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Utah’s first and only dental school is opening an emergency-care clinic for uninsured and underinsured children and adults. Roseman University of Health Sciences in South Jordan will charge $100 for diagnostic tests and treatment of problems such as toothaches, broken teeth and infections. More complicated procedures will cost more.

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This Shouldn't Be Happening: More New York Kids Going To ER's For Dental Pain

The number of young children with early childhood caries (ECC) who sought treatment at emergency departments (EDs) and ambulatory surgery facilities (ASFs) in New York state rose sharply between 2004 and 2008, and the costs of treating them nearly doubled.

Even Carnivore Predators Eat Better Than Humans
Until now scientists have assumed that predators can only focus on obtaining sufficient calories in their diets. This is the first research to show that predators also select food on the basis of its nutritional value. Biologists have previously assumed that predators cannot afford to be fussy and that they are simply focused on getting the right quantity of food, rather than quality. We show for the first time that they do actually select the foods that will give them the right balance of nutrients.

Justin Bieber Singing Toothbrush
Start and end your day with a song in your mouth.

Test Drive Your New Smile
PreNew PreView, an innovative new technology that lets you “test-drive” your new smile in person. PreNew PreView is a smile preview that fits over your existing teeth to show you just how great they are going to look. Before Pre New PreView, dentists had to rely on digitially manipulated before-and-after photos. Today, dentists have PreNew PreView, which can create a realistic image of what a patient’s new smile will look like once their final dental restoration is complete.

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Chemicals Make You Fat
Chemicals are the basis behind the global obesity epidemic, because at the levels of chemicals we are being exposed to, they’re poisoning our weight control systems, which is damaging our ability to lose weight and make us fatter.

The chemicals treat our appetite so that you actually want to eat certain foods and they make you crave the worst foods. Catecholamines like adrenaline and dopamine that help weight loss are reduced by the chemicals, which affects both metabolism and the desire to go out for a walk, so you can’t lose weight the way you could.

Repair Injuries With Fish And Walnuts
People who’ve suffered bodily injury should consider a fish dinner full of omega-3 fatty acids in order to speed up recovery and help damaged nerves regenerate, according to a team of British researchers. Omega-3 fatty acids are vital for the body's normal growth and development. Because the body doesn’t produce omega-3 fatty acids naturally, they have to be consumed in foods such as oily fish or in supplements.

Cosmetic Body Burden Chart

Women put 515 chemicals on their bodies every day.

Radiation From Bed, Bath and Beyond: Danger!
The Illinois Emergency Management Agency said Friday it is coordinating with federal officials and Bed, Bath and Beyond to identify and secure the tissue box holders contaminated with cobalt-60. While they present no immediate health risk, according to a release from IEMA, the agency is working with federal officials to prevent unnecessary long term radiation exposure by anyone who comes in contact with them.

As a reference of the relative risk of these items, a person who spends 10 hours within one foot of the holder would receive a dose equivalent to a single chest x-ray. Could be a problem if you sleep near one.

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Mastication Is The Easiest Way To Weight Loss

2012-01-21T03:19:00.000-08:00

Probiotic gum beats placebo for bad breath: Study

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North Carolina Missions of Mercy sets 2012 schedule for clinics. The North Carolina Missions of Mercy (NCMOM) portable free dental program is an outreach program of the North Carolina Dental Society. The program is sponsored by the North Carolina Dental Health Fund. The North Carolina Dental Health Fund is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization whose mission is "To provide free dental services to those in financial need with few or no other options."

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Some brands of toothpaste that do not contain fluoride will be removed from supermarket shelves by health inspectors. It is the result of the First Toothpaste Standard for Fiji endorsed by Cabinet last year and which came into effect on January 1. The removal of the toothpaste brands is part of the Trade Standards and Quality Control Decree of 1992. One of the major reasons why health authorities want only fluoridated toothpaste is the high cases of dental carries in children below six years old. The First Toothpaste Standard for Fiji implies that all toothpaste sold in Fiji must have fluoride. It includes all imported and locally-manufactured toothpaste. Toothpaste without fluoride will be removed from the shelves by health inspectors.

Lose Weight With Mastication
In the 1800's Horace Fletcher introduced his mastication theory. Dieters chewed everything several hundred times (700 times for a shallot) and not only slimmed down but defecated less. Fletcher was so proud of his feces that he always carried one with him to prove that it smelled like a hot biscuit and weighed only 2ounces.

But a recent study out of China provides a new look at the role that chewing might have in helping our bodies regulate the amount of food we take in and found that both healthy-weight and obese men consumed fewer calories (about 12 percent less) at an unlimited half-hour meal when they chewed their food more.

Probiotics Fight Bad Breath

Lactobacillus reuteri-containing gum can significantly reduce halitosis, Danish researchers have found, although the mechanism of action remains a mystery.

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Just as there are bad bacteria in the gut, there are bad bacteria in the mouth. Lactobacillus reuteri (L. reuteri) ProDentis has documented effect on balancing the oral flora.

Mindful Fitness Keeps You Strong
When it comes to getting fit, and staying fit, training the mind is now considered every bit as important as training the body. And the potential is perhaps greater than most of us realize. Because whether you're an Olympic athlete or just beginning to commit to regular exercise, training the mind can help in a number of ways.

A number of unpaid volunteers took part in so-called "mental workouts" five times a week, in which they imagined lifting heavy weights with their arms. Amazingly, tests showed they increased their bicep strength by an average of 13.5%, compared to a control group. It's not that the muscles got bigger, but rather that the signalling from the brain improved in efficiency.

Orthorexia Is A Strange Name For Creating Lunch
Some believe that orthorexia, left untreated, can lead to malnourishment, anorexia, or disabling anxiety. But how dangerous is the opposite -- choosing a diet with no regard for health?

Protein Better Than Sugar For Smooth Energy Levels
A new study has found that protein and not sugar activates the cells responsible for keeping us awake and burning calories to keep us thin. Protein meals can make people feel less calm and more alert than carbohydrate meals. If you have a choice between jam on toast, or egg whites on toast, go for the latter!

Age of Champions
"Age of Champions" doesn't exclusively focus on John and Bradford -- they're two characters in a hyperactive group of seniors from across the nation who have made a deliberate decision to dribble, dive and pole-vault into old age.

Do Drugs Really Need An Expiration Date?
Most of what is known about drug expiration dates comes from a study conducted by the Food and Drug Administration at the request of the military. With a large and expensive stockpile of drugs, the military faced tossing out and replacing its drugs every few years. What they found from the study is 90% of more than 100 drugs, both prescription and over-the-counter, were perfectly good to use even 15 years after the expiration date.

What Fast Food Advertises And What You Really Get

Nothing Quite Like A Book
This video will make you wonder why you own a Kindle.

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Torture With Braces By Gentle Dentists?

2012-01-19T03:38:00.000-08:00

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Mountain Dew Wins Battle Against Coke: Dissolves teeth enamel faster!

Citrus acid sodas like Mountain Dew and Sprite erode tooth enamel around six times faster than colas like Coke. These drinks have a low pH value around 3 (very acidic). Diet Mountain Dew is even worse.

Our Changing Food Table
The way Americans eat is continually changing, and it's in the best interest of the food industry to stay in step with these shifts in consumer behavior.

Meal Fragmentation
Eating Alone
Snacking
Immediate Consumption
Non-traditional Families
Consumers Want To Have Fun
Not Calorie Counters
Occasion-based Eating

Do You Taste Or Feel Fat?
Our ability to sense the five accepted categories comes from receptors on our taste buds. These tiny sensory organs appear mostly on the tongue, the roof of the mouth and in the back of the throat. The sense of touch also plays a key role in experiencing taste, as evidenced by the strong opinions on crunchy versus smooth peanut butter. Smell, too, impacts our tasting abilities. Just ask anyone with a stuffed-up nose picking away at what seems to be a plate of bland food.

In the mouth itself, though, food scientists continue to discover new receptors and new pathways for gustatory impressions to reach our brain. Some mice and men can taste calcium, metal, piquance, coolness, heartiness, carbon dioxide.

Australians Moving Toward Free Dental Care
The Medicare Chronic Dental Disease Scheme, which provides $4250 worth of dental treatment every two years to people with a chronic disease, is at the center of a political storm. Some want to dismantle the scheme so that within five years Medicare can pay for dental care for all Australians whether or not they have a chronic illness.

Education Needs To Solve The Problem With Solitude
About 75 percent of New York City freshmen attending community college last year needed remedial math, reading or writing courses. Statistics like these are startling, as they not only reveal serious flaws in our educational system, but also raise questions as to how these students will fare in the future if they are lacking the knowledge and critical skills needed to succeed in college and beyond.
One reason for this problem is the students’ loss of solitude: the ability to think and reflect independently on a given topic.

Eat Meat Only On Special Occasions For Better Health
Meat should be eaten only on feast days, to prevent obesity and climate change, according to a government adviser. We should go back to ancient traditions whereby meat was considered a treat and eaten only on feast days, such as Christmas. At Christmas if we were well off we had beef. It was a big deal. We killed an animal as an exception, for a feast and growing meat yourself, it is an incredibly slow process and killing and eating an animal is a special day.

Pain Killers And Soup Can't Stop The Torture Of Braces
It was the longest six weeks of her life and her Gentle Dentists can't predict how their Social 6 quick and cheap braces will affect her in the future.

8 Lazy Ways To Weight Loss
Shedding a few pounds could be as easy as having a lie-in, turning down the lights and getting vaccinated.

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Turn Down The Lights
Move To The Country
Sleep More

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Licorice Root Herb Fights Cavities And Gums Disease
Scientists have discovered two substances in licorice root, licoricidin and licorisoflavan A. that destroy major bacteria accountable for gum disease and tooth deterioration.

Traditionally dried licorice roots enhance the activity of other herbal ingredients and two substances in licorice were the most effective as antibacterial components, used in treating and preventing oral infections. However, it is advised that the family physician be contacted before using the dried licorice root. It has been known to have undesirable effects and interactions with prescription drugs, in addition to being 50 times sweeter than sugar.

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Spitting Saliva May Keep Olympic Athletes From Winning Gold

2012-01-09T04:07:00.000-08:00

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Dentist Gives 12 Year Old Cancer Survivor A New Smile

The 12-year-old suffered from tooth decay, cavities, gaps and discoloring. But her family didn't have enough money to pay for her dental treatment. Then Dr. Lee Gause, a dentist with Smile Design in Manhattan, showed up at her door and offered to do all her dental work for free.
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Should We Trust Our Doctors?

Nearly every day one physician suffering depression commits suicide. What does that say about the decisions our doctors are making about our health? Some blame their medical school training, but now more physicians are embracing complementary medicine with herbal treatments and Eastern meditation/exercise to combat the risks of burn-out.

Walks In Nature Brings More Rewards Than The Mall
Ninety percent of those who walked in nature experienced improved self-esteem, and 71 percent felt less depressed, but only 45 percent of the shopping center walkers experienced a mood lift. While all ages and social groups benefited, the young and the mentally ill experienced the greatest mental health benefits.

Is A Cavity-Free Childhood Possible?
Clinical studies have proven that, barring illness, nutrition during childhood tooth development is the single overriding factor that determines enamel quality. Not genetics, not luck. However, when nutrition is inadequate, your teeth's natural defense against decay and ability to remineralize is compromised. The research of May Mellanby clearly demonstrated that when children were fed a calcifying diet rich in vitamin D, calcium and phosphorus, areas of decay remineralized and hardened, and cavities became "arrested" or healed. If cereals were eliminated from their diet, decay virtually stopped. Dr Weston Price found that remineralization was further enhanced when both vitamin D and vitamin K2 were supplemented.

Spitting And Mouthwash May Hurt Olympic Athletes
Studies have shown improved performance traced to increased efficiency of the mitochondria that power our cells after eating an amount of nitrate in food equivalent to what is found in two or three red beets or a plate of spinach. Dietary nitrate feeds into a pathway that produces nitric oxide with the help of friendly bacteria found in our mouths. Nitric oxide has been known for two decades as a physiologically important molecule. It opens up our blood vessels. You could block the effects of inorganic nitrate if you use a strong mouthwash or spit [instead of swallowing your saliva]. Strong mouthwashes are not good if you want this system to work.

Do You Drink 93 Packets Of Sugar A Day?

World Record Strong Teeth and Jaws

Man Husks Coconuts With His Teeth

Microbes Have Successfully Fought Fluoride Toxicity
Cells have had to contend with fluoride toxicity for billions of years, and so they have evolved precise sensors and defense mechanisms to do battle with this ion. The new findings from Yale only reveal how microbes overcome fluoride toxicity. The means by which humans contend with high fluoride levels remains unknown.

France Fights Obesity With Soda Tax
France has approved a 'fat tax' on sugary soft drinks in a bid to combat soaring child obesity and boost state coffers. The new tax will add just over 1p to a can of fizzy drink like Coca-Cola or Fanta but zero-calorie 'diet' drinks will be exempt from the charges, the government said.

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Creating The Perfect Smile

The genuine smile is named after the French physician Duchenne, who passed electrical currents through live subjects and took photos of their weirdly contorted faces. Oddly enough when some people try to fake a smile they look like one of Duchenne's subjects: in pain. It has been suggested that 80% of us are unable to conjure up a fake smile that will trick others because we don't have voluntary control over the muscles around our eyes which signal the Duchenne smile.

Telling a real from fake smile relied more on dynamic processes such as how long people hold it, the symmetry of the expression and whether conflicting emotions are communicated by other facial areas.

Women Not Attracted To Men That Smile
Women find happy men significantly less sexually attractive than those who swagger or brood, researchers said today. They are least attracted to smiling men, instead preferring those who looked proud and powerful, or moody and ashamed, according to a study.

In contrast, men are most sexually attracted to women who look happy, and least attracted to those who appear proud and confident.

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Dentists Get Tooth Brushing Wrong Again

2012-01-03T01:46:00.000-08:00

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Dentists Keep Trying To Get It Right

Traditional wisdom, as dictated to us from a young age by school-visiting dentists with happy, anthropomorphic teeth printed on their shirts, is that we should brush twice a day, after meals. That makes sense, because you're getting rid of all those hamburger particles wedged between your teeth before they can start rotting and convert your breath into a chemical weapon.

