus, duck, lotus root and mung beans.

Good oral hygiene is a must. Dr Gong recommends quitting smoking, drinking and eating spicy foods while taking herbal medication. Sufficient sleep is necessary to prevent deficiency in yin energy.

Fighting bad breath with White fungus soup with honey

Ingredients: White fungus (30g), honey (10ml)

Method: Cook white fungus with water until the fungus softens.

Add honey, stir.

Eat often.

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Source - Shanghai Daily - Shanghai, China

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Battle Bad Breath (Halitosis) With These Tips

Simply Drinking More Water Can Help Curb Smelly Breath

The medical term for it is halitosis, but you don't need to be a doctor to recognize it. You easily can sniff it out.

"GMA" looks at what you can do to ensure you kill bad breath bacteria.It's bad breath, and 90 percent of it is caused by bacteria that lodge in the grooves of the tongue and wedge between the teeth and gums.

The result is foul-smelling culprits called volatile sulfur compounds. And the bad-breath bacteria multiply when exposed to acids, like coffee and orange juice and anything with sugar.

But there are ways to battle bad breath. While some may think products with heavy alcohol content will tackle stinky breath effectively, but the opposite is true. Alcohol actually dries out your mouth and the bad-breath-causing bacteria thrive in dry environments

That's why you have bad breath in the morning. You salivate less at night and those bacteria go nuts. That's also why skipping breakfast can give you bad breath. Eating breakfast gets the salivation going and takes care of the overnight dry mouth phenomenon. So staying hydrated is key to good breath.

Related
Bad Breath Due To Stress?PepsiCo to Support Dentists in AppalachiaIs Sweet Tooth a Key to Survival?There are also many products on the market geared to controlling bad breath.

Mouth Wash
Dr. Nancy Rosen, a cosmetic and restorative dentist, says that mouth wash doesn't need to sting in order to be effective. The stinging sensation comes from the alcohol in some products, which actually dries out the mouth and lets bacteria flourish. Over the counter brands Rosen recommends include Crest Pro Health and Biotene.

Peridex
It's a prescription strength rinse for people with chronic gum disease, which allows more bacteria to lodge under your gums.

Tongue Scraper
Bacteria lodge in the grooves in your tongue, which are deeper in the back of your tongue. The tongue scraper can brush your tongue clean of excess bacteria better than simply brushing your tongue. Rosen says it's essential to scrape your tongue in addition to brushing and flossing.

Halimeter
A Halimeter is a machine that detects the smelly volatile sulfur compounds in bad breath. Any score over 100 means your breath is less than lovely.

Sugarless Gum
Chewing sugar free gum doesn't promote tooth decay, and keeps your mouth hydrated.


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Source - ABC News - USA

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Coffee Could Be Good For Bad Breath (Halitosis)

It is common to think that coffee causes bad breath. Contrary to this belief, the elements present in coffee could prevent the appearance of the bacteria that causes bad breath, according to a team of Israeli researchers who presented their work in April for members of international society for research on the breath, Germany.

The halitosis or bad breath is often caused by deposits of bacteria due to dental or gum problems, and often indicates a health problem. By studying the effect of coffee on saliva, researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered that coffee reduces the bacterial activity.

"Everybody thinks that coffee gives bad breath," noted Mel Rosenberg, a specialist in breath studies at the University of Tel Aviv, who led the study. "And it is often true, because the coffee, which has a drying effect in the mouth, becomes stronger when it is mixed with milk, to ferment and can create a smelly substance."

The researchers studied samples of saliva mixed with extracts from three different brands of coffee. The results show that there are three types of coffee that reduce bacterial activity. By measuring the gas emitted by the bacteria, researchers noted a decrease of gas that cause bad breath.

Mel Rosenberg said that these discoveries could help launch a new range of products to treat the causes of bad breath such as chewing gum or mouthwash. The researchers can add purified extract of coffee to the pellets of the breath to stop the formation of the bacteria and eliminate bad breath at its source, rather than hide it, "said Rosenberg.


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Source - eMaxHealth.com - Hickory, NC, USA

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Smile Please

The Dental Clinic of today has morphed from the ‘Chamber of horrors’ that it traditionally and historically was famed to be, into a plush comforting and smart environment. The old fashioned image of dusty dental clinics being full of mise rable patients in pain, holding their jaws while mean dentists performed heinous acts of barbaric proportions on poor miserable souls are a thing of the past. Ask a generation of baby boomers traumatised by old fashioned dentists that pulled out teeth at the slightest provocation, getting them to sit on a chair has always been an uphill task. However the same does not apply to the younger generation.

