More than half of US kids don't get dental sealants, and the CDC wants schools to change that
How can elementary schools save nearly $50 per student? By bringing in dental professionals to put sealants on their molars, federal health officials said Tuesday.If that doesn’t sound like an education-related problem, consider this: Cavities that go untreated cause kids to do worse in school. A study in the American Journal of Public Health found that students whose oral health was rated “good, fair or poor” were about three times more likely to miss school because of dental pain compared wi..>> view originalReport: More than half of mentally ill US adults get no treatment
(Bigstock) Mental Health America just released its annual assessment of Americans with mental illness, the treatment they receive and the resources available to them — and the conclusions are sobering: Twenty percent of adults (43.7 million) have a mental health condition, and more than half of them do not receive treatment. Among youth, the rates of depression are rising, but 80 percent of children and adolescents either get insufficient treatment or none at all. [Obamacare promised bett..>> view originalCould gut bacteria be triggers for migraines?
Researchers may be zeroing in on what triggers painful migraines. Many migraine sufferers say the debilitating headaches are triggered by what they eat, and they could be partially right. New research found that people with migraines have a higher level of a bacteria that is used to processed nitrates, The Guardian reported. Nitrates are found in processed meats, leafy vegetables and some wine. One of the study's authors said, "There is this idea out there that certain foods trigger migrai..>> view originalCanadian Cancer Society: HPV-related oral cancers have risen dramatically in men
TORONTO -- Malignant tumours in the mouth and throat caused by the human papillomavirus have risen dramatically among men and could surpass the rate of HPV-induced cervical cancer in women, new statistics from the Canadian Cancer Society suggest. In a report released Wednesday, the organization said the incidence of HPV-related mouth and throat cancers jumped 56 per cent in males and 17 per cent in females between 1992 and 2012, the latest year for which statistics are available. An estim..>> view originalNational poll: Clinton up by 9 points
He ate a pepper so hot it tore a hole in his esophagus
From the innocuous bell pepper to the infamous ghost chile, here's a ranking of the spiciest peppers. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post) A ghost pepper’s heat is described in terms normally reserved for carpet bombings. Its heat is measured at 1 million units on the Scoville scale, a per-mass measure of capsaicin — the chemical compound that imbues peppers with heat — that until recently was a world record. Peppers that pass the 1 million mark are called superhot; as a rule they are reddi..>> view originalBreast cancer victims need less pink, more green from NFL
Updated at 8:42 a.m. ET In the slightly bastardized words of Jay Z: Pledge your allegiance. Get y’all pink tees on. All pink everything. Pink cards, pink cars, all pink everything. MORE: Poor play, referee-controlled games turning NFL fans away We have reached that time of the year again when The World Goes Pink and The NFL Cares. Or is that the NBA? Football Is Family, or so goes the rallying cry of The League. And what family, when 1 of 8 of its girl members get a potentially fat..>> view originalRobotic scan for horses could hold promise for human health (Oct 19, 2016)
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) Veterinarians hope an innovative type of CT scan can advance health care for horses - and possibly be adapted for people. The robotic CT used at the University of Pennsylvania's vet school allows horses to remain awake and standing as cameras and scanners move around the animal. Horses usually require anesthesia and must lie down for CT procedures. The resulting high-quality images, including some in 3D, for the first time offer detailed views of the animal's anat..>> view originalZika Funds Not Going Anywhere Fast Until Next Year, HHS Says
Hundreds of millions of dollars approved by Congress last month to fight Zika won't go anywhere until the beginning of next year — almost a full year after it was first requested, federal officials said Tuesday. That's because it's entered the slow, bureaucratic world of the federal funding process. Cities, states and counties have to bid on the money, and federal agencies then decide who to give it to. Field Surveillance Coordinator Jeremy Vela uses tweezers to sort mosquitoes that ..>> view original
Monday, October 31, 2016
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