Are you unhappy with your smile but aren't sure what cosmetic, corrective options are available?
The Pennsylvania Dental Association (PDA) reminds consumers that many cosmetic options exist to improve your smile. Your dentist can assess your needs, wishes and dental history to determine a suitable option to help restore your smile. Following is a summary of many cosmetic dental options.
Members who recently sought expert medical consultations from Best Doctors, Inc., expressed deep uncertainty about their initial diagnosis or course of treatment.
The findings are based on clinical reviews of cases of Best Doctors members. Best Doctors is a unique health benefit that calls upon top medical specialists to help members navigate critical decisions about their care.
More than 500 members in the United States voluntarily called Best Doctors for help during the second quarter of 2008. Of those:
* 25 percent said they needed help choosing among treatment options;
Barotz Dental is now one of only two dental practices in Denver offering LANAP (Laser Assisted New Attachment Procedure). This is the only laser gum treatment protocol that is patented and FDA approved for new attachment of gum and bone tissue around teeth.
LANAP removes diseased tissue, without removing healthy tissue, maintains the height of the tissue around teeth, minimizes pain and discomfort to the patient, closes the periodontal pocket and allows healing to take place. This is all done without cutting or stitches.
The Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) released the following statement today from GPhA President and CEO Kathleen Jaeger regarding the article published in the December 3, 2008 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) comparing the effectiveness of generic versus brand name drugs used in the treatment of cardiovascular disease.
The National Senior Citizens Law Center and 11 other advocacy groups in a letter to CMS last week asked Medicare to stop marketing private Medicare prescription drug benefit plans that require extra fees above a standard copayment for hundreds of brand-name drugs, USA Today reports.
United Nations, Red Cross Mobilize Cholera Relief For Zimbabwe
One physician speaking on condition of anonymity told VOA that 300 people have died at a clinic in Mudzi, in the Mashonaland East district north of Harare, the capital Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:17:23 +0200
34 Nigerian Children Dead From Tainted Medicine
Nine more children have died in addition to 25 reported last week after being given poisoned teething medicine sold under name 'My Pikin' Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:12:59 +0200
Holistic Healing Center Takes African Healing Upscale
A holistic healing center in Dakar offers traditional healing practices, infused into luxurious treatments like pedicures and massage Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:14:36 +0200
The U.S. government announced today that there is no food or feed safety concern from an incident in which a small portion of an unauthorized genetically engineered (GE) cotton variety was harvested along with commercially available GE cotton.
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for HHS secretary, on Wednesday launched an effort by the incoming administration to "lay the groundwork" for health care overhaul, the Washington Post reports. On a conference call with 1,000 Obama supporters who have expressed interest in health issues, Daschle discussed how the transition team and administration will use the Internet -- including online videos, blogs and e-mail alerts -- to initiate a grassroots overhaul effort.
FDA and WebMD on Wednesday announced an agreement that will allow the agency to post public health advisories, consumer updates and safety information on food, medications and cosmetic products on a dedicated WebMD Web page, CongressDaily reports (CongressDaily, 12/3). Under the agreement, FDA will post the information on a dedicated Web page separate from the main WebMD site that includes no advertisements.
Direct-to-consumer advertisements for several medical devices on the video Web site YouTube violate federal regulations because they do not include required warnings and disclosures about potential risks, according to the consumer watchdog group Prescription Project, the AP/Los Angeles Times reports. On Wednesday, the group petitioned FDA to update its advertising rules to specifically address Internet marketing (Perrone, AP/Los Angeles Times, 12/3).
In what's believed to be a first for a major U.S. medical center, the Cleveland Clinic this week started to publicly report business ties between its 1,800 staff doctors and scientists and drug and medical device makers.
Disclousure of such financial links are posted on the Web site of the clinic, one of the nation's leading medical research centers.
More High-Risk Women Preempt Breast Cancer
Title: More High-Risk Women Preempt Breast Cancer Category: Health News Created: 12/4/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/4/2008 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Health Tip: When Another Person Bites You
Title: Health Tip: When Another Person Bites You Category: Health News Created: 12/4/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/4/2008 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Health Tip: Are You Anemic?
Title: Health Tip: Are You Anemic? Category: Health News Created: 12/4/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/4/2008 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Health Highlights: Dec. 3, 2008
Title: Health Highlights: Dec. 3, 2008 Category: Health News Created: 12/4/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/4/2008 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Exercise Eases Obesity and Anger in Kids
Title: Exercise Eases Obesity and Anger in Kids Category: Health News Created: 12/4/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/4/2008 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PDT
How indole-3-carbinol in broccoli fights prostate, breast cancer
Berkeley.edu - Indole-3-carbinol, or I3C, is an anti-cancer compound found in broccoli and cabbage that works by lowering the activity of an enzyme associated with rapidly advancing breast cancer, according to a University of California, Berkeley, study appearing this week in the online early edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Indole-3-carbinol [...] Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:52:16 +0000
New test to predict depression risk
UCL.ac.uk - A new universal test to predict the risk of someone succumbing to major depression has been developed by UCL (University College London) researchers. The online tool, predictD, could eventually be used by family doctors and local clinics to identify those at risk of depression for whom prevention might be most useful.