But surprise -- you're wrong. British dentists are now recommending that people, especially small people between the ages of five and 10, not brush their teeth after every meal. The reason is that the acidity in food and beverages causes tooth enamel to soften, and brushing right after eating an acidic meal strips enamel from the teeth, leaving them vulnerable to cavities. Leaving a little food behind actually doesn't cause as much damage as your toothbrush does as it scrubs the natural protective layer off the teeth.

Studies show that flossing is much more important than brushing. Dental floss actually removes the bacteria that clump together between your teeth, without scrubbing and stripping layers off them.

Maggots Faster Than Surgery To Clean Wounds

Howrah Bridge Damaged Be Human Spitting

The bridge is also considerably damaged by human spitting. A technical inspection by port trust officials in 2011 revealed that spitting contributed to rust that had reduced the thickness of the steel hoods protecting the pillars from six to less than three millimeters since 2007. Pedestrians who have been chewing betel leaf, areca nut and slaked lime have been spitting on the bridge's steel hangers, causing them to weaken. Because the bridge was designed in such a manner that the hangers need those hoods at the base to prevent water seeping into the junction of the cross-girders and hangers, damage to the hoods can jeopardize the safety of the bridge.

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Medical use of maggots was approved in 2004 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. However, only a small minority of patients with unhealing wounds receive the treatment. Although the effects of maggot therapy were not dramatic, it may be useful in certain cases, such as in patients with diabetes, whose wounds need rapid control, the researchers said. But continuing the maggot therapy beyond one week is not of benefit, they said.

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Asian Mercury Falls From The Sky To Pollute Your Yard

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Mercury emitted on the other side of the globe could be deposited right at our back door, depending on where and how it is transported, chemically transformed and deposited. Mercury from coal burning in Asia, for example, could circle the globe several times before being oxidised and carried back to the Earth's surface. Some areas, including the south-west US, had specific climate conditions that allowed them to receive more oxidised mercury from the upper atmosphere than others.

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100 Year Old Doctor Still Working

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"I have no secrets," he confided. "Haven't a clue why I've lived this long. Maybe it's because my office is a mess and I keep saying I'm going to clean it up. That keeps me going. That and it's in my genes. My mother died at 91. So did one of my brothers. Another brother died in his 80s. So did my sister."

He made a short list of his vices. He doesn't exercise. "I keep moving. That's my workout," said the man who gave up cutting his grass two years ago. (He lives alone on a cattle farm in Bethel.) He stopped hiking the wilds of Alaska ("the place I love") in 2007. That same year he quit cleaning his gutters — "my balance was off. I still miss doing that." He "never" smoked cigarettes. He "rarely" smoked a pipe. He "temporarily" smoked a Cuban cigar after dinner "but then Castro took over Cuba. When Cuban quit (being a free county), I quit smoking." He has "no taste" for alcohol. He drinks a beer "once in a while." As for wine, "only on Passover.

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Sitting Causes Cancer

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That's because new studies show that sitting for prolonged periods significantly raises your risk of cancer. We already knew that sitting contributed to diabetes and heart disease but cancer? Yes, cancer! And even more, that risk exists whether or not you exercise regularly, although short exercise breaks during the day can reduce the risk. To stay healthy, you need to do your exercise, but also, refrain from excess non-stop sitting.

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Longer Lasting Dental Fillings Coming

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University of Missouri engineers and their research collaborators at Nanova are one step closer to their goal of developing a plasma-based brush that they say will improve restoration lifetimes. In less than 30 seconds, the plasma brush uses chemical reactions to disinfect and clean out cavities for fillings, the developers explained. In addition to the bacteria-killing properties, the "cool flame" from the plasma brush forms a better bond for cavity fillings, they claim. The chemical reactions involved with the plasma brush change the surface of the tooth, which allows for a strong and robust bonding with the filling material.

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Can Thoughts And Words Reprogram Your DNA?

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There is evidence for a whole new type of medicine in which DNA can be influenced and reprogrammed by words and frequencies WITHOUT cutting out and replacing single genes. This finally and scientifically explains why affirmations, autogenous training, hypnosis and the like can have such strong effects on humans and their bodies. It is entirely normal and natural for our DNA to react to language. While western researchers cut single genes from the DNA strands and insert them elsewhere, the Russians enthusiastically worked on devices that can influence the cellular metabolism through suitable modulated radio and light frequencies and thus repair genetic defects.

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Your Food Could Be Your Worst Investment

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That said, you may very well be able to feed your family a meal of burgers and fries from a restaurant for less than you can make a similar meal at home, but is that really a savings to you? Cheap food is actually incredibly expensive once everything is added up, including stratospheric health care costs, continued dependence on fossil fuels, and the destruction of the earth as a whole.

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Pregnant Women Advised To Stay Cool

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Queensland University of Technology (QUT) world-first research has found a link between increases in temperature and the incidence of stillbirth and shorter pregnancies. Pregnant women should protect themselves from overheating to reduce the likelihood of pre-term or stillbirths. It is known that women should avoid hot tubs or Jacuzzis during pregnancy as this can cause a pregnancy termination, and that dehydration caused by heat stress and sweating could be harmful to a fetus and induce birth.

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Drug Doped Farm Animals Plague Athletes

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Mexican health authorities are cracking down on cattle merchants who use the banned substance clenbuterol to make the meat from livestock less fatty. With the London Olympics quickly approaching, the United Kingdom Anti-Doping Association warned athletes to avoid foods that will make an athlete test positive on a drug screening. The top of that list? Liver, which can increase the risk of an athlete testing positive for anabolic agent clenbuterol.

Food has played a part in positive drug tests in the past. Tong Wen, an Olympic gold medalist weightlifter from China, blamed pork chops when she tested positive for clenbuterol. Spanish cyclist Alberto Contado also tested positive for clenbuterol, and blamed a steak. Clenbuterol turned up in the urine of 109 players from various countries taking part in the Under-17 soccer world championship hosted in Mexic in 2011.

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Penthouse Pleasure Shots With Probiotic Straws

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From Penthouse shots to sports gum: The solution to pill fatigue is at hand

While tablets and capsules still dominate the market, more imaginative delivery formats are starting to gain traction, from calcium chews and probiotic straws to omega-3 gummies. Our gallery gives you a flavor of what's on offer if pill popping is not your thing.

http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Consumer-Trends/From-Penthouse-shots-to-sports-gum-The-solution-to-pill-fatigue-is-at-hand

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Fluoride At High Levels Is Toxic To Bacterial Cells
It has been known for many decades that fluoride at high concentrations also is toxic to bacteria, causing some researchers to propose that this antibacterial activity also may help prevent cavities. Its use in toothpaste and its addition to city water supplies across the United States sparked a controversy 60 years ago, and the dispute continues to this day. In the United Kingdom, and in other European Union countries, fluoride is used to a much lesser extent due to fierce public opposition.

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Electric Toothbrush For Women

2011-12-28T03:30:00.000-08:00

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The Best Thing You Can Do For Your Health

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Economic Woes Bring Higher Suicide Rates
Before the financial crisis first began to bite three years ago, Greece had the lowest suicide rate in Europe at 2.8 per 100,000 inhabitants. It now has almost double that number, the highest on the continent, despite the stigma in a nation where the Orthodox church refuses funeral rights for those who take their lives. Attempted suicides have also increased. It's never just one thing, but almost always debts, joblessness, the fear of being fired are cited when people phone in to say they are contemplating ending their lives.

Eating Lean Beef Lowers LDL Cholesterol
Consuming a diet including lean beef every day is as effective in lowering total and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol as the heart-healthy Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet.

Testosterone Boosts Muscles But May Shorten Life
Testosterone therapy, in which testosterone is administered to men with low levels of the hormone, has been a controversial topic, with some advocating for the therapy as a way to restore vitality in older men, but others are concerned about the health conditions, such as heart problems and cancer, it may bring along.

Electric Toothbrush For Women
Designed for those "on the go," the Eluo toothbrush combines fashion with oral hygiene in a compact sonic toothbrush, according to the company. Battery-operated and using the latest electric toothbrush technology, the compact Eluo toothbrush is capable of up to 23,000 brush strokes per minute, according to Cenoire.

The Eluo electronic toothbrush. Image courtesy of Cenoire.

Is 2012 Your Time To Die?
Catastrophe looms as toxic 13-tonne Mars probe falls to Earth. The heaviest interplanetary spacecraft ever launched is about to become one of the most dangerous man-made objects to fall from space when it crashes to the ground early in the new year. Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, said yesterday that the lorry-sized probe weighing 13.2 tonnes and laden with 11 tonnes of toxic rocket fuel and 10kg of radioactive cobalt-57 will fall to Earth between 6 and 19 January 2012.

Telephone Consultations Increase Chances Of Death
More than 60 per cent of deaths of patients seeking medical care are linked with telephone blunders. The phone consultations are increasingly used instead of visits from family doctors because most family GPs have opted out of providing cover after office hours, with responsibility often handed to private companies. They use phone lines often staffed by clerical staff and nurses, who attempt to decide which are serious enough to warrant being referred to a doctor. Experts warned that the use of poorly trained staff to cut costs had left some playing "Russian roulette" with patients' lives.

Healthy Lungs Associated With Strong Gums
A new research suggests that maintaining periodontal health may contribute to a healthy respiratory system. The new study says that periodontal disease may increase the risk for respiratory infections, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and pneumonia. These infections, which are caused when bacteria from the upper throat are inhaled into the lower respiratory tract, can be severely debilitating and are one of the leading causes of death.

No surprise when you realize that some of our longest living humans have lost all their teeth and they're not afflicted with gum infections. Pneumonia is one of the leading complications leading to death in seniors and gum infections further complicate the matter.

What You Eat Affects Your Offspring

Obese male mice tend to sire unhealthy offspring. And it seems diet is to blame, causing tiny changes in sperm that may lead to metabolic disorders in mouse pups. The discovery brings us closer to understanding how lifestyle choices affect the health of future generations. This is researched in the study of epigenetics.

The effects of diet and smoking become imprinted onto DNA via chemical modifications that regulate gene activity and protein production within a cell. Now it's been shown that mice brought up on a bad diet have offspring that are prone to insulin resistance, suggesting that epigenetic changes persist in some regions of sperm cells.

Calorie Restriction Keeps The Brain Young
Many studies suggest that obesity is bad for our brain, slows it down, causes early brain aging, making it susceptible to diseases typical of older people as the Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. In contrast, caloric restriction keeps the brain young.

Caloric restriction means the animals can only eat up to 70 percent of the food they consume normally, and is a known experimental way to extend life, as seen in many experimental models. Typically, caloric-restricted mice do not become obese and don't develop diabetes; moreover they show greater cognitive performance and memory, are less aggressive. Furthermore they do not develop, if not much later, Alzheimer's disease and with less severe symptoms than in overfed animals.

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Seniors Over 90 Throw Away Their Canes In Almost Miracle

2011-12-24T02:38:00.000-08:00

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NBA announces new concussion policy

The National Basketball Association has a new program designed to protect players against the long-term impact of concussions. On Monday, the league announced it has set up a concussion management program that will be run by Dr. Jeffrey Kutcher, one of the world's leading experts on sports and head injuries. Among the program's protocols:

– All players will get an annual baseline neurological exam and cognitive assessment.
– When an athlete gets a concussion during a game, they will have to undergo a customized series of tests before they can return to the court.
– All information related to a concussion, including the diagnosis, treatment and long-term impact will be kept on file.

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Flame Retardant In Your Soda?
There’s flame retardant in your Mountain Dew. That soda with the lime-green hue (and other citrus-flavored bubbly pops) won’t keep your insides fireproof, but it does contain brominated vegetable oil, a patented flame retardant for plastics that has been banned in foods throughout Europe and in Japan.

Seniors Over 90 Throw Away Their Canes
It's the only exercise class for the 90-plus crowd in Sweden -- it illustrates a growing trend as Sweden, like the rest of Europe, grapples with an aging population. The idea is that keeping older people fit means they can continue to live independent lives -- and stay out of hospitals and elderly care homes, which in Sweden's cradle-to-grave welfare state are funded by municipalities.

Fever Boosts Your Immune Response
With cold and flu season almost here, the next time you're sick, you may want to think twice before taking something for your fever. That's because scientists have found more evidence that elevated body temperature helps certain types of immune cells to work better.

A Quick Smile Could Mean A BIG Lie
How To Spot A Liar? Whether you’re dealing with a salesman, a new colleague, or a blind date, you can identify bogus behavior if you know what to look for. Read about the signs that out a liar.

The Ghost In Your Genes
You Are What Your Grandmother Ate

Can the air your parents and grandparents breathed, the food they ate, even the things they saw directly affect you decades later, despite your never having experienced these things yourself?

Epigenetics says, yes!

At the heart of this new field is a simple but contentious idea: your genes are triggered to express differently, depending on your environment and your actions during your lifetime. These genetic expressions could, in turn affect your grandchildren.

This documentary, 'The Ghost in Your Genes,' says biology stands on the brink of a shift in the understanding of inheritance.

Too Old To Drive? Try This Maze
Dr Carol Snellgrove, based at Flinders Medical Centre's Pain Management Unit in Adelaide, says cognitive testing can assess fitness to drive in the elderly. She created a maze which she said should be able to be completed within 60 seconds and without errors.

"The potential of the Snellgrove Maze Task is that the most competent and the most dangerous cognitively impaired older drivers can be identified without a costly and time-consuming on-road assessment," she said.

Donate Your Baby Teeth To A Unique Art Sculpture
PALACES is a unique arts-science project that aims to create a magical sculpture using thousands of baby teeth donated by the public. This will grow over time like a coral reef, to form a fantastical stalagmite-like structure of crystal resin, encrusted in barnacle formations using baby teeth donated by children in the UK and around the world.

PALACES is a public artwork – as it takes shape, it will be exhibited at arts and science venues across the country, starting at the Bluecoat, Liverpool, in December 2011, followed by the Science Museum, London, in 2012.

A Glass Of Lake Water Holds DNA Of Every Creature In The Lake
A Danish research team has found an incredible short-cut – a lake water sample the size of a shot-glass can contain evidence of an entire lake fauna. It's so effective in counting not only which creatures are present, but how many, that the researchers think that in future it may even be used to count fishing quotas.

Neti Pot Deaths Linked To Tap Water
Safe Neti Pot Use: "If you are irrigating, flushing, or rinsing your sinuses, for example, by using a neti pot, use distilled, sterile or previously boiled water to make up the irrigation solution," said Louisiana State Epidemiologist, Dr. Raoult Ratard. "Tap water is safe for drinking, but not for irrigating your nose."

