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Earlier this month, athletic trainers hailing from five different states–Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico–gathered for the 2014 Rocky Mountain Athletic Trainers Association Annual Clinical Symposium and Business Meeting to share their experiences. These trainers discussed the most pressing issues affecting High School athletics during a dedicated session. This included talks on concussions, heat, […]
“More than 200 dentists volunteered to work two days straight for more than 12 hours a day,” KSDK reports. The volunteers were able to treat at 2,000 patients, but even that wasn’t enough. The clinic opened a half-hour earlier on the second day, and dentists still had to turn away more than 100 people per day. […]
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder shows no signs of slowing down. In 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 11% of children in the U.S. were diagnosed with ADHD, an all time national high. According to the CDC, these numbers continue to rise. This increase has caused some experts to question doctors, wondering if […]
Journalist and educator Trudy Lieberman recently published an editorial with Huffington Post wherein she characterizes the American and Canadian healthcare systems as being far more similar than many Americans, particularly those looking for continued improvements in the American healthcare landscape, want to believe. While on the macro scale Lieberman’s points hold up to scrutiny, tightening […]
World Health Organization has declared the spread of polio as a threat to global public. WHO said in its official statement that if “the spread of vaccine preventable diseases is not checked, it may put the whole world in the jeopardy”. According to WHO, adult travelers are the main contributors of its spread and unless […]
Staten Island attorney Robert Prignoli is claiming that the “hazardous and toxic stew” of chemicals comprising an LA Fitness pool has caused him not only to lose his sense of taste and smell of food, and suffer from headaches, eye irritation, and skin rashes, but to also severely lose his hair. Now, there’s a $5 […]
New research has linked a little-known sleep disorder with the later onset of degenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, Forbes magazine reports. “Rapid-eye-movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is not just a precursor but also a critical warning sign of neurodegeneration that can lead to brain disease,” said John Peever, MD, associate professor at the University […]
Going to the dentist, as it turns out, is good for the economy. And could help save other people’s lives. Recently released findings from a 2011 study of Michigan emergency rooms show that about 7,000 people visited the ER with what turned out to be wholly preventable dental problems. Alex Rosaen, of the Anderson Economic Group, […]
George Washington’s Law School is re-evaluating its law program, adding a new course that specifically addresses all “legal implications of traumatic brain injuries,” The New York Times reported Sunday. The addition of the new program follows “the revelations that hits to the head may lead to long-term brain damage,” The New York Times continued. The dangers “have rocked the football world […]
Sedation dentistry has been making the headlines lately. Unfortunately, not all the press is good. A 23-year-old Hawaii mother remains in a coma after a routine extraction under sedation led to cardiac arrest. Another Hawaii resident, this time a toddler, dies from heart complications after a sedation in a dentist’s office. And yet another child, […]