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Colon Cancer Linked to Mouth Bacteria(scientificamerican.com)

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jet199 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun 28 days ago

There's always claims of links between various diseases and mouth bacteria.

The actual issue is that people with terrible dental hygiene tend to also not look after their health in any other way.

RedditButt 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun 27 days ago

Correlation is like a hint in discovering cause. They don't always link up in ways we would expect, and it can be exhaustive to narrow things down to prove actual causes.