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A Positive Attitude Does Not Cure Cancer

2011-12-22T03:44:00.000-08:00

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Dentist offers safe and healthy alternative remedies for teeth whitening in new book

The Teeth Whitening Cure by Lester Sawicki, DDS is designed to be an inventive book that offers readers a safe, simple way to brighten smiles and boost health.

AUSTIN, Texas – The Teeth Whitening Cure: A Holistic Guide to Bright Smiles and Better Health in a Toxic World by Lester Sawicki, DDS exposes potentially toxic effects of teeth bleaching gels.

Teeth whitening gels may generate a brighter, whiter smile, but according to Sawicki in The Teeth Whitening Cure, these so-called magic bullets are filled with potentially toxic chemicals that could harm health and teeth. “There is no safe way to whiten teeth with these kinds of products,” says Sawicki. “They can cause extreme tooth sensitively and mouth sores.”

He feels that health care professionals, dentists and physicians should first and foremost look at the health benefits teeth whitening promotes and secondarily consider the cosmetic enhancement to the person's smile. “The two should always go hand-in-hand. If there is potential harm, then we should discover and prescribe preventive measures with the same importance and intensity as the American Dental Association's battle against tooth decay with fluoride,” says Sawicki.

The author believes these products can even overly whiten teeth, leaving the user with a “ghost” smile. Sawicki proposes what he believes to be safer, simpler and more effective alternatives to the teeth whitening products on the market, as all ingredients can be found and made in most kitchens.

The Teeth Whitening Cure reveals how to use hydrogen peroxide, vitamins, minerals, herbs and exercise to detox the body, create a whiter smile, improve health and fitness, and boost energy levels. With over 10,000 hours of research, The Teeth Whitening Cure gives readers information which he thinks they need to know for a more natural looking smile and an improvement in health and vitality.

The Teeth Whitening Cure: A Holistic Guide to Bright Smiles and Better Health in a Toxic World is available for sale online at Amazon.com and other channels.

About the Author
Lester Sawicki, DDS is a graduate of Loyola Dental School and has been practicing dentistry for over 35 years in Texas, Nevada, New Jersey, Alabama, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Puerto Rico. Since 2004, he has been devoted to research between whole-body detoxification and longevity. A practicing student of tai chi for over 25 years, he currently lives in Austin.

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Tooth Whiteners Recalled Over Dangerous Peroxide Concentrations
A handful of do-it-yourself teeth whiteners have been recalled from the Australian market after reports they caused harmful injuries such as headaches and chemical burns to the mouth.

Nine do-it-yourself teeth-whitening products, supplied by three different brands, including White My Bite, WhiteSmile and DaVinci Elite, were recalled by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission because they contained unsafe concentrations of peroxide.

In addition to chemical burns to gums and the mouth, other reported injuries have included blistering or ulceration of the mouth and throat, tooth sensitivity, marbled or unnaturally colored teeth, tissue tingling and headaches.

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Our Emotions May Affect Earth's ElectroMagnetic Field
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The Global Coherence Monitoring System is the technological component of the Global Coherence Initiative, which the nonprofit Institute of HeartMath launched in 2009 to investigate the relationship between the earth’s energetic field environment, collective human emotions, mass behaviors and planetary changes.

The initiative is a science-based project that seeks to bring people together to "shift global consciousness from instability and discord to balance, cooperation and enduring peace."
Electromagnetic fields generated by the heart permeate every cell and may act as a synchronizing signal for the body in a manner analogous to information carried by radio waves. Particular emphasis will be devoted to evidence demonstrating that this energy is not only transmitted internally to the brain but is also detectable by others within its range of communication. The heart generates the largest electromagnetic field in the body. The electrical field as measured in an electrocardiogram (ECG) is about 60 times greater in amplitude than the brain waves recorded in an electroencephalogram (EEG). The magnetic component of the heart’s field, which is around 5000 times stronger than that produced by the brain, is not impeded by tissues and can be measured several feet away from the body.

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Child Football Could Contribute To Strokes In Teens
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Organized childhood tackle football in the United States can begin at age 5 years, leading to potentially decades of repeated brain injuries. In addition, the body mass index of the United States pediatric football-playing population continues to increase, so the forces experienced by tackled pediatric players continues to increase.
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A Positive Attitude Does Not Cure Cancer
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The Emperor of All Maladies has won the Pulitzer prize for non-fiction, been shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle award, and named one of the Top 10 Books of the Year by the New York Times, Time magazine and Oprah Winfrey. If the book has one pre-eminent message, it is simple: "Cancer is not one disease, but many diseases." A silver bullet that could cure all forms is a fallacy, he argues, because every cancer is a different disease, demanding different treatment. We have to stop talking about cancer, and think about cancers.

"In a spiritual sense, a positive attitude may help you get through chemotherapy and surgery and radiation and what have you. But a positive mental attitude does not cure cancer – any more than a negative mental attitude causes cancer."
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Rules For A Long Life: “Tortoise-Pigeon-Dog”
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According to legend, Mr. Li Qing Yun (1677–1933) was a Chinese medicine physician, herbal expert, qigong master, and tactical consultant. He was said to have lived through nine emperors in the Qing Dynasty to be 256 years old.

His May 1933 obituary in Time Magazine, titled “Tortoise-Pigeon-Dog,” revealed Li’s secrets of longevity: “Keep a quiet heart, sit like a tortoise, walk sprightly like a pigeon and sleep like a dog.”

Mr. Li Qing Yun (1677–1933) died at the age of 256 years old. He had 24 wives, and lived through nine emperors in the Qing Dynasty. (Public Domain)

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Be Careful How You Use Your Teeth
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On June 29, 2011, the Wyoming Department of Health was notified of two laboratory-confirmed cases of Campylobacter jejuni enteritis among persons working at a local sheep ranch. During June, two men had reported onset of symptoms compatible with campylobacteriosis. Both patients had diarrhea, and one also had abdominal cramps, fever, nausea, and vomiting. One patient was hospitalized for 1 day. Both patients recovered without sequelae. During June, both patients had participated in a multiday event to castrate and dock tails of 1,600 lambs. Both men reported having used their teeth to castrate some of the lambs. Among the 12 persons who participated in the event, the patients are the only two known to have used their teeth to castrate lambs.

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Keep Your Thumbs Nimble For A Lifetime
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According to Colene W. House, RDH, carpometacarpal arthritis keeps your dental hygienist from smiling. CMC arthritis develops over time as we (dental hygienists) constantly apply pinching force all day long, attacking tenacious calculus and stain. Not to mention struggling with stubborn lips, cheeks and tongues. Over the years, the force of constant pinching wears down the cartilage that is meant to protect the ends of the bones and help them move freely against each other. When that cartilage is worn away, the grinding of bone on bone gets painful, very painful.
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Wall Street Profits Trickle Down To Braces For Kids
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Trendy straight-toothed teens are getting braces to look geek chic. It’s a fashion statement that costs anywhere from a few pennies to $7,500.“There’s a high demand for braces from kids because of peer pressure to look like everyone else,” said Dr. Paul Siu, a Manhattan dentist. Teens are begging for metallic grins at his Midtown practice, he said, and he’s granted their wishes with non-moveable braces to boost their self-esteem.

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Acceledent Tooth Vibrator Gets Rid Of Braces Faster

2011-12-19T10:19:00.000-08:00

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El Paso dentist, Dr. David Rizk, donates time to El Paso needy seniors. Most of the time, Rizk has to donate the cost of his time, supplies and lab costs to get the treatment done. If it were not for the Senior Fund, many of these patients would not see a dentist.

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Extreme sports are not likely to increase life expectancy or health.

The growing popularity of extreme sports such as marathon running and Ironman triathlons may be putting competitors at risk of permanent damage to their hearts, researchers have warned. A study by researchers from the University of Melbourne, Australia, of 40 elite athletes training for an endurance event found their hearts changed shape during the race, increasing in size but decreasing in pumping power. There were signs of excessive stretching of heart muscle cells with scarring suggesting the damage was permanent

Tooth Vibrator Gets Rid Of Braces Faster
The Acceledent tooth vibrator can cut brace time in half but, without the use of the mind, not as effective as tooth meditation vibration for cultivating your energy and improving your health.

The AcceleDent device, worn with braces, simply speeds up tooth movement by vibrating them 20 minutes a day.

Gossip Is Good For Your Psychological Health
Gossip can prove surprisingly beneficial to our health—and friendships. Speaking behind others’ backs can enhance positive emotions and psychological well-being. For example, a chat with a friend about someone else reduces stress by boosting levels of feel-good progesterone in the brain. Sharing negative gossip can also strengthen relationships themselves. Researchers also recently found that strangers connected more meaningfully over negative beliefs than positive ones.

Sitting Makes Your Butt Bigger
Researchers found that the pressure put on areas of the body used for sitting or lying down produces up to 50 per cent more fat in those parts. Researchers found that preadipocyte cells - the precursors to fat cells - turn into fat cells and produce even more fat when subject to prolonged periods of 'mechanical stretching loads' - the kind of weight we put on our body tissues when we sit or lie down.

Happiness Comes With Fewer Choices
Overall, most of us are content with what we’ve got. It didn’t matter whether you earned $10,000 a year more or $10 million a year more: you were still very unlikely to report being any happier than those on $60,000. You know you’re stuck with it, so you end up liking it – or at least dealing with it in a way that means it is not an impediment to your happiness. Contemporary research on happiness confirms an age-old truth: the secret of happiness is low expectations.

4 Million Children In U.K Don't Own A Book
But they are good at texting.

Mothers & Babies Synchronize Their Hearts By Smiling
Simply by looking and smiling at each other, moms and babies synchronize their heartbeats to within milliseconds of each other.

1 In 11 People Will Shoplift This Holiday Season
One in every 11 people who walk through the door are likely to walk out with at least one item he or she didn't pay for. Given that retailers are likely to lose $119 billion to shoplifters this year (1.45 percent of total sales), it's not surprising that the loss-prevention folks have studied this problem from every angle. That's how we know only 3 percent of shoplifters are "professionals" who'll fence the goods, and most offenders are amateurs whose crimes are ones of opportunity.

The Top 10 most shoplifted of items during the holidays include:

Choice cuts of meat like filet mignon.
Expensive liquors, particularly Jameson Irish Whiskey.
Electric tools.
Gadgets, especially Apple products.
Gillette Mach 4 razor blades.
Axe brand deodorant and body washes.
Polo, Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger apparel.
Let's Rock Elmo toys.
Expensive perfumes and colognes, particularly Chanel No. 5.
Nike athletic shoes.

Mercury Dental Fillings A Dark Controversy In America
Although use of amalgam fillings has dropped 30 percent in the last decade, these fillings are still sitting in hundreds of millions of mouths, and dentists continue to fill some 50 million teeth with amalgam each year — especially in children.

"Mercury-free" dentists never guarantee that removing amalgam will improve health and advise of potential drawbacks: tooth sensitivity, potential future need of a root canal if there's nerve damage in the process, the increased release of mercury vapors during removal and the cost, which can range from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. They don't typically recommend it for very ill people or those with life-threatening medical conditions.

Dreams That Can Kill
They died in their sleep one by one, thousands of miles from home. Their median age was 33. All but one — 116 of the 117 — were healthy men, immigrants from Southeast Asia. You could count the time most had spent on American soil in just months. At the peak of the deaths in the early 1980s, the death rate from this mysterious problem among the Hmong ethnic group was equivalent to the top five natural causes of death for other American men in their age group.

In a sense, the Hmong were killed by their beliefs in the spirit world, even if the mechanism of their deaths was likely an obscure genetic cardiac arrhythmia that is prevalent in Southeast Asia.

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Yoga Wars, Plus, Tai Chi And Yoga Too Bland For Musicians

2011-12-15T05:06:00.000-08:00

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Yoga Wars
Traditional Hot Yoga instructor Greg Gumucio says he'll fight copyright lawsuit by yoga king Bikram Choudhury. He and his lawyers say that one can’t copyright a workout sequence — or the setting of a thermostat to 105 degrees. The copyright statute expressly forbids copyrights for systems and methods of operation. It excludes recipes, sporting events, games and business methods.

Your Genes Say Which Vitamins Work For You

Here's a good article if you're trying to mask bad breath with chemical mouth washes. Bad breath is no laughing matter to Americans. The proof is in the estimated two billion dollars a year spent on products to mask that stank.

More information is needed on how a healthy lifestyle can cure bad breath. Bad breath, after all, is like a fever. It's a sign that something is wrong. Covering up a symptom isn't very wise.

Quercetin heart benefits may be linked to genes: Study

Daily supplements of the polyphenol quercetin may boost levels of good cholesterol and decrease blood pressure, but benefits for waist size may be linked to our genetics, says a new study from Germany.

http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Quercetin-heart-benefits-may-be-linked-to-genes-Study

White Tea Fights Inflammation, Diabetes, And Wrinkles
For thousands of years people used natural remedies to try -- and sometimes succeed -- in curing their ailments and preserving their youth. Now the latest research carried out suggests a number of naturally-occurring substances may offer the hope of new treatments to block the progression of inflammation.

Inflammation is credited with a major role in both the initiation and development of diseases ranging from cancer, diabetes and arthritis through to neuro-degenerative conditions and cardiovascular and pulmonary problems. It is also implicated in premature aging and early death. Inflammation is a secret killer -- helping arrest its development, or being able to stop it happening at all, would clearly be of benefit.

U.S. Rice Has High Arsenic That Might Harm Infants
Babies may be at higher risk for harm because they are more susceptible to the harmful effects of arsenic than adults, and baby cereal is rice-based. Arsenic occurs naturally in the environment, and can also be present as the result of human activity, such as the use of arsenic-containing pesticides.

Rice plants are especially efficient at soaking up arsenic from their environment, both because of the plants' physiology and because the flooded areas in which they are often grown make it easier to take up arsenic compounds. Research has shown U.S. rice has some of the highest inorganic arsenic levels in the world, and that infant rice cereal sold here is generally made from U.S. rice.

Boxing Builds Musicians... Tai Chi And Yoga Too Bland
At ROC Boxing & Fitness Center, a no-frills gym, about 20 music students are subjects of an experiment by Eastman professor James VanDemark, a double bassist who believes boxing breeds better musicians. To test that theory, students are spending about an hour a week this semester with longtime trainer Dom Arioli, who has them work the heavy bag, hone their jabs and bang out push-ups. It's all about muscle coordination and rhythm.

