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Report highlights AIDS stigma for NZ’s Black Africans

A new study highlights the need for more awareness among health professionals of the experiences of HIV-positive black African migrants and refugees living in New Zealand who feel stigmatized.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows bone fluoride levels not associated with osteosarcoma

The International and American Associations for Dental Research have released in its Journal of Dental Research a study that investigated bone fluoride levels in individuals with osteosarcoma, which is a rare, primary malign ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study analyzes use of Twitter for public health surveillance of dental pain

The microblogging service Twitter is a new means for the public to communicate health concerns and could afford health care professionals new ways to communicate with patients. With the growing ubiquity of user-generated ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dentists can identify people with undiagnosed diabetes

In a study, Identification of unrecognized diabetes and pre-diabetes in a dental setting, published in the July 2011 issue of the Journal of Dental Research, researchers at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine found ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Print your own teeth

What if, instead of waiting days or weeks for a cast to be produced and prosthetic dental implants, false teeth and replacement crowns to be made, your dentist could quickly scan your jaw and "print" your new teeth using ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Higher Medicaid payments to dentists associated with increased rate of dental care among children

Children and adolescents from states that had higher Medicaid payment levels to dentists between 2000 and 2008 were more likely to receive dental care, although children covered by Medicaid received dental care less often ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Leading dentists question widespread use of porcelain crowns and veneers

Some dental patients are having unnecessary, expensive and aggressive restorative treatment for minor cosmetic problems because porcelain crowns and veneers are being overused, warns a leading dentist in July’s edition ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Research examines dentists' role in painkiller abuse

The Obama administration turned a bright spotlight on prescription painkiller abuse in April when the Office of National Drug Control Policy released a national action plan and a statement from Vice President Joe Biden. With ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Why disparities in dental care persist for African-Americans even when they have insurance coverage

African Americans receive poorer dental care than white Americans, even when they have some dental insurance coverage. To better understand why this is so, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Programs may prevent tooth decay in tots

A toddler’s tiny teeth are destined to fall out in later years as their permanent pearly whites grow in. But for some children, especially those from low-income families, cavities and poor oral health lead to complicated ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Healing times for dental implants could be cut

The technology used to replace lost teeth with titanium dental implants could be improved. By studying the surface structure of dental implants not only at micro level but also at nano level, researchers at the University ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Foreign Accent Syndrome: Oregon woman develops foreign accent after surgery

(AP) -- Karen Butler has a British-sounding accent, but she's never been to Europe. She woke up from dental surgery one day talking funny. A year and a half later her "foreign" accent remains, and her story ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers uncover mechanism in saliva production

University of Louisville researchers are one step closer to helping millions of people whose salivary glands no longer work because of disease or damage from treatment of diseases.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For children, there's no place like (a dental) home

(Medical Xpress) -- Tooth decay is the most chronic disease among children. In one year, more than 51 million hours of school is missed because of tooth decay or other dental-related illness. And even when ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds highest reported BPA level in pregnant woman and associated abnormalities in infant

A new case study examining an infant's neurobehavioral abnormalities and extremely high bisphenol A (BPA) concentration of the baby's mother suggests a link between the two. The study, Environmental Health Perspectives: A ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0