A new study finds that periodontitis and vitamin D insufficiency increase the risk of diabetes and make blood sugar levels more difficult to manage.
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What’s the link between vitamin D, gum health, and diabetes?
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– August 23, 2018
W. Somerset Maugham
“There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”
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– August 22, 2018
Amazon Hires Star Mass. General Cardiologist As It Pushes Deeper Into Health Care
(CNN Money) — Amazon has hired a top cardiologist as it broadens its involvement in the health care industry. Maulik Majmudar, who is also associate director of the Healthcare Transformation Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital, announced on Twitter that he is moving to “an exciting and challenging role @amazon.” 1/ Very emotional day: After decade of medical training (@NorthwesternMed @HopkinsMedicine @BrighamWomens), five years on the faculty @MGHMedicine and @harvardmed, leading #digitalhealth @mgh_htl, I have decided to leave academia to take on an exciting & challenging role @amazon — Maulik Majmudar, MD (@mdmajmudar) August 20, 2018 Majmudar did not specify what his job at Amazon would be. The tech giant mostly has kept quiet about its foray into healt…
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– August 22, 2018
Aging for Amateurs: ‘You know you’re getting old when …’ Part 2
Continuing our review and comments on the “wisdom” found in Kathy Allis' Dell Sunday crossword, with the reminder that the attitudes expressed may be ageist and/or the result of planting her tongue firmly in her cheek! You get winded playing chess and you sit in a rocking chair and can't get it going. These two are certainly exaggerations for most, but a worrisome 85 percent of those over age 65 do not get the recommended 150 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise and two episodes of muscle-strengthening per week .
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– August 22, 2018
Lily Tomlin
“We’re all in this alone.”
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– August 21, 2018
Number of new nursing students drop as medics rise
The number of student nurses given places at English universities has fallen by 4 per cent between 2018 and 2017 but the number of medicine and dentistry students has increased by 12 per cent, according to the latest data. (Source: HSJ)
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– August 21, 2018
Bioengineered tooth replacement opens doors to new therapies
Tooth loss is a significant health issue currently affecting millions of people worldwide. While artificial dental implants are the existing standard tooth replacement therapy, they do not exhibit many properties of natural teeth and can be associated with complications leading to implant failure.
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– August 21, 2018
Albert Einstein
“Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.”
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– August 20, 2018
To Improve Health Disparities, Focus on Oral Health
A team from our Clinical Scholars program believes that addressing oral health disparities can improve overall health and well-being, and help end cycles of poverty. They are bringing oral health to the community through school clinics, an app and an oral health protocol development for nurses, physicians, dentists and dental hygienists. (Source: PHPartners.org)
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– August 20, 2018
Yogi Berra
“No one goes there nowadays, it’s too crowded.”
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– August 19, 2018