Brett Carlson for the Wall Street Journal

Cancer Cell Poisoned With Sugar
Researchers have tricked glucose-eating cancer cells into consuming a sugar that essentially poisons them - it leaves a "suicide" switch within the cells open to attack.

There's a natural product on the market now using a Brazilian recipe for a whole leaf Aloe arborescens-based nutritional dietary supplement. The nutritional elements of aloe are taken directly to cancer cells as they feed on the honey.
Aloe arborescens is produced from five-year-old Aloe arborescens plants harvested at the proper time, processed by grinding the whole leaf into a juice without heating, cold pressing or freeze drying in order to retain all the active glucomannan polysaccharides (4%) such as mannose, 2ml per serving to guarantee maximum effectiveness. It also contains unheated, raw, pesticide-free honey (6.4 grams per serving) and 1% certified organic alcohol for the purest and most effective absorption when taken short and long term.

A Couple Billion People Chew Insects

A Big Mac beef patty contains 21.7g of protein and 1.9mg of iron, but 100gm of the mighty Mopane caterpillar, ever popular in Botswana and Zimbabwe, comes loaded with an eye-popping 28.2g of protein and 35.5mg of iron.

2 Legged Pig Walks Like Gymnast

This pig was taught how to walk without its back legs by its owner (Picture: Quirky China News/Rex Features)

10 Surprising Things That Can Help You Live Longer

Being rich
Hanging out with lots of women
Living on a Greek island
More sex
Flossing
Singing
Getting angry
Gaining weight
Housework
Owning a cat

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Extreme Laser Dentists Find More Cavities: Good or Bad?

2011-12-11T04:32:00.000-08:00

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The Dental Hygiene Clinic at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith will host a Free Extraction Day on Dec. 17 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Probiotic ice cream shows oral health potential: Study

The British Dental Bleaching Society supports the strict control of tooth bleaching materials and considers any product that contains over .1% hydrogen peroxide to be a medical device/treatment. There are still many dangerous tooth whitening home kits available to patients from catalogs and the internet. These can cause harm to patients as they have a very low pH which in turn can damage tooth enamel. The companies supplying these home kits are not concerned about the legislation or the DTI. There seems to be no method of policing these suppliers yet at the same time, carefully researched and scientifically proven materials are not allowed to be used by professionals who know how to use them.

Here's an example of what the BDBS is trying to outlaw: http://www.teethwhiteningplanet.com/

Are home teeth whitening kits safe?

Yes. The primary ingredient in our whitening kits is either Carbamide Peroxide or hydrogen peroxide which has both been safely used in tooth whitening procedures for over 100 years and is recognized as an effective whitening ingredient by the dental industry. Our home teeth whitening kits has also been scientifically tested and found safe by university researchers and practicing dentists as opposed to many over-the-counter home teeth whitening kits from e.g. pharmacies and TV-shops. The controlled research treatment of our whitening kits resulted in no structural change in teeth, no adverse impact on fillings and no softening, chipping or discoloration of the tooth enamel.

Become an informed consumer so that you can judge the safety of teeth bleaching at home.

Laser Dentists Find Cavities Tradition Says Don't Exist
With increasingly sophisticated detection technology, dentists are finding — and treating — tooth abnormalities that may or may not develop into cavities. While some describe their efforts as a proactive strategy to protect patients from harm, critics say the procedures are unnecessary and painful, and are driving up the costs of care.

The incipient caries lesion discovered with a laser doesn’t always lead to a full-blown cavity, which entails decay of the layer right beneath the enamel, called dentin. Mineral-containing saliva can repair these lesions, especially when bolstered with fluoride.

Chewing Gum Better Than Caffeine For Testing
People have been chewing gum for thousands of years, ever since the Ancient Greeks began popping wads of mastic tree resin in their mouth to sweeten the breath. Socrates probably chewed gum. The latest study shows gum is an effective booster of mental performance, conferring all sorts of benefits without any side-effects.

Ice Cream Stops Tooth Decay

Eating ice cream containing probiotic strains may reduce levels of the bacteria in the mouth responsible for tooth decay, says a new study from India.

http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Probiotic-ice-cream-shows-oral-health-potential-Study

2 Out of 3 Medical Students Flunk Hand Washing
Students were given seven scenarios, of which five ("before contact to a patient," "before preparation of intravenous fluids," "after removal of gloves," "after contact to the patient's bed," and "after contact to vomit") were correct hand hygiene (HH) indications. Only 33 percent of the students correctly identified all five true indications, and only 21 percent correctly identified all true and false indications.

Snow Shoveling Most Common Winter Injury
An average of 11,500 snow shoveling-related injuries and medical emergencies were treated in U.S. emergency departments each year from 1990 to 2006. Cardiac-related injuries accounted for 7%.

Biggest Bugger Can Snap Off Your Finger
With a wing span of seven inches and the weight of three mice, this insect from New Zealand was once thought extinct.

Do You Need Iodine?
There is growing evidence that Americans would have better health and a lower incidence of cancer and fibrocystic disease of the breast if they consumed more iodine. A decrease in iodine intake coupled with an increased consumption of competing halogens, fluoride and bromide, has created an epidemic of iodine deficiency in America.

Website For Denture Wearers
The British Association of Clinical Dental Technology (BACDT) has launched an online directory and information resource to help denture patients. The website, DentureProfessionals.org, includes a directory of BACDT-accredited denture clinics and information about caring for dentures and the benefits of various types of dentures, according to the organization.

Mammogram X-Rays Becoming Obsolete
British scientists have created a revolutionary breast-screening system using anti-landmine technology that can detect cancer in seconds. The pain-free radio-wave scanner is safer than traditional mammogram X-rays, which carry a radiation risk and are used on hundreds of thousands of women every year. Experts believe the new device, which is also cheaper, can be used on women of any age, unlike current technology.

Wisdom Teeth Help In Spinal Chord Injury
Spinal cord injury victims could be helped to walk again, by teeth, say researchers that put dental pulp stem cells into rats with broken backs and found they regained some movement in their legs. The study by Nagoya University in Japan could transform the lives of patients with severe mobility problems. The pulp stops nerve cells dying, regenerates severed nerves and encourages the growth of other cells that support the spine. It can be extracted from the centre of adult wisdom teeth 'without adverse health effects.

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Europeans Choose More Natural Looking Teeth Than "Piano Key" Perfect American

2011-12-09T03:53:00.000-08:00

Choline may help protect the brain from effects of ageing

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Smile For A Lifetime

The mission of S4L is to create self-confidence, inspire hope and change the lives of children in their communities in a dramatic way. The gift of a smile can do all this for a deserving, underserved individual who, in turn, can use this gift to better themselves and their community. During treatment, many S4L local chapters also encourage scholarship recipients to participate in community service through a “pay it forward” program inspiring young people to participate in life-long giving.

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Tooth Decay Is A Contagious Disease

Tooth decay is an infection of the tooth and medicine doesn't treat infection by cutting it out of the body. So why do dentists continue the ancient belief that drilling it out of the tooth is the best cure?

One of the greatest challenges facing dentistry is the lack of agreement among dentists regarding how to consistently manage dental disease after it has been diagnosed. Two providers will often not agree on the proper treatment protocol indicated because there are no consistent guidelines for managing different levels of disease. This can lead to very different treatment plans between dentists and confusion for the patient.

The reduction in rates of new disease at dental offices utilizing prevention protocols demonstrates that this approach is successful in arresting early disease and preventing new disease in at-risk children and adult patients.

Europeans Choose Natural Looking Teeth, Unlike "Perfect" American
Explaining his technique Dr Fillion said: “In Europe we want something more adapted to each personality, not like America. Tom Cruise’s teeth are too perfect for me. I don’t like teeth that look like piano keys. Teeth that look like piano keys are not good, so we try to give back some details, maybe a space we don’t close, or a shorter incisor."”

World Record 4 Finger Handstand By Chinese
The longest duration balancing on four fingers is 19.23 sec and was achieved by Wang Weibao (China) on the set of Zheng Da Zong Yi - Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 9 November 2008.

Children Handle Poisonous Mercury

One million children around the world engage in artisanal gold mining work. Inhaling even small doses of its vapor is dangerous. There is no known safe level of exposure.

Eat Fiber For A Longer Life

Men who ate 29 grams (compared to 19) of fiber daily, and women who ate 26 grams (compared to 11) daily, were 22 percent less likely to die for any reason.

Europe Bans X-Ray Body Scanners At Airports

On November 14, 2011 the European Commission banned X-ray body scanners that use "backscatter" technology from airports. The scanners, which are still in use in the United States, project X-ray beams onto your body using ionizing radiation to create a detailed reflection of your body that is displayed on a monitor viewed by a remotely located officer. Ionizing radiation causes DNA damage that can lead to cancer, and its effects are cumulative.

Choline Rich Foods Support Memory Function

Increased dietary intake of choline may be related to better cognitive performance and protection against memory loss, according to new research.

http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Choline-may-help-protect-the-brain-from-effects-of-ageing

Don't Pile On The Pounds

Eating too many nuts and dried fruit can add pounds. Nuts naturally contain high levels of saturated fat. Dried Fruit contains very high levels of sugar. Fresh Fruit contains very high levels of sugar. Seeds naturally contain high levels of saturated fat.

Teeth Have Brain Connections

Significant relationships were found between the number of remaining teeth, the length of the edentulous period, and cognitive function. This cross-sectional study suggests a significant relationship of tooth loss to Mild Memory Impairment and Cognitive Impairment.

Government Admits Too Much Fluoride In Water

About 2 out of 5 adolescents have tooth streaking or spottiness because of too much fluoride, a surprising government study found recently. In some extreme cases, teeth can even be pitted by the mineral. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the splotchy tooth condition, fluorosis, is unexpectedly common in kids ages 12 through 15. And it appears to have grown much more common since the 1980s.

Hope For Fear Of The Dental Drill

Nervous patients who cannot stand the sound of the dentist's drill could be offered relief by a new device. Scientists at London universities have developed a gadget which cancels out the sound of the drill, leaving people free to enjoy their own music. Patients simply unplug their headphones, plug the device into their MP3 player or mobile phone and then plug their headphones into the device. People can still hear dentists and other staff speak to them - the tool only filters out the sounds of the high pitch of the drill.

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Major League Baseball "Strikes Out" Chewing Tobacco

2011-12-07T02:43:00.000-08:00

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Limits on smokeless tobacco use included in the new Major League Baseball (MLB) contract represent a historic first step to protect the health of big league players and millions of young fans who look up to them.

Under an agreement signed by MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association, players, managers, and coaches will no longer be able to carry a tobacco tin or package in their uniforms at games or any time that fans are in the ballpark. They will also be prohibited from using smokeless tobacco during televised interviews, at autograph signings, and other events where they meet fans, or at team-sponsored appearances.

The restrictions will become effective in the five-year contract that takes effect in 2012; violators are subject to discipline.

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The Health Ranger, one of the internet's most popular spokesperson for Natural News, draws questions from his readers about biased, non-critical thinking, and sensational elements in his latest editorial. Always be on guard and never put your complete trust in one source.

Mike Adams states, with I hope comic exaggeration, "The collection of medically-indoctrinated idiots known as the European Food Standards Authority has officially disallowed a product health claim that says water prevents dehydration."

It wouldn't take much effort to find out if water can prevent dehydration in all instances. Mike seems to have jumped the gun into an unfortunate pool of sensational editorializing on dehydration and the role water has. Follow these links and make your own judgement:

"In stunning show of bureaucratic idiocy, EU directive bans health claim that water prevents dehydration." By Mike Adams

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/034204_water_dehydration.html#ixzz1eNntI8C4

Follow these links to learn the "real" truth about water and dehydration which supports the European Union's ban on medical claims of water preventing dehydration:

You May Be Dehydrated Even If You Drink Lots of Water: Dehydration Risks & Solutions

http://bodyecology.com/articles/dehydrated.php

Dehydration: Why Everybody Is At Risk

by Lendon Smith, MD

http://www.google.com/search?q=lendon+smith+dehydration&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#q=lendon+smith+dehydration&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=YVu&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvnsob&ei=Q5vKTszQLcbM2AWmk4EO&start=10&sa=N&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&fp=d39cdc9934dbe98c&biw=1680&bih=889

"Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract can lead to dehydration. Fluid loss may even be severe enough to become life-threatening. But some of the causes for dehydrations are: stress, survival situations, blood loss, diarrhea, hyperthermia, shock, vomiting, burns, drinking alcohol, taking stimulants, infectious diseases, diabetes, hyperglycemia, malnutrition, hyponatremia (especially from restricted salt diets), fasting and just forgetting to drink fluids during the course of the day!

The quickest fix for dehyration is balancing the electryolytes. Diet, climate, stress, excercise, illness and medications all impact electrolyte levels.

The biggest misconception about electrolyte imbalances and treating dehydration is that you can drink lots of water. Plain water will dilute electrolytes, creating a greater electrolyte imbalance."

Diet Can Affect Facial Shape
A recent study of lower jaws from museum specimens showed that those that came from agricultural societies were smaller, on average, than those that came from hunter-gatherer societies – although all carried the same number of teeth. Animal experiments have shown that the lower jaw grows more slowly in individuals fed a softer die. If the same applies to humans it may explain why dental crowding and the need for wisdom teeth extraction with braces is so common today.

A Unique Christmas Gift For The Athlete

The unique gift for athletes! 

What a unique and beneficial gift to buy for a child or young athlete. Give them the advantage of knowing where their strengths are. Providing them with a direction for their future training.

Parents are being sold on the idea of buying DNA tests for their kids, to find out which sports they will be better at. The company called Atlas is based in Boulder, Colorado; and is selling DNA tests for $160. They are looking for what's called the ACTN-three gene, the gene behind what is called 'fast-twitch explosive muscles.' Children that don't have ACTN-three will be better suited for endurance sports like long distance running or swimming. Children that have a lot of it will be better suited for sports like football, rugby, wrestling, or hockey. Kids that have some ACTN-three will not be the fastest and not the slowest, they don't burn out the quickest and they don't last the longest. They are categorized as capable of playing just about any type of sport they like.

Power Balance Mouth Gear
TMZ and Power Balance — the manufacturer of rubber hologram wristbands — is about lose a 57 million dollar lawsuit filed in January by customers alleging the bracelets were bogus. At the beginning of the year, the company was forced to admit that its product is not scientifically-proven to enhance balance, strength, and flexibility, contrary to the maker's original claims.

