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Oral health
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Report: States fail to provide cost-saving dental procedure to children
Dental sealants have been proven to protect children’s teeth from tooth decay. Yet many states are lagging in efforts to…
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Covering the wild west of microbiome research #ahcj15
Since stool transplants have turned out to be useful in fighting deadly hospital-borne C. difficile infections, new claims about the…
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Native American tribe wields sales tax to promote healthier eating
Hoping to encourage healthier eating habits, leaders of the Navajo Nation have imposed a potentially precedent-setting tax on junk food…
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Study: Sugar industry influenced plan to prevent tooth decay
Under the influence of the sugar industry decades ago, federal health officials stepped back from an ambitious campaign to wipe…
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Survey shows improvement in preschoolers’ dental health, but disparities persist
Though deep disparities in oral health remain, preliminary findings in a new federal report suggest that tooth decay among American…
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Investigation reveals dental board’s lack of transparency
How transparent is your state dental board when it comes to helping patients find out more about their dentists? In…
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Personal story illustrates multiple barriers to health care, need for navigators
Elizabeth Piatt begins the narrative of her reluctant journey into the Medicaid dental care system this way: “In the spring…
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Health Journalism 2015 agenda covers gamut of health care
We have posted descriptions of nearly all of the panels planned for Health Journalism 2015 and it’s an agenda packed…
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SCOTUS decision on teeth-whitening business may hold wider implications for medical boards
Lisa Schencker of Modern Healthcare and Anne Blythe of the Raleigh News & Observer were among the first reporters to…
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Momentum grows to establish dental therapists; what about your state?
Mid-level dental providers are at work in countries from the United Kingdom to Malaysia. Here in the United States, advocates…