The risk algorithm, [...] Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:49:29 +0000
Holiday safety tips - hazards and poison information
The holiday season is usually a time of joy but it also brings the potential for poisonings, according to the Drug and Poison Information Center (DPIC), a service of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The following information includes safety hazards and precautionary ways to ensure that families have a safe holiday season. (DPIC is open [...] Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:02:08 +0000
Safe toys for the holidays
With the excitement of the holidays, parents and relatives eagerly purchase the hottest toys and latest items for their children. But it’s during the hustle and bustle of the season that many fail to buy age appropriate gifts for their children and they tend to disregard warnings on these toys and gifts when it comes [...] Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:00:07 +0000
From depression to abdominal fat
JAMA / Archives - Older adults with symptoms of depression appear more likely to gain abdominal fat, but not overall fat, over a five-year period, according to a report in the December 2008 issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.
About 10 percent to 15 percent of older adults have symptoms of depression, according to background information [...] Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:29:14 +0000
Wet market: A live animal market, a common sight in many areas of the world and a source of influenza viruses and other infectious disease agents for human beings. SARS outbreaks have been traced to wet markets in southern China.
Wet markets sell live poultry, fish, reptiles, and mammals of every kind. Animals may stay from days to weeks. Daily introduction of new animals provides optimum conditions for the development of disease agents such as influenza. Add the daily human contacts (including children) with the live animals, and conditions are optimal for the transfer and evolution of infectious disease agents.
MedTerms (TM) is the Medical Dictionary of MedicineNet.com. We Bring Doctors' Knowledge To You Thu, 4 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Warning over internet painkillers
Prescription-only painkillers available over the internet could be "deadly" say experts. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:01:08 GMT
Plan for £12m stroke ad campaign
A campaign will be launched by the government in the new year to help people remember what the first symptoms of stroke are. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:59:47 GMT
Happiness 'rubs off on others'
Happiness is infectious and can spread like a "ripple" through social groups, according to US researchers. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:52:28 GMT
Baby Faith remains seriously ill
A baby girl remains seriously ill after her conjoined twin died following emergency surgery to separate them. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:31:33 GMT
Psychiatric drugs force queried
The practice of forcing psychiatric patients to take medication is not backed by evidence, say researchers. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:26:40 GMT
Fertility patients who are done having children feel responsible for the stored, frozen embryos left over from their treatment, yet more than half are against implanting the embryos in anyone else, according to a new study by researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
"This really turns our moral presumptions on their heads," says Anne Drapkin Lyerly, MD, an obstetrician/gynecologist and bioethicist at Duke, and lead investigator of the findings that appear online in Fertility & Sterility.
The U.S. government announced today that there is no food or feed safety concern from an incident in which a small portion of an unauthorized genetically engineered (GE) cotton variety was harvested along with commercially available GE cotton.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer on Tuesday examined the increasing number of new HIV/AIDS cases recorded among people over age 50 and efforts to curb the spread of the virus among the population. About one-third of the HIV/AIDS cases in the Cleveland area involve people older than age 50, and "not just because they're living longer" due to antiretroviral treatments, the Plain Dealer reports. An increasing number of new cases caused by unprotected sex among the demographic are being recorded, "prompting new calls for HIV/AIDS education and screening for that age group," the Plain Dealer reports.
America's Health Insurance Plans on Wednesday announced a universal health coverage proposal that would be funded in part by slowing the growth of health care costs by 30% over five years and reducing inefficiencies, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for HHS secretary, on Wednesday launched an effort by the incoming administration to "lay the groundwork" for health care overhaul, the Washington Post reports. On a conference call with 1,000 Obama supporters who have expressed interest in health issues, Daschle discussed how the transition team and administration will use the Internet -- including online videos, blogs and e-mail alerts -- to initiate a grassroots overhaul effort.
Mix of taiji, cognitive therapy and support groups benefits those with dementia
Those diagnosed with early stage dementia can slow their physical, mental and psychological decline by taking part in therapeutic programs that combine counseling, support groups, Taiji and qigong, researchers report. Some of the benefits of this approach are comparable to those achieved with anti-dementia medications. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:50:18 +0100
It's time to make sure all children have health care
The current economic downturn has many faces, including those of children. Economic indicators show that the worst of the recession may be yet to come and many economists are predicting that the unemployment rate will rise to as much as 9 percent next year. If that occurs, approximately 3 million additional children will fall into poverty, with many losing their health-care coverage. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:56:24 +0100
Model unravels rules that govern how genes are switched on and off
For years, scientists have struggled to decipher the genetic instruction book that details where and when the 20,000 genes in a human cell will be turned on or off. Different genes operate in each cell type at different times, and this careful orchestration is what ultimately distinguishes a brain cell from a liver or skin cell. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:14:05 +0100
Conclusive evidence that tainted heparin caused allergic reactions
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers has confirmed that a contaminant found in several batches of the blood-thinner heparin is linked with severe allergic reactions in patients, dozens of whom died after receiving the tainted drug. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:46:17 +0100
UCLA expert blames American values for health-care crisis
To heal our ailing health care system, we need to stop thinking like Americans. That's the message of two articles by UCLA's Dr. Marc Nuwer, a leading expert on national health care reform, published this week in Neurology, the journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:34:47 +0100