Rumors are that in partnership with a neuromuscular dentist, TMZ is now ready to sell Power Balance Mouth Gear (PMG) that turns a traditional mouth guard into a device to help relax the muscles in the face and jaw, which allows for proper alignment in the neck and spine and optimal breathing. Featuring proprietary silicon Bite-Pad and V-Form technologies, it is being introduced at a $40 product to market that would have cost $2,500 or more just one year ago.

Brain Benefits From Meditation
Researchers found that experienced meditators had decreased activity in areas of the brain called the default mode network. This helps people stay focused on the moment and has been associated with increased happiness levels regardless of the type of meditation you do, also when just resting — not being told to do anything in particular.

Gum Disease From A Natural Health View
The true significance of gum disease is not that it is associated with any one disease in particular, but rather, that it is associated with many diseases simultaneously…and with a general degradation of health. In fact, periodontal disease can be linked not only to arthritis, lung disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's, and heart disease as discussed above, but also to stroke, stomach ulcers, obesity, renal disease, obesity, pancreatic cancer, and even an increased risk of having a preterm, low birth weight baby.

Beyond the obvious things your dentist tells you, there are four things in particular that you are less likely to know about preventing gum disease: avocado soy unsaponifiables, proteolytic enzymes, green tea, and garlic based formulas.

Vitamingum -- The Evolution Of Chewing Gum

The firm behind a patented technology enabling the incorporation of multiple vitamins and other bioactives in coated chewing gum, has developed a novel bubblegum targeting the sports nutrition market.

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Growing Addictions With Health Professionals Includes Dentists

2011-12-03T04:28:00.000-08:00

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This is a good history on the use of fluoride.

The fluoride added to your drinking water is not pharmaceutical grade. It's a toxic industrial waste product. Deepening the deception is the fact that none of the studies on fluoride actually used the far more toxic hydrofluorosilicic acid that is added to the water supply. Rather they use pharmaceutical grade fluoride, so the health hazards are likely FAR worse than any study has so far discerned.

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Alarm at growing addiction problems among professionals.
Urgent action needed to tackle problems suffered by doctors, lawyers and people in other high-profile jobs, say healthcare experts. Research suggests 15-24% of lawyers will suffer from alcoholism during their careers, while the British Medical Association estimates that one in 15 healthcare professionals will develop an addiction problem. Doctors are three times more likely to develop cirrhosis of the liver than the general population.

Scraping Balances Your Metabolism
Many people feel weak, depressed, upset, even irritated this time of year. As summer gives way to autumn and then winter, the day is shortening and night falls sooner. The sudden seasonal change can slow down metabolism and lead to hormone disorders that make people feel sick. But according to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), there's actually a cure for this malaise: scraping.

Health Creates Wealth
A longer span of healthy years will lead to greater wealth and prospects for happiness. From 1970 to 2000, gains in life expectancy added about $3.2 trillion per year to national wealth. If there are two countries that are identical in all respects, except that one has a five-year advantage in life expectancy, then the real income per capita in the healthier country will grow 0.3–0.5% per year faster than in its less healthy counterpart.

New Heart Healthy Salt
Deaths from stroke and heart disease are predicted to plummet by 60% after replacement of common salt by a novel sodium-reduced, potassium-, magnesium-, and l-lysine HCI-enriched salt, both in home kitchens and in the food industry...already a proven reality in Finland.

Bama, The Land Of Longevity
Bama is recognized worldwide as the land of longevity located in the Bama Yao Autonomous County in Guangxi, China. As of January 2010 there were 90 centenarians living in Bama, making 36 centenarians for every 100,000 people - five times the international average.

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Your Incredible Shrinking Jaw
As you age, crowdedness comes from shrinkage of the jaw, primarily the lower jaw, both in length and width. While this is only a matter of a few millimeters, but it is enough to crowd the front teeth. The recent study disproves the myth that wisdom teeth cause crowding because even people who have no wisdom teeth have crowded front teeth.

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Panda Poop Next Exotic Tea
A wildlife expert in China is attempting to launch the world's most expensive tea, using panda poo to fertilise the brew. Pandas have a very poor digestive system and only absorb about 30 percent of everything they eat. That means their excrement is rich in fibers and nutrients.

Clinpro 5000 Toothpaste Best For Cavity Prevention
If you have a teenager in braces, an older adult suffering fatigue, or a family member susceptible to tooth decay, and they will not or cannot take all the necessary steps to maintain excellent oral hygiene, then the simplest and most basic remedy is to brush once daily with Clinpro.

In the U.S., Clinpro is by prescription only, but you can circumvent this obstacle by either asking your dentist to order it for you or you can buy it directly thru the internet on ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Clinpro-5000-Fluoride-Anti-Cavity-Toothpaste-3M-ESPE-/330598202111?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf9303aff

How to use Clinpro 5000 Dent

This is best used once daily just before bedtime instead of your regular toothpaste or as directed by your healthcare professional.

Apply a thin ribbon of medicine to a toothbrush and brush thoroughly for 2 minutes or as directed.

Adults: after use, spit out the excess. Do not swallow the toothpaste. For best results, do not eat, drink or rinse for 30 minutes after using this fluoride treatment.

Children (ages 6 to 16): after use, spit out the excess and rinse mouth thoroughly. Do not swallow the toothpaste. If children less than 6 years of age are prescribed this toothpaste, close supervision is needed to prevent repeated swallowing of the toothpaste. Children ages 6-12 years should also be supervised when using this product.

Facial Bones Make You Look Older
As we age or injure ourselves the fascial tissue shrinks to fit the changing bone, thus reducing mobility as well as aggravating pain and accelerating age wrinkles. Dental treatment, birth trauma, and emotional trauma all contribute to age wrinkles. Craniosacral Therapy addresses and helps resolve the conflicts within our physical and emotional self leading to a natural anti-aging result.

Green Tea Improves Facial Bone Health And Wrinkles
Hong Kong researchers have reported evidence that green tea, the most popular beverage worldwide, now considered to be the best dietary supplement, can improve bone health.

The researchers noticed that the tea contains a group of chemicals that stimulate bone development and reduces breakdown. The beverage has the ability to prevent and treat osteoporosis and other bone diseases affecting millions worldwide, the researchers suggest.

Ancestor Effect Boosts Confidence And Intellect
Thinking about your ancestors makes you smarter! Recent research at the University of Graz has identified an “ancestor effect.” Individuals who think about their ancestors just prior to a job interview or college exam boost their chances of success.

Cancer Cells Addicted To Sugar
Scientists have known that cancer cells require a large amount of energy in the form of glucose (sugar) to support their abnormally rapid growth. But it wasn't clear how cancer cells met those energy needs. The study shows that cancer cells fuel their growth by revving up autophagy, a recycling process that occurs in cell compartments called lysosomes. More proof that you can't cure cancer by eliminating sugar from your diet, but maybe you can supress it by using the glucose molecule as a transport for phytotherapeutic compounds.

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Tooth Meditation -- Like A Tortoise

2011-11-29T03:48:00.000-08:00

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Excellent article on why you should follow through with your dentist when teeth need to be extracted or have infection. And that's how a $200 toothache turns into a $1,367.30 one.

Kalyan Sircar took his throbbing toothache to the emergency room and left with two prescriptions and bills for $1,367.30.

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Here's another example of a poorly done study on dental health. The study didn't take into account other factors such as weight and whether they smoked.

Experts found that frequent visits to a dental hygienist cut heart attack risks by nearly a quarter.

Acupuncture Helps During Cancer Radiation
When given alongside radiation therapy for head and neck cancer, acupuncture can reduce the side effect of xerostomia, according to findings from the first randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for the prevention of xerostomia.

Acupuncture also helped cancer-related symptoms, other than xerostomia.

Urine -- Our Next Fuel Source?
Scientists at the University of the West of England in Bristol have carried out research testing the viability of urine as a potential fuel for Microbial Fuel Cells in order to directly produce electricity. Each human produces approximately 2.5 liters of urine a day and farm animals worldwide produce two to three times as much urine as humans, adding up to approximately 38 billion liters a day. The process within the MFCs effectively "cleans" the urine so that it can safely be discharged into the environment, removing the need for conventional treatment by wastewater companies.

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They Walked Away, and They’re Glad They Did

YouWalkAway.com is a company that sprang up in 2007 to help homeowners through the foreclosure process, specifically what is called a strategic default. In that instance, even if you can afford to make mortgage payments, you stop paying to force the bank into foreclosing.

Drugs To Increase Your Brain Power
Sleep-deprived surgeons performed better on the cognitive enhancer modafinil. But how comfortable are we with the knowledge that some of our children's classmates might be taking such drugs to perform better at school, or that one candidate for a job interview might use modafinil to outshine the others? And who was the real me, the one on modafinil, or the one not? Perhaps we should start thinking these questions through, before a drug offering far more than a few percentage points of enhancement comes our way.

10 Reasons You're Not Losing Weight

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Overestimate calorie burn

Japanese Ear Cleaning Treatment
Thanks to Japan, you can visit a salon designed to have your ears professionally cleaned.
Since no medical license is required, dozens of these types of salons have been opening up around the country. The technique, known as “mimikaki,” requires special training so as to provide the best and safest possible ear cleaning. Most of the clients are men, and some say that it’s so relaxing, falling asleep during the process is incredibly common.

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Tooth Meditation Like A Tortoise
What does a Tortoise yawn have to do with Tooth Meditation? Read all about it in year 2012 in my upcoming book: A Beginner's Guide To Tooth Meditation.

Watermelon Good For Your Arteries
Researchers from the University of Kentucky have demonstrated that consuming watermelon juice can have a significant impact on artery-clogging plaque deposition by modifying blood lipids and lowering dangerous belly fat accumulation.

Many different species of melons have been shown to benefit human health and watermelon is no exception. Regular consumption of the red fruit can help manage fat deposition and weight management goals while lowering the risks associated with coronary artery plaque accumulation and heart disease.

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Your Teeth Reveal Where You Live

2011-11-25T09:52:00.000-08:00

Honey Might Help You Lose Fat While You Sleep

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Voters say NO to fluoride!
The town of Amesbury, MA had been adding sodium fluoride to its water since 1967, but stopped in 2009, citing concerns that 40% of the material from new Chinese suppliers was not dissolving. Local health officials had recommended that fluoridation be resumed, but opponents said it was unnecessary.

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A dental hygienist accidentally cleaned the female patient's teeth with a chemical compound used to remove tartar and stains, according to an internal investigation conducted by the Department of Aging and Disability Services, which runs the state living centers. That solution, which is not intended for use in the mouth, is a 15 percent dilution of sulfamic acid and is used to clean dentures.

On October 31, a hygienist in the center's dental clinic noticed that a bottle of tartar and stain cleaner was leaking, so she poured it into an empty distilled water bottle, labeled it as "tartar and stain remover," and placed it underneath a sink, according to an internal investigation conducted by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, which runs the center. But someone apparently moved the bottle, then another employee mistook it for distilled water and poured it into the dental chair water bottle used for patients, the American-Statesman reported.

White Produce "May" Protect Against Stroke
Fruits and vegetables whose edible sections are white may lower your risk of stroke more than other fruits and vegetables, Dutch researchers report. Every 25 grams per day of white fruits and vegetables consumed led to a 9 percent decrease in the risk of stroke, and apples and pears were the most commonly consumed "white fruit."

Dental Hygiene Jobs Can't Fill Demand
CareerCast projects the number of dental hygienists in the United States at nearly 240,000 by 2018, a 36-percent increase over approximately 175,000 in 2008. More males needed in a predominantly female career.

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Root Canal Better Than Waterboarding For Confessing
...and it's NOT considered torture!

Today's political debates often include the question of whether waterboarding is torture and if it is an effective way to bring a prisoner to confess information. Maybe a national referendum would resolve the issue and I believe most U.S. citizens might argue they would rather be waterboarded than have a root canal. Problem solved; waterboarding doesn't sound that awful after all!

If waterboarding gives a person the feeling of asphyxiation by water, root canal with a rubber dam goes one step further -- you never know if the anesthetic is 100% effective or when it will quit on you. The fear is ever constant!

Unfortunately, our enemies haven't any experience with root canals to have developed a fear of one. I'm suggesting the CIA run a covert operation "deep root" to penetrate enemy territory with the fear of root canal. Root canal isn't considered torture... but the fear of one is enough to win co-operation.

"Memory Of Longevity" Could Save Your Child
Long-lived worms can transmit their extended lifespan to the next generation by passing on changes in the way their genes are used, rather than differences in DNA itself. So far the "transgenerational epigenetic inheritance" trait has been seen to last only a few generations in worms, but many believe humans have the same potential.

Huskies Need Supplements To Detox Mercury
Alaskan huskies are an ideal model for humans as they are exposed to the same environmental hazards and have already been proven as an effective indicator of human ageing, immune function, toxicology, and cognitive disorders. A recent study demonstrated the risk posed by contaminants, such as mercury, in the subsistence diets that both indigenous people and huskies live on. As the mercury exposure increased, the antioxidant status of the huskies decreased.

City Life Can Break Your Hope For A Long Life
A growing body of research shows that babies born in cities, and children who grow up in them, face a battery of health problems that afflict both their physical and mental well-being. One theory — called biophilia — is that over millennia of evolution, humans have developed a natural affinity for green surroundings, and we become anxious when deprived of them.

According to researchers, the body burns more fat during the first four hours of sleep than it does during any other activity, including exercise. But foods rich in fructose, such as honey and dried fruits, may prolong the process if eaten before bed.

Your Teeth Reveal Where You Live

A high-tech analysis known as laser ablation is used to measure isotope ratios of strontium found in tooth enamel, which can aid in identifying specific landscape conditions where ancient hominids grew up.
CREDIT: Sandi Copeland, University of Colorado Denver

50 Best Bartering Sites
If you think you can’t afford to get nice things, think again. Through the magic of bartering, you can offer your services or even old stuff you don’t want anymore, and in return, get items and services that you do want. In most cases, money never even exchanges hands, and you can get the things you want without ever spending a dime — a perfect idea for frugal students.

Man Grows Finger On Stomach
Doctors in China saved a man's partially-severed finger - by attaching it to his stomach. Furniture worker Wang Yongjun, 20, cut off the end of his middle finger with an electric saw in an accident at work.

