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Children
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Minnesota’s dental therapist experiment receiving good reviews
Minnesota’s first dental therapists went to work six years ago. Now approximately 70 of the licensed midlevel providers are offering…
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Many states slow in offering dental sealant programs for at-risk children
Professionally applied dental sealants offer effective protection against tooth decay. Moreover, progress has been made over recent decades in getting…
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International group shares concerns about disconnect between dental, medical care
Back in 2000, then-Surgeon General David Satcher warned in his landmark “Oral Health in America” report about the nation’s “silent…
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Telehealth gaining wider acceptance but hurdles remain, say #AHCJ17 panelists
Telehealth is a field that is moving towards widespread acceptance, so agreed a panel at Health Journalism 2017 in Orlando.…
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#AHCJ17 panel explored humanizing medicine in a high-tech world
The demands that technology places on care providers often are at odds with the human connection necessary for them to…
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#AHCJ17 panel addresses the cycle of toxic stress in young children
Science is increasingly clear that constant exposure to stress in youth affects their bodies in ways that alters their brains…
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#AHCJ17 panels to address importance of social determinants
Health care reporters coming to Health Journalism 2017 in search of story ideas on covering health gaps and the social…
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One ethnic neighborhood fights disparities in effort to reduce childhood tooth decay
Oral health has improved for the children of San Francisco in recent years. The decay rate among kindergarteners has fallen…
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Some help with the challenges of tracking down lead data
Lead contamination continues to make headlines more than a year after the Flint municipal lead crisis in Michigan hit the…
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Uncertain outlook for pediatric dental benefits in a post-ACA world
Oral health advocates are closely watching Capitol Hill. Many are worried about the future of children’s dental benefits under proposed…