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Pillows, stretches tied to less misshapen kids' heads
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Parents who used stretching exercises and special sleeping pillows saw improvements in head deformities often created when infants lay in the same spot for a long time, according to a new study. Those two alternatives are less...Tags: Family, Dentistry and Dental Health, Physical Therapy, Science and Technology
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Will County mobile program offers needed dental service
Third-grader Kyle Trusty walked into the dentist's office, expressing apprehension and astonishment at the same time. He wondered aloud if he had any cavities and what his visit would be like. In the next breath, though, he conveyed amazement at the...
Tags: Tooth Decay, Health Insurance, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Family, Dentistry and Dental Health
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A simpler, fairer way to fund California's schools
Driving along Pacific Coast Highway, you can see the successive layers of earth and rock that have piled up over millions of years to create California's coastal landscape. You can see a similar but less attractive phenomenon if you look at the way...
Tags: Teachers, Politics, Regional Authority, Government, University of California, Berkeley
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The next Allentown water issue could be fluoridation
As long as passions are running hot and heavy in Allentown over whether to hock the city's water system decades into the future, it may be a good time to consider whether to continue injecting poison into that system's drinking water. A little bit of...Tags: Politics, Tooth Decay, Allentown, Elections, Methylphenidate
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Jeffrey Beard sworn in as California's corrections secretary
PolitiCalJeffrey Beard, the former prisons chief of Pennsylvania, was sworn in Thursday morning as Gov. Jerry Brown's new corrections secretary. A spokesman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed that Beard took his oath of... -
USC dental students treat patients in Kenya
L.A. NOWAbout 40 University of Southern California dental students recently returned from Kenya, where they ran a free dental clinic for local residents under the guidance of professors and a local dentist.... -
Kids deserve chance at healthy smiles
There's hardly anything more crushing for a 16-year-old girl than taking a bite out of a hamburger only to see her front tooth fall out on to her plate, and the stunned face of the 16-year-old boy sitting across from her. I should know. I was the girl....
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Family, Fluoride, Dentistry and Dental Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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Virginia Tech Carilion Medical School gets $1M grant to focus on oral health
WDBJ7 ReporterAfter a $1 million dollar grant, the Virginia Tech Carilion Medical School hopes to prepare doctors in a whole new way. The grant from Delta Dental enables the school to provide students with an oral health curriculum. Students will spend 30 hours...Tags: Virginia Tech, Dentistry and Dental Health
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State law gives more liberty to dental hygienists
People looking for dental care in underserved areas could get some help from dental hygienists thanks to a law that recently went into effect. Through the South Dakota Dental Practice Act, hygienists will be able to independently perform routine dental...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Tooth Decay, Lawyers, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ozarks dentists say 'D' rating for Missouri children's dental care is nothing to smile about
jkaplan@kspr.comOZARK, Mo -- A new report says programs in the Show Me State need to provide more dental care for low-income families. Dentists we spoke to say they take the report from the Pew Center on States seriously, but offer a different perspective. Yes,...Tags: Personal Income, Ronald McDonald (fictional character), Family, Dentistry and Dental Health, Teaching and Learning
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Six local health programs receive grants
Six area organizations recently received grants from Summit Endowment to aid them in implementing or continuing programs to benefit the community, the organization announced recently. Grants were awarded to: • Chambersburg Hospital Research...Tags: Diabetes, Tooth Decay, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Nutrition, Mental Health
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Be resolute!
Faithful readers, it is that time of year again! The day when we make promises to ourselves that we would actually keep if we made them to anyone else. It is time for New Year's resolutions, and this year I have called upon my social media tools —...Tags: Social Media, Politics, Mitt Romney, Twitter, Inc., The Huffington Post
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