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Chewing Gum Prevents Ear Infections

2011-11-21T07:57:00.000-08:00

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Operation Smile is a humanitarian organization providing free reconstructive surgery for children and adults with cleft lip, cleft palate, and other facial deformities. Today, the organization has a presence in some 60 countries and has performed more than 200,000 free surgeries and more than 2 million patient evaluations. It has been praised by Mother Teresa, received the President's Volunteer Action Award from George H.W. Bush, and been honored by Pope John Paul II.

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A San Antonio chain of six dental clinics has been sued by a group of parents who allege their children were subjected to unnecessary and excessive treatments, including baby root canals and stainless steel crowns, so it could “bilk” millions from Medicaid.

Dental Crown Hammer Test -- Porcelain vs. Zirconia
Which Crown Did Your Dentist Give You -- Porcelain or Zirconia? Actually, an all metal gold crown is still considered the most durable.

Fight Winter Blues Through Your Ears
Channeling bright light via ear canal into brain's photosensitive areas effectively prevents and treats seasonal affective disorder.

Chewing Gum Prevents Ear Infections In Kids
Xylitol seems to be a promising alternative to conventional therapies to prevent acute otitis media among healthy children. Acute otitis media is the most common infection for which kids are treated with antibiotics, which has spurred concerns over antibiotic resistance. So researchers have searched for alternative means of prevention or treatment, not all of which have been successful.

In a meta-analysis of three Finnish studies, children who chewed gum -- or took other products laden with xylitol, including lozenges or syrup -- had about a 25% lower risk of developing acute otitis media compared with control interventions.

Fat Cells Promote Gum Disease
People that lose fat generally have an easier time improving gum health.

Older Adults Rely On Balance For A Long Life
Walking and cycling generally do not improve balance, although they have many other beneficial effects.

5 Steps To Improving Your Life
These steps are designed to help most people reach and maintain a state of contentment and serenity. From there, a person can still experience appropriate emotional highs and lows, but knows that he or she will soon return to a pleasant state that might be termed sugar-free sweetness.

Physicians Recommend Supplements For Their Patients
Between 60 and 75% of US physicians may use dietary supplements and do recommended dietary supplements to patients related to their specialty, finds a new survey.

Vortex Toothpaste Helps Kids Brush Longer
Vortex toothpaste is designed to encourage kids to brush their teeth longer and more vigorously, according to the company. It took him 10 years, but Howard Wright, DMD, an inventor and retired dentist, has finally achieved his goal of creating a toothpaste that changes color as you brush. The toothpaste is dispensed as twin streams of red and blue toothpaste; as the child brushes, the colors mix to form a vivid purple.

Tear Drops Help Diabetics Test Blood Sugar
People with diabetes must monitor their blood glucose levels several times a day to make sure they are within a safe range. Current handheld glucose meters require a drop of blood, which patients draw by pricking their fingers with a small pin or lancet. However, some patients regard that pinprick as painful enough to discourage regular testing. That's why Meyerhoff's team is working to develop a new, pain-free device that can use tear glucose levels as an accurate reflection of blood sugar levels.

Deadly Lead In Your Neighborhood
The amount of lead in America’s air has dropped 93 percent since 1980, when the U.S. phased lead out of consumer automobile gasoline. Now the bad: The EPA this week identified 21 areas in 11 states that have levels of lead pollution above agency standards. Those include Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, Southern Los Angeles County, and Tampa, Florida.

New Canker Sore & Dry Mouth Relief
Dry mouth is worst while sleeping, when saliva flow is lowest for everyone, and this can disturb sleep. It can also cause an increase in levels of bacteria that cause caries, periodontal disease, and halitosis.

CankerMelts is the best treatment for canker sores. Recent clinical trials at the University of Washingon’s School of Dentistry, consistently considered one of the nation’s premier centers of dental research and education, suggest that CankerMelts is more effective than any other non-prescription treatments and equally effective as prescription treatments in relieving pain and accelerating healing. Use CankerMelts today for freedom from your painful mouth sores.

• Relieves pain in minutes
• Heals sores in 1-5 days
• Works well with braces & dentures
• Time releases soothing collagen and natural medication, not numbing chemicals.

National Floss Day
November 25, 2011 is National Floss Day and you can celebrate it with your FREE 12 yard sample Flosscard be simply requesting one at: http://www.flosscard.com/pleasesendasample.html

Your Turkey Has Drugs You Don't Want

Antibiotics and other drugs are common in the turkey that thousands of Americans eat every day. If people knew the antibiotics, heavy metals, growth promotants, vaccines, anti-parasite drugs and feed additives used on the farm, they would lose their appetite. Besides, people aren't Animal Pharma's primary customers anyway and the long term safety of animals drugs isn't an issue, since patients are supposed to die.

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Dentist In A Box -- The New Healthcare Strategy?

2011-11-19T05:06:00.000-08:00

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Las Vegas general practitioner Olya Banchik, DDS, who was inspired by her own mother's bout with breast cancer, has stepped up to help women deal with the broken teeth, oral infections, and inflamed periodontal tissue that often result from cancer treatment. In February, Dr. Banchik and her husband established the Smiles for Survivors Foundation to provide treatment for breast cancer victims who have suffered severe oral complications.

Fast Food Addicts Might Sue Companies

A woman who suffered to an almost "unbearable extent" after being fitted with braces by her dentist has been awarded €255,000. She said that as a result of the dentist's negligence she had suffered ongoing, continuous pain and discomfort, distress and unnecessary physical and psychological injury which continues today and will continue into the future.

In his defense, Dr. Bastible denied that he had been negligent in the manner alleged and claimed that Mrs. Hammond was guilty of contributory negligence in failing to mitigate her injuries and losses.

In his judgment, Judge Quirke said that he found Mrs. Hammond to be a truthful and conscientious witness. He said he accepted her evidence without qualification and he added: "Where her evidence conflicts with that of the defendant, I prefer the evidence of the plaintiff."

Fruit/Vegetable Supplement Helps Fight Gum Disease

The results of a preliminary randomized controlled study conducted at the University of Birmingham showed that taking a daily dose of capsules containing concentrated phytonutrients improved clinical outcomes for patients with chronic periodontitis in the two months following nonsurgical periodontal therapy, with additional beneficial changes recorded at five and eight months after therapy. The supplements, which are marketed commercially in more than 20 countries under the name Juice Plus+, were taken daily following nonsurgical scaling and cleaning of the root surfaces of the teeth.

Dr. Zuk Now Owns John Lennon's Tooth
Michael Zuk paid £19,500 for the unusual piece of Lennon memorabilia after joining the auction via telephone. The Beatles star gave the molar tooth to Dot Jarlett, his housekeeper during the 1960s and it was part of a collection of memorabilia owned by Alan McGee, former boss of record company Creation Records.

Internet Shopping For Low Cost Dental Care

Dental services can vary by more than 400 percent in the same area, according to a report by a company that studies health care costs. A routine dental exam in the same area can run from as high as $240 to as low as $55, the report says. A filling can range from $360 to $120, and braces can go for $7,000 to $2,400.

Unbelievable Dog Walking Science

Are you tired of your dog walking you? Check this out!

Fast food giants like Kraft and PepsiCo are worried that growing research studies showing addiction to their junk foods could lead to mass lawsuits on consumer safety.

Dentist In A Box Emergency Kit

Dentist In A Box is the dental emergency kit for the soldier in the field. For basic everyday dental emergencies, an Australian company has created a re-sealable plastic kit approximately the size of a CD (6.3 inches by 5.9 inches) that weighs about an ounce and a half. It can be used for a broken tooth, lost filling or even irritation caused by a sharp tooth edge or orthodontic wire. With the Basic Dental Kit, a soldier can tackle these problems with a temporary fix until he can get to a dentist.

Dentist in a Box is handy for the soldier in a remote area as well as for the families, schools and people who play sports back on home soil.

106 Year Old Lady Credits Good Fun, Not Healthy Food

She loves her sweets. She never drank water in her life. She loves her salt beef, the same old-time meals as ever she had … She loves her pizza and French fries now. So it's not her diet is it?

Moores, whose only medication is a daily dose of Tylenol for arthritis, has her own theory of survival: hard work when she was young, and plenty of fun after she retired.

Early Wealth And Status Predictors Of Healthy Aging
People with higher levels of education and wealth enjoy better health outcomes in later life. For example, those who are wealthier and better educated have the highest physical activity levels and the best quality of life is experienced by older people with the highest asset wealth.

Barefoot Running Done Correctly Is The Human Way
Barefoot runners land with almost zero initial impact shock. Heel-strikers, by comparison, collide with the ground with a force equal to as much as three times their body weight. “Most people today think barefoot running is dangerous and hurts, but actually you can run barefoot on the world’s hardest surfaces without the slightest discomfort and pain.

Colgate Recalls Mouthwash
"The presence of micro-organisms has been detected in some retained production samples of Periogard," Colgate-Palmolive said in a statement. "Under certain circumstances, these micro-organisms may be harmful to individuals with compromised health. Accordingly, in order to ensure the safety of our consumers, in cooperation with the Medicine and Health Regulatory Authority, Colgate-Palmolive UK is recalling all Periogard. "Up to 12 countries, including some where the product has a different brand name, are involved in the recall of 300-mL containers containing chlorhexidine.

Lion's Roar Surprises Science
A lion or tiger can roar as loud as 114 decibels, about 25 times louder than a gas-powered lawn mower. The cats are also aided by the strength of their vocal folds, which can withstand stretching and shearing as air moves past them and the folds vibrate. The size of the animal or the vocal fold, or the frequency of the sound, didn’t matter.

Luke, the National Zoo's male lion (courtesy of flickr user littleREDelf)

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Active Life Leads To Longer Life

2011-11-17T01:50:00.000-08:00

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Fluoride didn't stop their cavities from forming. The Amarillo Texas Mission of Mercy provided dental work for many who probably have never stepped foot into a traditional dental office. It’s a unique setting for these patients in need even though they come from fluoridated communities. They came from not just Amarillo [naturally fluoridated from 1.20 mg/L to 2.10 mg/L], but from Dallas [fluoridated], Houston [fluoridated], Austin [fluoridated], Lubbock [naturally fluoridated], San Antonio [fluoridated] and Mount Pleasant, paying their own way as part of the Texas Dental Association’s Smiles Foundation.

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Procter & Gamble is not very truthful about advertising their Crest Sensitivity Treatment & Protection Toothpaste. The National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus Claims determined that the totality of the evidence was insufficient to support the advertiser's "relief within minutes" claims and recommended that they be discontinued.

An Active Life Leads To A Longer Life
Regular physical activity is associated with a lower risk of suffering depression in old age. The results support the recommendations to use physical activity as a powerful preventive measure against mental ill-health in the elderly.

Testicles Reveal Miracle Image Of Man In Agony
Doctors at a Canadian hospital found a shocking image staring right back at them as they were scanning the testicles of a 45-year-old paraplegic man. The image of one of the testicles, shown above, looks like a man's face grimaced in agony.

Dirt, Rectal Bacteria Prevent Allergies
It makes a difference if a baby is born vaginally, encountering the first bacteria from its mother's rectum, or by caesarean section, which exposes the new-born baby to a completely different, reduced variety of bacteria. This may be why far more children born by caesarean section develop allergies.

CPR Done Badly With Disco Beat
Correct depth of compressions seems more important than following the beat of a disco song used to help the traditional rate of compression.

Fruit Fly Guts Could Be Secret To Longevity
Fruit fly intestines are beatiful and slowing the aging of a single, important organ - in this case the intestine - could have a dramatic effect on overall health and longevity. In a disease that affects multiple tissues, for instance, you might focus on keeping one organ healthy and the fruit fly intestines are so similar to human intestines that there might be an answer here for longevity.

A War With China Could Be A Battle Of The Bulge
One quarter of China’s population is now either overweight or obese, stuffing their faces with more of previously less-affordable dishes like meat. It’s a particular problem among school kids, the rising generation of potential army recruits. In Shanghai alone, obesity in elementary school children has gone up 25% over the past 10 years. McDonald’s franchises in China, it seems, are America’s secret weapon.

The state-controlled China Daily reported Wednesday that China’s National People’s Congress is loosening the standards for overweight recruits in their army. China’s wanna-be soldiers can now super-size that order of szechuan beef without fear of discrimination as long they don’t tip the scales further than 25 percent of the normal weight requirements — a 5 percent uptick from last year.

Doctor Your Boring Brown Eyes Into Permanent Blues

The laser process removes some of the brown pigment in your eye, and in two to three weeks, you'll have your own set of baby blues. Unfortunately, there's no way to go back.

Nuts Reduce Hunger Pains

For the first time, scientists report a link between eating nuts and higher levels of serotonin in the bodies of patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS), who are at high risk for heart disease. Serotonin is a substance that helps transmit nerve signals and decreases feelings of hunger, makes people feel happier and improves heart health. It took only one ounce of mixed nuts (raw unpeeled walnuts, almonds and hazelnuts) a day to produce the good effects.

Red Wine, Cocoa, Nuts Help Obese Men

It may not be a weight loss drug, but it helps the metabolism normalize and mimic the effect of dieting and exercise.

5 Amazing Marathons

From the oldest vegetarian to multiple sclerosis to the coldest weather to diarrhea, these are the most amazing marathons run.

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Why I Still Choose Toxic Mercury Silver Amalgam Dental Fillings

2011-11-15T19:26:00.000-08:00

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It takes “guts and smarts” to live to 100 and still feel well, says Dr. Walter Bortz, a scientific researcher, author, geriatrician and octogenarian marathon runner. Here's his four simple steps:

Move more
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Self-care
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This is an interesting comment I received. I'll let you decide if it should be awarded Black Tongue or White Teeth.

Why I Still Choose Toxic Mercury Silver Amalgam Dental Fillings
by T. M. K., Las Vegas, NV

There's No Right And Safe Filling Perfect For Every Person

Let's begin by saying we shouldn't get upset about my discussion on which dental fillings are better and safer, because this is more about me and my future and how I came to decide on what I think is my best investment for health and finances. I'm not trying to say that one dental filling is better that another or that there's only one way to look at the cost of dental fillings and which treatment is a better investment for health. There isn't one. I'm only presenting information I gleaned from my research that help me formulate some unpopular ideas that I'm now trying to share as alternatives to the prevailing sentiment in the natural health industry.

I believe there are many approaches to personal finances and that there are unlimited choices to healthy living. I never believe that my choice is the right way or the only way for you too.

