By Sandra Reece Now on the third week of Dental Health Month, we are going to focus on types of anesthesia, as they are essential to alleviating pain for patients at the dentist’s office. Luckily for people of this generation, modern anesthesia …
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By Edward Mims As we saw in our article last week, this month is Dental Health Month. Therefore, we are going to continue on the topic of good oral health this week. This week’s focus is bruxism, more commonly known as teeth …
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By Kevin Bryan To many, February is the month of love and the shortest month with a leap day that happens every four years. However, less commonly known is that February is also National Children’s Dental Health Month, a month where the …
Read More »To Cook or Not to Cook (Your Veggies)
By Allen Bryan Human beings are omnivores, so we eat both plant and animal products. Most people know that uncooked meat or eggs and unpasteurized milk products can have harmful bacteria, so we usually cook them. Fresh vegetables are, on the other …
Read More »Is Chemotherapy’s Days Numbered? — Advancements in Cancer Treatment
By Kevin Bryan Cancer, the second leading cause of death globally, has caused an estimated number of 9.6 million deaths in 2018, which is about 1 in 6 of total deaths. Cancer’s defining feature is the rapid multiplication of mutated cells, which …
Read More »Keeping Fit into 2019
By Edward Mims 2019 has just begun, and it’s the traditional time to make resolutions for the rest of the year. Resolutions seem outdated and unachievable to many, because making an unfamiliar change for an entire year seems too big of a …
Read More »Pseudoscience and Your Health
By Kevin Bryan From phrenology, which claimed to be able to determine human character and mental abilities by the shape of the head, to “patent medicines” in 1800s America, which claimed to cure any number of illnesses, pseudoscientific solutions to human ailments …
Read More »New Year, New You
By Kevin Bryan New Years is a time of joy for many people, when whole families and communities will gather in one place to celebrate the advent of the next year. Many people enjoy New Years because they hope to start anew …
Read More »Leave Scabs Be!
By Allen Bryan You are running outside on a bright summer morning, and all of a sudden, you trip and fall. As you get up, you see blood dripping from your knee. Even as you are looking at it, your body is …
Read More »You Can’t Beat Beets
By Allen Bryan Most people despise beats as a vegetable, but what people do not fully understand is the health benefits of beets. Not only are they full of essential everyday nutrients such as vitamin B, iron, manganese, copper, magnesium, and copper, …
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