In the search for medical and dental care, you might very likely find it necessary to peruse the local yellow pages. In times past, those seeking the nearest family dentist to perform whitening, inlays, dentures, orthodontics, braces, crown and bridge work, implants, root canals, oral surgery, any type of group practice dentistry, cosmetic dentistry or [...]
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Taking Care of Your Mouth
Here’s some good tips for taking good care of your teeth and gums. Get regular dental check – ups. See your dentist at least every year or more often if your dentist recommends it. If you develop any problems with your teeth or gums, see your dentist immediately. If your dentist notices any problems, get them [...]
Tips on Preventing Cancer
–Don’t drink water from a bottle that has been sitting in your car. Heated plastic will bleed toxic substances that can be carcinogenic. –Don’t heat or freeze in plastic for the same reason. Heat in glass containers. –Do not cook in olive oil at high heat. This, too, is carcinogenic. It is fine to saute [...]
Being A Better Dad
Found a good article on being a better dad today. http://men.msn.com/articlebl.aspx?cp-documentid=826449&wa=wsignin1.0>1=8463
Losing Weight – How ?
- Enjoy healthier foods Liquid meals, diet pills and unusual combinations of foods aren’t the key to long-term weight control and better health. Instead, learn how to eat a variety of healthy foods. Adopting a new eating style that promotes weight loss must include lowering your total calorie intake. But decreasing calories need not mean [...]
Going to the Dentist
Ugh I hate specialists – I think it’s because everytime I go and see one, I realise how stupid I was in deciding not to persue medicine. My wisdom teeth have been coming through for about 4 years now, but my dentist wanted me to wait until school finished and I assumedly stopped growing, to [...]
Fat Genes
Some experts have called obesity an epidemic. The condition has been linked to genetics, but many researchers say poor diet and lack of exercise have played a role in the increase of obesity. Some even suspect it could be contagious. But anyone who thinks logically about it can imagine that we might inherit the tendency, [...]
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BBQ meats linked with prostate cancer
A compound formed when meat is charred at high temperatures – as in barbecue – encourages the growth of prostate cancer in rats, researchers say. The study, presented at a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, may help explain the link between eating meat and a higher risk of prostate cancer. It also [...]
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The World’s Smallest Surgeons ?
Sitting with a few friends tonight at the Rose and Raindrop the discussion came across the table about health and healing, then Maggots. It was news to me but apparently a few doctors have been using Maggots to heal people for quite sometime. Maggot therapy, also known as biosurgery, larval therapy, or maggot debridement therapy, is [...]
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Skip the whole milk. Pass on soda. Drink beer?
Some prominent nutrition experts put out new guidelines Wednesday urging Americans to cut back on calorie-rich sodas while allowing more leeway for alcohol and lots of room for tea and coffee — up to 40 ounces a day. That’s more than three tall cups at Starbucks, although that might bust suggested limits on caffeine. They [...]
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