A more suitable, but too lengthy, title to this article would be: Why I Still Choose Toxic Mercury Silver Amalgam Dental Fillings Over Toxic Tooth Colored Plastic and Porcelain Bonded Fillings. And this is only my opinion, so don't expect me to try and convince you to agree with me, which I doubt you would considering many health nuts have been brainwashed with the ridiculous hype about how mercury in your dental fillings can turn you into a living dead walking zombie.

I've been unemployed for 16 months and money is tight right now. Unlike the Hollywood adventures of our two party presidential race with flip-flopping political posturing, my picture might not be changing soon. I'm 23 years old and have a couple small cavities in my wisdom teeth that need to be repaired. I have a dentist that I think very highly of and my parents trusted him to give me a couple small mercury fillings when I was a testosterone burning teen.

You see, this dentist is old; like he still has his "Howdy who?" puppet on a shelf in the dental office. My parents trusted his opinion and they are relatively healthier than average with his recommended mercury fillings. And my spunky 96 year old grandmother, one of his first patients, has never had a tooth pulled and, it looks to me like, all her back molars have dark fillings meaning toxic mercury silver amalgam. Granny doesn't take any meds and does her own style of Zumba with every daily glass of wine.

My old timer dentist must be doing something right, considering everyone in my family is healthy with mercury in their mouth. And let's not forget I'm scanning the pavement before me for nickels and quarters. Money and the best investment for my buck is what we're talking about, plus, my health isn't taking a back seat either

So, to give my internet natural health gurus the benefit of the doubt, I decided to visit a local cosmetic dentist for more information to help me with making an informed decision on whether to get more mercury fillings. To keep this simple, here's a brief outline of my experience comparing my family dentist with the cosmetic dentist down the street:

Cosmetic Dentist and His Opinions
1.) Friendly guy and staff with a clean office.

2.) Thinks I should have my wisdom teeth extracted.

3.) But if I choose to keep them, he can fix the cavities with white bonded porcelain fillings.

4.) The fillings are biocompatible and won't lead to mercury poisoning.
(Can't say my granny would agree with that poisoning theory.)

5.) Many industrial countries have already banned or limited the use of silver mercury fillings. They're trying to limit the environmental impact of mercury when these fillings are drilled out in the future or burned during cremation. The U.S. is somehow behind the curve here.

(This is what's going through my mind: I guess mercury/silver is pretty durable -- until death do us part -- if there's a problem during cremation. My old timer family dentist says some silver fillings can last 50 years of more. White fillings can't compete here.)

6.) The filling bonds and actually holds the tooth together, compared to silver fillings which are known to expand and crack teeth.

(My family dentist said that recent findings show the "holding tooth together" claim is not quite accurate, but more an exaggerated advertising ploy to sell more merchandise.)

7.) According to current research, the average life of a white filling is 7 years although he claims to have a couple white fillings in his mouth that are 15 years old.

(7 even 15 years doesn't win any trophies compared to the silver fillings in my family dental history.)

8.) They look very attractive. He shows me a video on his ipad of curvy, sexed up female models with white fillings.

(OK, he wins a star here. My tongue's wagging!)

9.) The cost is 40% more than what my old timer plans to charge me.

10.) They can get me an instant line of credit with low interest monthly payments. Would I like to start now?

(I'm looking for lost loose pocket change in the creases of this guy's dental chair.)

Old Timer Dentist and His Comments
1.) A little cranky today but still an OK guy with a clean office.

2.) Thinks extracting my wisdom teeth is silly. I'll need all the wisdom I can chew with to survive the coming hard times.

3.) And if I still choose to pull them he'll tell granny and I'll have to deal with her wrath.

4.) 40% of women are allergic to the metals in a mercury filling but there's been no sign of allergies in my family. (last time I looked I've still got a pair.) Not sure there actually is a true biocompatible filling. The human body doesn't like anything artificial touching it although there seems to be less of an immune response to porcelain, but there are may unanswered questions about how the body reacts to the bonding agent.

5.) When plastic/porcelain fillings were first introduced, they were labeled biocompatible and with time dentists discovered that wasn't totally accurate. Now the newer porcelain fillings are advertised as "more" biocompatible but you still have to bond them with a toxic glue that most would argue is not biocompatible.

(Hard to call this one. The porcelain is biocompatible but not the adhesive agent'? The bonding agent penetrates the tooth and can even kill the nerve if not completely cured? Sounds toxic and dangerous to me but not sure here.)

6.) With cosmetic white fillings, both the phosphoric acid that's dabbed onto the tooth to prepare the bonding surface and the bonding agent itself is toxic. Both can kill the nerve. Don't have that problem with mercury silver.

7.) Sure, mercury silver expands and creates cracks in the enamel, but your cavities are small pits and there is almost no chance of such a small amalgam filling putting enough stress into your tooth to cause it to crack.

8.) Yes, the dark silver color won't win any front page glamor shots, but your wisdom teeth are hidden in the dark back row of your oral theater.

9.) Yes, there is arguably some release of mercury into your blood stream, but haven't you read that you can detox heavy metals using all natural supplements? Here's a list of the top gun internet holistic doctors and the protocols and supplements they sell to detox mercury. Chow down on their supplements a week before getting these mercury fillings and continue afterwards as theses doctors appear to give a nearly 100% guarantee you'll be free of mercury if you buy and use their stuff:

Dr. Klinghardt Protocol...http://www.hbci.com/~wenonah/new/9steps.htm
Dr. Joseph Mercola...http://www.mercola.com/article/mercury/detox_protocol.htm
Dr. Deb Baker...http://www.naturalmercurydetox.com/
Dr. George Georgiou...http://www.detoxmetals.com/
Mike Adams, Health Ranger...http://www.chlorellafactor.com/chlorella-spirulina-26.html
Gabriel Cousens, MD...http://www.life-enthusiast.com/index/Articles/Cousens
Dr. Isaac Eliaz, MD...http://www.econugenics.com/p-64-econugenics-toxin-removal-system.aspx

And if you're still skeptical about the effectiveness of detoxing mercury, read this article about a recent study showing chlorella suppressing the transfer of mercury to the fetus in pregnant mice:

Chlorella suppresses methylmercury transfer to the fetus in pregnant mice and prevents its accumulation in the mother's brain.

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/article/chlorella-suppresses-methylmercury-transfer-fetus-pregnant-mice-and-prevents-its-accumulatio

10.) Did you know that there is a potential health risk with white fillings that virtually no one is talking about? Many of them have dangerously high levels of Bishpenol-A (BPA), a chemical resin used in many kinds of plastics, including some water bottles and metal food can liners. Emerging evidence suggests, that BPA can have harmful effects on human health, particularly child development. BPA mimics and disrupts estrogen hormonal balance and experts agree there is no safe level for BPA in the body. Canada has become the first country to declare BPA a toxic substance. You can read more about it at...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A

A major complication is that manufacturers of the dental materials and chemicals used in white fillings are not required to disclose all of their ingredients. Moreover, many cosmetic white fillings have little-studied compounds such as triethylene glycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA) and urethane dimethacrylate (UDMA) that may or not pose risks of their own.

Plus, white fillings and their bonding agents have other potential risks with exposure. Some scientists have worried about cytotoxicity (cell damage), genotoxicity (damage to cellular DNA), interference with cell metabolism, allergies, soft tissue reactions, mutagenicity (mutation-causing ability) and apoptosis (provoking cellular self-destruction).

And the most serious issue is that I don't think there is a health food or supplement that can detox any of the toxic plastic components, including chemicals, that permeate the body through the tooth nerve-pulp blood circulatory system.

11.) Hey son, did you know that tooth decay is an infection and there isn't a filling made today that stops tooth decay dead, although mercury silver has the highest long term bactericidal properties inherent in its components? Not the case with white fillings.

Actually, if you would like to put off these fillings until you find a job, I can pretty much stop the decay process by treating your cavities with silver nitrate drops for $15 a tooth. The drops have been used in dentistry for over a hundred years and stop tooth decay infections stat. Could be good for several years. We'll monitor them at your 6 month cleaning checks. Does putting off your fillings sound like a deal to you?

And come to think of it son, the white fillings are even thought to feed tooth decay bacteria if not sealed carefully, kind'a like worms in dog poop. But I can give you a white filling if you prefer. I'm just not going to talk you into white, considering you don't have a job.

(Wow! The cosmetic dentist never mentioned anything about stopping the decay infection. He seemed to be selling the beautiful looks; not too concerned with my financial position or the infection of tooth decay. He actually said that the faster I fill these cavities the sooner the tooth decay bugs will clear out of my mouth. Doesn't sound like a scientific way to treat an infection; cut them out with a drill, burn 'em with phosphoric acid, cover it up with super-glue-like-bond-o. Sounds like slash and burn medicine to me. Should I trust it?)

12.) Oh yeah, my old timer takes cash only, but I save 40% over the cosmetic dentist's fees with a filling that's probably going to last me over 40 years, plus, fight tooth decay infection in the tooth. And I'm not too worried about mercury 'cause I can detox it with miracle supplements such as chlorella, zeolite, cilantro, glutathione, garlic, bentonite clay, DMSA, modified citrus pectin, and a hundred others that are sold on the internet. No can detox a white toxic filling with chemicals.

In Summary
And that's why, at this time of my life with no job and an economy that's broke, I still choose toxic mercury silver amalgam dental fillings over toxic white fillings. But if my finances change...yeah, I might want a cover girl look...or find me a cover girl.

anonymous comment:

"The guy in this blog has a point. Even though mercury doesn't belong in your mouth, it is a substance found in nature that can be removed by natural means, but plastics aren't. How do you remove the plastics once they have disrupted your hormones? Just the tiniest amount makes you very sick and the levels in some of the resins are very high, not to mention that they use toxic bonding agents and the resins are so full of hidden chemicals that aren't disclosed, that you don't even know what could be making you sick.

I see people around with no teeth and they seem quite happy. They don't have anything in their mouths leaching poisons all day. They are generally bright eyed and spontaneous, whereas others with their dental work seem more driven and grouchy.

I understand that brushing and flossing are important, but why do you need a professional teeth cleaning? They are going to use highly abrasive substances that contain fluoride to do that, which will just increase your loss of enamel and potentially lead to cavities. I think the mouth is designed to be essentially self cleaning and there shouldn't be a team of specialists required to attend to it."

Puppy Saves Toddler
His family is eternally grateful to the first responders and medical team - but most of all, they are grateful for the puppy who not only alerted them to their missing son, but led them directly to the spot where he had fallen into the water.

Leather Helmets Tested To Prevent Concussions
Old timer leather football helmets held their own when preventing concussions, sometimes better. Time to develop a modern standard that would mitigate concussion risk, according to Cleveland Research Associates.

Vintage leather football helmet. (Credit: iStockphoto/James Steidl)

Brushing Not As Important To Prevent Tooth Decay
Avoid soda and sugary foods that will wear down the enamel on your teeth.

World's Largest Family Live In 100 Room House
Meet the world’s largest family, who presides in Baktwang, India, and lives in a four-story house with 100 rooms. The head of the family is Ziona Chana, a construction worker, and the 181 members of his family include: him, 39 wives, 94 children, 14 daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren.

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How To Make Sense Of Weight Loss
Bad genes may have an impact for some, but they are hardly the primary, exclusive cause of weight gain. Obesity is not a disease. It's certainly not normal. None of these things explains the worldwide explosion in obesity that we've seen over the last 30 years.

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Lack Of Energy Is Not Normal
Despite the popular misconception, feeling old and tired don’t have to go hand-in-hand. And, according to a recent study in the Journal of Gerontology, when a senior lacks energy, it could well be a sign that trouble is brewing.

Cooked Meat Gives You More Energy
Energy gain is the primary reason we eat and now research has proven that cooking meat gives humans more energy. But does our obesity epidemic warrant processed food for even more energy and calories?

Tongue Acupuncture Might Lick Your Ailment
As the term implies, tongue acupuncture is a technique that cures sickness through acupuncture applied to the tongue. It is an invention of Dr. Sun Jie Guang that falls under the category of ‘micro-needle’ treatment in the realm of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).

20 European Nations That Will Live The Longest
From Cyprus to Switzerland, beaten only by Japan and Hong Kong.

How Baseballs Are Made

Slow Eating Associated With Slim People
One theory is that fast eating may be related to greater energy needs, since men and heavier people have higher energy needs than women. It takes time for your body to process fullness signals so slower eating may allow time for fullness to register in the brain before you've eaten too much.

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Dental Porcelain Pornography

2011-11-14T10:06:00.000-08:00

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced 23 new grants totaling $19 million to research and extension programs working to help organic producers and processors grow and market high-quality organic agricultural products.

The grants are funded by the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) and the Organic Transitions Program (ORG).

The grants include more than $15 million in 2011 grants through the OREI, and $4 million through the ORG. In FY 2011, ORG focused on environmental services provided by organic farming systems that support soil conservation and contribute to climate change mitigation. Practices and systems to be addressed include those associated with organic crops, organic animal production (including dairy) and organic systems integrating plant and animal production.

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A growing number of dentists are becoming addicted to "Porcelain Pornography. " and giving patients unnecessary porcelain crowns and veneers. It is increasingly common to see patients who have received restorative treatment that was probably of more benefit to the profits of the dentists than to the patients' long-term dental health. One possible reason could be patient demand from a largely superficial and image-obsessed society.

Green Tea Helps Prevent Wrinkles
A study carried out by few German scientists, whose non-invasive technique has proven that a lotion made of green tea extract works ten times faster than a similar anti-wrinkle treatment which uses LED alone. Moreover the promising results achieved in this experiment took only one-tenth of the time it took for LED therapy in reduction of wrinkles.

Suicide Disease Triggered By Your Toothbrush
Trigeminal neuralgia is also called the ‘Suicide Disease’. This kind of pain comes in what we call paroxysm. It’s gusty. You will suddenly feel like being struck by lightning or a sudden stab on your face. It could also be a hot painful feeling. Sometimes it last for just a second, sometimes it lingers for a few minutes.

The Secret To Fighting Tooth Decay In Kids

Vaccines Might Cause More Harm Than Good
A German study released in September 2011 of about 8000 UNVACCINATED children, newborn to 19 years, show vaccinated children have at least 2 to 5 times more diseases and disorders than unvaccinated children.

Infant Mortality Goes Up With Number Of Vaccinations
The US childhood immunization schedule requires 26 vaccine doses for infants aged less than 1 year, the most in the world, yet 33 nations have better IMRs. In the United States, national immunization campaigns were initiated in the 1960s when several new vaccines were introduced and actively recommended. For the first time in history, most US infants were required to receive several doses of DPT, polio, measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines. Shortly thereafter, in 1969, medical certifiers presented a new medical term—sudden infant death syndrome.