Changing Trends

Exposed to technology at a very young age, comfortable with it and without fear of it, they are immediately at home in modern dental clinics. Sleek looking technology, ensconced in the lap of luxury, among friendly faces makes what could be a nightmare experience, a pleasure! Equipped with plasma screens, video games, and wi- fi internet, in swank interiors makes the dental experience something to look forward to. However, it is not only window dressing, newer dental equipment, materials and an extended range of services have moved dentistry from the dark ages to the age of light. Lasers, dental implants, smile design and bleaching are included in the new age armamentarium of services. Shedding its formidable cloak has been beneficial to a wide spectrum of patients seeking self enhancement. Actors, models, young executives, children and recently dental clinic have reported an influx of brides and even bride grooms!

Services Galore

Come November, December and January, when the temperature dips, the wedding and party season set in, a time to look your best. The dental appointment has become an integral part of any pre- party or pre- wedding preparation. A variety of smile improvement services are available but at the top of the list is bleaching or whitening of teeth.

Thanks to savvy marketing by dental bleach manufacturers, consumers are now aware that the colour of teeth yellowed by red wine, Indian food and coffee can be changed by as much as eight shades! A two- hour procedure and voila! White teeth! A bride with a smile that wins a thousand mothers-in- law!

Next on the list is comprehensive cleaning and polishing a quick but effective way to banish bad breath and make yourself desirable for the festive season. Plaque and tartar, the number one causative agents of halitosis, are literally hovered and ultrasonically blasted out of the mouth to leave you feeling confident and ever smiling.

Perfect smile

Not satisfied with only whiter teeth the more fastidious brides and bridegrooms can seek out the entire gamut of smile design services whereby an entire smile can be reinvented to look just so! Crooked, discoloured, malpositioned teeth that distract from the quality of the smile can be easily redone to look perfect. With a little planning and a few days in hand this is easily done, and is the secret to many a mantel piece photograph of a striking bridal couple that grace the houses of proud parents.

A stunning smile is not only for actors, models and media people. More and more people now actively seek out the dentist. It is said that your smile is a reflection of the level of civilization and modernity of a society. Are we heading there?


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Source - Hindu - Chennai, India

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How to Fight Bad Breath (Halitosis)

You enter a room and all others see is physical perfection. Every hair in place, make-up well done, your suit fitting perfectly with glossy manicured nails. Then you begin to speak and there is an unpleasant scent coming from your mouth. Gone is that perfect image and all that remains is an imprint of that scent. Bad breath or halitosis affects everyone at some point or the other, but for some it is a daily, ongoing battle. It affects how you feel about yourself and how others see and behave around you. Everyone may not be fortunate enough to have someone tell you that you’ve fallen victim to bad breath, but if you are not sure cup your hands around your mouth, exhale harshly and then take a deep breath – if you’re still standing then you are good to go.

Bad breath seems to be quite a viable market with companies advertising the latest fix-it from toothpastes that last during the night to a little pill that covers you for the entire day. The average mouth hosts some 600 different types of bacteria, most of which are found on the tongue. The bad scent is attributed to the amino acids and proteins found daily in our food and are left at the back of the tongue. Since most people don’t take the time to clean that area properly, the bacteria has a fest on the leftover food found there. A tongue cleaner or tongue brush is the ideal tool for that particular task. Contrary to belief, since your toothbrush is designed and shaped for brushing your teeth, a tongue scraper is the only sure way to cover the necessary ground. Also, most dentists recommend that you clean your tongue before eating, since this will stop the germs from being swallowed with your meal. Research has proven that almost 80 to 95 per cent of bad breath originates from your tongue, while only five to 20 per cent are from the stomach and food stuck between the teeth.

Despite what you may have been told about toothbrushes and mouthwash, there is only one true way to get all the food from the tiny spaces between your teeth – dental floss. Floss is made from either nylon or teflon and comes in a variety of festive colours, flavours and shaped containers. It is advised that you should floss all your teeth, even the ones in the back, at least twice a day or after each time you brush your teeth. Studies conducted by the American Dentist Association show that only about 12 per cent floss each day, with a staggering 49 per cent not flossing at all.

Even after brushing your teeth three times a day, flossing just as often and scraping your tongue raw, the bad breath is still there. Deeper, underlying conditions may be solely at fault. The ongoing debate about whether the stomach is a common source of bad breath is still ongoing. Only the occasional burp may be blamed, but that isn’t a constant thing. Chronic liver failure, lung infections and a little something known as ‘fish odour syndrome’ may take the blame when all other traditional avenues have been explored and omitted. Fish odour syndrome occurs in a very small portion of the population and is a by-product of their bodies being unable to breakdown certain acids from the foods they are eating, especially eggs and fish.

To keep a generally happy mouth, one of the first basic rules is to brush and floss your teeth everyday, at least twice a day or after every meal. Since dry mouths can help harbour breath fugitives, chewing gum can help keep the mouth moist and ‘minty fresh’. Also, drinking the recommended eight glasses of water will help keep the water level in the body at its peak. So, brush up, stock the body up with water and you should be able to safely talk your life away.

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Source - Barbados Advocate - Barbados

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