Talk:Candidiasis

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Prevention[edit]

User:Doc James, We know diabetes puts people at risk candidiasis, so why do think managing it and prevent type 2 not a part of prevention? Alrich44 (talk) 16:31, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

You added " Managing diabetes and preventing diabetes type 2. Dental care is important for oral flora and managing diabetes.^[1]"

The first bit is not a sentence and did not contain a reference. The second did not mention the disease in question. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 16:33, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

Refs[edit]

User:Doc James, Why did you remove the NIH denture reference? Titled: Oral candidosis, denture cleanliness and hygiene habits in an elderly. It states that there was a significant correlation between poor denture hygiene and prevalence of Candida. [[1]]

I would like know others' opinions on the University of Maryland Medical Center being found insufficient for providing medical advice in Wikipedia. Please comment. [[2]]

Thanks, Alrich44 (talk) 22:43, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

This is a primary source [3]. Please use high quality secondary sources per WP:MEDRS. If you are not sure what these are happy to help explain.

This is not a very good source [4] and the text in question was already supported by better sources. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 06:53, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

I would say it's better to use the direct medical literature rather than umm.edu but that's my take on it. It's our responsibility to always strive to use the best available sources and I think there are definitely better sources out there than UMM's website. Their website is certainly better than many sources, but I wouldn't call it the best available. TylerDurden8823 (talk) 07:00, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

• ^ "Proper dental care". MayoClinic.org. Mayo Clinic. Retrieved April 20, 2015.