The Body Odd: Researchers identify source of bad breath

Release Date: April 11, 2008 This content is archived.

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"The Body Odd" blog on MSNBC reports that researchers in the School of Dental Medicine have identified a tongue bacteria that they say is associated with severe bad breath and that while not much is known about the bacteria strain, the researchers say it originally come from human feces.

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