Christine Horton is a National Board Certified Women’s Health Coach and dental hygienist with a special interest in PMOS | PCOS. She serves as Programs and Advocacy Co-Director for the PCOS Awareness Association. As the founder of Fusion Health Coaching, she brings the medical, dental, and lifestyle pieces together for a true whole person approach to health. She lives with PMOS herself, so this work is personal as well as professional, and she’s on a mission to help women feel heard and finally put the pieces together.
Christine’s Links:
Website: https://fusionhealthcoach.com/
YouTube: @PMOS.PCOSGlowHygienist
https://youtube.com/@pmos.pcosglowhygienist
LinkedIn: Christine Horton
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-horton-fusionhealthcoach/
Instagram: @pmos.pcosglowhygienist
https://www.instagram.co/pmos.pcosglowhygienist
Research in this Episode:
Cochrane Review (Simpson et al., 2022) Periodontal treatment and glycemic control in type 2 diabetes, pooling 35 randomized trials https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK589504/
Companion RCT for the number: D’Aiuto et al., Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (2018). 264 patients, HbA1c 0.6% lower at 12 months. https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10064324/
Chen et al., Journal of Periodontology (2024) Periodontitis and mortality in patients with cardiovascular disease, NHANES cohort of 2,135 people. All-cause mortality was 25% higher (HR 1.25). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37469140/
Sanghvi et al., JACC: Advances (2024) Periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease, UK Biobank, 481,915 people. Gum disease was self-reported. HR 1.09 for incident coronary artery disease. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39290820/
American Heart Association Scientific Statement (Tran et al., Circulation) Periodontal Disease and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease https://professional.heart.org/en/guidelines-statements/periodontal-disease-and-atherosclerotic-cardiovascular-disease-a-scientificcir0000000000001390
Dr. Darian’s Links:
Website: https://doctordarianparker.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darianparker/
Dr. Darian’s Partnerships:
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