“When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.”
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Mark Twain
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– January 8, 2017
Family says dentist left child brain damaged
The family of a 4-year-old girl in Houston says she suffered seizures and brain damage after something went wrong at the dentist’s office (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
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– January 8, 2017
Lakewood man, 86, goes missing while walking dog
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department detectives are looking for a missing 86-year-old man with Alzheimer's disease who was last seen walking his dog in Lakewood Friday morning. Edgar “Ed” Vernon Mayfield left his home in the 4000 block of Ocana Avenue around 10:30 a.m. with his 3-year-old white, tan and black Beagle, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a news release.
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– January 8, 2017
Douglas Adams
“The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.”
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– January 7, 2017
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Vast Majority of People With Mitral Valve Prolapse Won’t Need Surgery
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have been told that I have mitral valve prolapse, but I’ve never had any treatment for it. Will I eventually need surgery? Also, because of the condition I used to take antibiotics before going to the dentist, but my new doctor said that’s not necessary. What do you recommend? ANSWER: The […] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
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– January 7, 2017
Care home residents should be helped to brush their teeth twice a day
A Plymouth University dental academic and clinician has played a key role in a new draft quality standard for oral care in care homes from NICE. Credit: University of Plymouth A leading dental academic and clinician from Plymouth University, Professor Elizabeth Kay MBE, has played a key role in a draft quality standard to improve oral health in care homes and hospitals published today by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence .
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– January 7, 2017
Madeleine L’Engle
“It takes too much energy to be against something unless it’s really important.”
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– January 6, 2017
Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of dentists regarding child physical abuse in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
In conclusion, this study showed that dentists have insufficient knowledge about child physical abuse but positive attitudes towards their role in detecting and reporting it. This topic should be covered and emphasized in dental schools’ curricula, and healthcare and academic institutes must have a clear protocol to be followed if a case of abuse is suspected. PMID: 26990176 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] (Source: Child Abuse and Neglect)
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– January 6, 2017
E. M. Forster
“Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don’t believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art’s sake.”
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– January 5, 2017