It appears as though some infant deaths attributed to SIDS may be vaccine related, perhaps associated with biochemical or synergistic toxicity due to over-vaccination.

The Scoop On Sensitive Teeth
Tooth sensitivity which affects up to 35 percent of adults, occurs when gums have receded or tooth enamel is worn down, leaving the softer underlying layer of your teeth — the dentin — exposed. Dentin connects with tooth nerves, and when it is unprotected, the nerves can become irritated in response to cold, hot, sweet or sour food and drinks, to pressure or to cold air. Sensitivity can also signal a cavity, broken filling or cracked tooth.

U.S. Marines Get Pain Killer Lollipop
The Fentanyl lollipop offers medics a faster way to ease the pain of a battlefield injury as the drug can be absorbed more rapidly through a lozenge in the mouth than from a needle injected into a muscle.

It has been available for a number of years and is approved by the Food and Drug Administration to combat "breakthrough pain," flare-ups suffered by cancer patients who are already taking narcotics in more conventional liquid or pill form to cope with chronic pain. Like any opioid, there is a potential for misuse and found illegally on the street as "perc-a-pop"

Nearly 15,000 Americans died from an overdose of prescription painkillers in 2008, a record rate that has outstripped fatalities from illegal drugs like cocaine and heroin combined, health officials said on Tuesday.

Death From Legal Prescription Drugs Greater Than For Illegal Drugs
Nearly 15,000 Americans died from an overdose of prescription painkillers in 2008, a record rate that has outstripped fatalities from illegal drugs like cocaine and heroin combined.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that as of last year 12 million Americans were using prescription opioid or narcotic pain relievers, such as Vicodin, OxyContin and methadone, for the high they cause instead of their true medical purpose, or without a legitimate prescription.

Exercise 2 Minutes A Day For Better Health
16 young male subjects performed four 30-second sprints on an exercise bicycle every other day for two consecutive weeks. That comes to about 15 minutes of exercise over the two-week period, total. Apparently, the subjects pedaled as hard as they could for the 30-second duration, rested a few minutes, and then repeated three more times. And for that minimal effort, the volunteers reaped a 23 percent improvement in insulin function.

This shows that you can increase your health and lower your risk of diabetes and cardiac problems daily, all during commercial breaks!

Seaweed: The Next Superfood For Your Heart
Currently researchers are studying potentially protective compounds in eight species of seaweed from Ireland and Canada that may help reduce blood clots and hardening of the arteries, two major risk factors for heart disease. Another recent report published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry reviewed almost 100 previous studies and concluded that some seaweed proteins work just like blood pressure meds. And in animal research a component in brown seaweed was shown to help rats burn more body fat.

Fluoride Could Be An Alien Weapon Unleashed
It was an insane idea from the beginning to add toxic fluoride to the public's water supply and now that money is getting scarce more people are willing to confront and stop paying for this medical insanity. Such has been the grip of medical and dental terrorism that it is taking a financial collapse to finally put a stop to the horror of enforcing the mass administration of a medication on men, women and children without control for dosage, side effects or preexisting medical conditions.

Baby Tooth Reveals Ancient Human Global Positioning

It had been generally assumed that modern humans probably entered Europe at least as early as 45,000 years ago, based on changing patterns of artifacts. 3-D models of the worn baby teeth confirm that the fossil was indeed from a human, not a Neanderthal.

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10 Ways To Treat Tooth Decay, PLUS, Chocolate Better Than Fluoride?

2011-11-12T05:15:00.000-08:00

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Kellogg's is to add vitamin D to all its children's cereals in a bid to fight the rise of rickets among young people. The breakfast cereal producer will add the ingredient to cereals including Coco Pops and Rice Krispies, as part of a healthy eating drive to "help avoid" the bone-softening condition among younsters.

The number of children under 10 admitted to hospital with rickets jumped by 140 per cent over the eight years between 2001 and 2008, it found. Vitamin D deficiency can lead to illnesses including cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure and multiple sclerosis.

Dentists Losing Public Trust

Dentists were ranked third among the most trusted professionals in 1995 but slipped to ninth in 2001, according to Gallup poll rankings; they ranked sixth in 2009.

Negative influences include commercialization and self-promotion, excessive treatment and fees, providing service only when it's convenient, and refusing to accept responsibility when treatment fails prematurely.

In a 1997 Reader's Digest article about dentists' honesty the author visited 50 dentists in 28 states to see how many different treatment plans he would get. Before the survey, the author had exams and plans from his own dentist and three others who participated in the investigation. All determined that one tooth needed a crown. But the 50 treatment plans he received ranged from three dentists who said he needed no treatment to a recommendation for 21 crowns and six veneers at a cost of nearly $30,000.

10 Ways To Treat Tooth Decay
Ten ways to treat tooth decay (according to Dr. Nový)

1. Increase the amount of arginine in the diet. Eat more spinach, soy, seafood, and nuts.

2. Brush with baking soda. If patients don’t like the taste of baking soda, have them apply toothpaste to the brush then dip it in a little baking soda. Encourage the use of a Sonicare toothbrush.

3. Apply chlorhexidine varnish (Cervitec Plus) to exposed roots. Follow up with fluoride varnish one week later. The chlorhexidine arrests the enzymatic breakdown of dentinal collage. The high dose of fluoride will help with mineralization processes.

4. Stock up on Nuvora products and encourage patients to use them daily. All of their lozenges contain xylitol and baking soda. When these lozenges are in the mouth, the pH does not fall to critical values. Check out www.nuvorainc.com.

5. Work with a compounding pharmacy or use mine (909.478.3842). Products like arginine mouthwash and pilocarpine lollipops are indispensible for difficult patients. Instead of giving chlorhexidine mouthwash, prescribe a compounded gel. The staining is minimized and patient compliance increases.

6. Offer patients Glylic lollipops. Glylic is a compound from licorice root that has specific antimicrobial properties against cariogenic and periodontal organisms. Go to www.drjohns.com for more information.

7. Xylitol is a great preventive aid. Patients should try to get six grams per day. IceBreakers Ice Cubes gum has the highest concentration of xylitol. Patients should two pieces of gum three times each day.

8. Use some of the rapid diagnostics that are on the market. GC America makes a saliva analysis kit and a monoclonal antibody test. CariFree makes the ATP meter. You don’t need to test everyone, but you may be surprised to see the results on people you thought were low risk.

9. Remember cariogenic organisms that result in cavities have grown up in the presence of fluoride for a long time. Treat the disease with something other than fluoride, then return to low doses of topical fluoride (like ADA accepted toothpaste) for home prevention.

10. Clinpro 5000 and MI Paste is the only product that changes plaque biology. Have patients apply a “dab” to their tongue after brushing before bed. Use the tongue to wipe it around the mouth. This should be regular practice for anyone wearing occlusal guards or Invisalign.

Breakfast Cereals Intentionally Confuse
First, there is intentional confusion. With so many different kinds of cereal lining the shelves, figuring out which is the best requires detective work. Many make claims about health, boasting “no trans fats,” “gluten-free,” and “a boost of omega three.” Others play to environmental concerns declaring “earthy harmony,” “nature in balance,” and “sustainable soils.” With the legion of labels, separating wheat from chaff seems impossible, but the report offers one rule of thumb: Don’t confuse organic with “natural.”

Nursing Shortage In The USA
Our so-called angels of mercy are in a bad situation: they’re facing a dire nursing shortage that shows no sign of improving. If we have such glorified opinions of nurses, why are they dropping like flies? If nursing is one of the most secure and well-paid job markets in the country, why are we struggling to fill and keep nursing positions?

Shock Therapy For Erectile Dysfunction
The findings suggest sound wave therapy may used to treat ED patients who don't respond well to conventional therapies. However, the study was small, involving only 29 men, and the results may have been due to a placebo effect, so more work is needed to validate the findings, the researchers said.

The results are somewhat counterintuitive, Kramer observed, considering that sound waves used in kidney stone treatments are designed to be destructive. "It's like saying, take your penis and hit it with a hammer a couple of times," Kramer said.

Chocolate Extract Better Than Fluoride For Tooth Decay
Theodent, the Mercedes of Non-Fluoride toothpastes, is launching in Whole Foods February 2, 2012.

Have some chocolate each day to keep the dentist away? It seems to fly in the face of common sense: A cocoa extract is more effective at protecting teeth than fluoride? But that’s the word from researchers who found that an ingredient in chocolate can fight cavities and promote dental health.

Arman Sadeghpour, PhD, led the Tulane University arm of the research team, which also included scientists from the University of New Orleans and Louisiana University’s School of Dentistry. They compared a cocoa extract versus fluoride, side-by-side on the enamel surface of human teeth.

The key to cocoa’s dental benefits, according to Sadeghpour, is a substance called theobromine. A water-insoluble, crystalline bitter powder, theobromine is an alkaloid of the cacao plant, and is therefore found in chocolate along with teas and other foods. Its chemical makeup is similar to caffeine. Theobromine helps harden tooth enamel, making teeth less susceptible to decay.

The cocoa extract could offer the first major innovation in commercial toothpaste since manufacturers began adding fluoride in 1914. Sadeghpour has since started up a biotech company, Theodent, and created a prototype of peppermint-flavored toothpaste with the cavity-fighting cocoa extract.

In the meantime, Sadeghpour adds that consuming foods containing theobromine also boosts dental health. “Consumers do receive some benefit to all their bone tissue just from eating chocolate, thanks to the theobromine,” he says.

Chocolate candy doesn’t come close to matching the hoped-for benefits of Sadegh - pour’s toothpaste, however. You get only about 3% theobromine even in high-quality dark chocolate, he explains, which is far outweighed by the tooth-decaying effects of sugar.

10 Year Old Kids Start Smoking

In Indonesia a million children have started smoking. It's a cultural thing and cigarettes are so cheap that even kids can buy them.

Facial Bones Make Us Look Older
As we age or injure ourselves the facial tissue shrinks to fit the changing bone, thus reducing mobility as well as aggravating pain and accelerating age wrinkles. Dental treatment, birth trauma, and emotional trauma all contribute to age wrinkles. Craniosacral Therapy addresses and helps resolve the conflicts within our physical and emotional self leading to a natural anti-aging result.

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Yakkity-Yak Chompers -- Longest Lasting Tooth Falsies

2011-11-10T17:54:00.000-08:00

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From Obese To Miss America

She tossed out junk food and set a goal to lose five pounds in one month. And she put one foot in front of the other. She walked around the block and after losing more pounds, she joined the gym, started dancing in Zumba classes. Then she started jogging. Boyce meticulously schedules workouts and meals to prepare for Miss America. On a recent day, she cooked breakfast at home in Florence, scrambling eggs and slicing a grapefruit.

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Donna and John H. Grobelny admitted in August to two misdemeanors of welfare endangerment for failing to take their boys, 7 and 9, to the dentist despite complaints from them and their school about their teeth. The pair were charged in April after the children were examined at a hospital and found with rotten and missing teeth and blackened gums, police said. The boys were in dirty clothes, and the family's Wyandotte Street home was infested with fleas, had garbage in the yard and was later condemned.

Stress And Teeth Grinding Bruxism
Bruxism - grinding the teeth and other such teeth/jaw actions - occurs most often in sleep and can cause facial pain and headaches. It is commonly caused by anxiety. Left untreated, it often gives rise to poor quality sleep and damaged teeth.

The Bruxism Association is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to helping sufferers and their bed partners improve their sleep. With over 17 years experience in the field of sleep medicine, you can feel confident in finding a solution to your problem.

Roadside Dentistry In Kashmir
In a province where there is an acute shortage of accredited dentists - and most residents could not afford them anyway - this is where people come for dental help. In Srinagar, the roadside dentists set up shop at the major bus stop, perhaps in the knowledge that the jarring roads leading into Kashmir's main city will be good for business.

Not for Kolu Singh the paraphernalia of waiting rooms filled with uncomfortable chairs and aged magazines. His practice is where he takes it. Today he is squatted in the roadside dirt, wedged between a fruit vendor and a cobbler, his wares pulled from a leather bag and laid out before him.

Wanted: An Honest Dentist
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Fish Fats Boost Blood Flow To Brain
Consuming a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) has been shown to improve blood flow to the brain during mental activity and helped to reduce mental fatigue in young adults, according to results of two new studies published in the British Journal of Nutrition.

Lose 14 Pounds While Sleeping
Sometimes you can burn more calories when you are asleep than when you are just lying in bed.

Worst Food Additive Ever
The palm oil industry is one of the largest drivers of deforestation in Indonesia. Palm oil and palm kernel oil, almost unheard of a decade or two ago, are now unbelievably found in half of all packaged foods in the grocery store (as well as body care and cleaning supplies). These oils, traditional in West Africa, now come overwhelmingly from Indonesia and Malaysia. They cause jaw-dropping amounts of deforestation (and with it, carbon emissions) and human rights abuses.

Fear Of The Dentist Killed Her
Miss Latigo contracted a rare form of the disease from a decaying molar but was so afraid of dental appointments she let the agony increase without having her teeth seen to. Uganda-born Miss Latigo was taken to Watford General Hospital on February 10, just days before she was due to have the tooth taken out, but suffered a heart attack and multiple organ failure in the ambulance.

Teen Dies After Root Canal
Adams became sick several weeks after undergoing a root canal.He developed a rare bacterial infection called Ludwig's Angina which causes swelling of the mouth, tongue and throat. It can close off the patient’s airway and become deadly.

Yakkity-Yak Chompers Talk Back
Chattering teeth were born in 1950. If you’re looking for an intellectual, rational reason why chattering teeth have been such a consistent seller and are repeatedly knocked off by overseas toy makers, there isn’t one. They look like dentures, which are inherently funny. They can startle the unsuspecting. And they’re right out of a dentistry nightmare, disembodied teeth and gums talking, shivering, running, and chomping on their own.

Ready To Live Forever?
American billionaire David Murdock, 88, is planning to live to be 125 simply by drinking three smoothies a day packed with 20 fruit and vegetables, eschewing dairy and red meat, ensuring a daily dose of sun for vitamin D and an hour of exercise — all things most doctors would advocate.

In the United States, in the past 10 years the anti-ageing industry has grown from virtually nothing to one estimated to be worth $88 billion. “Longevity Clinics” are franchising busily, designing tailor-made “youth” regimes for the ultra-rich.

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