Governance

Dentists and Specialists Can Reduce Their Liability with Web Based Dental Software by Experience Dentistry

Applicable only to US dentists – pity! Bellevue,WA (PRWEB) October 13, 2011 Dentists and Specialists can reduce their liability with Experience Dentistry’s recently released ED 3.0 web based dental software. Whether you’re a licensed medical professional, office administrator or patient there are rules in place to protect records and the rights of patients. Dental professionals and … Read more

Hey Hey Stevie, can you come out to play in your Apple orchard?

RAGE RAGE AGAINST THE DYING OF THE LIGHT Opinion Innovators and Creators Around the World Are Steve Jobs‘ True Legacy By James P. Pinkerton Published October 05, 2011 | FoxNews.com   Print   Email   Share “Steve Jobs gave the best performance by a CEO in 50 years, maybe 100 years.” That’s how Google‘s Eric Schmidt assessed the career of Apple’s … Read more

U.S. recession effects gnaw at dentists’ business

Sageworks Stats – Mary Ellen Biery Dentists are finally feeling some pain from the recession. Privately held dentist offices (NAICS code 6212) have seen sales so far this year decline about 3 percent after posting ongoing-though-shrinking gains in their top lines throughout the recent recession, Sageworks found in a financial statement analysis of the industry. Sales growth … Read more

CORRECTED-UPDATE 3-Ridiculed crystal work wins Nobel for Israeli

Of the golden ratio and Fibonacci – purely an entry of interest….. By Patrick Lannin and Veronica Ek Oct 5 (Reuters) – An Israeli scientist who suffered years of ridicule and even lost a research post for claiming to have found an entirely new class of solid material was awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry on Wednesday … Read more

Doctors, listen to your patients

From TED TALKS TUESDAY http://www.ted.com Modern medicine is in danger of losing a powerful, old-fashioned tool: human touch. Physician and writer Abraham Verghese describes our strange new world where patients are merely data points, and calls for a return to the traditional one-on-one physical exam. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks … Read more

Think too much Part A

I often wonder if over-analyzing anyhing is a positive or a negative. Obviously, second guessing yourself is dangerous, but in the context of getting as much information from a patient as possible, do we set ourselves up to fail as the amount of information offered from a patient’s perspective could conceivably bias our decision making … Read more

God bless the child

From Marty Jablow’s blog BALTIMORE, MD (September 16, 2011)–The National Museum of Dentistry has created a new resource to help parents of children with autism spectrum disorder succeed in teaching good oral healthcare. Healthy Smiles for Autism is a guide that helps parents teach children with autism spectrum disorder how to brush and floss with … Read more

Intranasal Insulin Promising for MCI, Alzheimer’s Disease

From Medscape News Today – by Megan Brooks September 13, 2011 — In a pilot study, a nasal spray form of insulin, used daily for 4 months, stabilized or improved cognition, function, and cerebral glucose metabolism in adults with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease (AD). “Taken together, these results … Read more

Control Of Fear In The Brain Decoded

From Medical News Today Emotional balance is regulated by molecular factors behind stress response. When healthy people are faced with threatening situations, they react with a suitable behavioural response and do not descend into a state of either panic or indifference, as is the case, for example, with patients who suffer from anxiety. With the … Read more

FBI forensic course to convene in California

From the ADA – September 6th Sacramento, Calif.–The Federal Bureau of Investigation‘s Criminal Justice Information Services Division is sponsoring a workshop Sept. 17-18 in Sacramento,Calif.,on coding dental forensic information for the National Crime Information Center and the National Dental Image Repository. The training is designed to provide NCIC dental coding and NDIR instruction to forensic … Read more

RIM investor urges company to consider sale – POWER TO THE PEEPS

An investor in Canada’s struggling Research in Motion is urging the company to create a committee of independent directors to explore the sale of the Jaguar Financial Corporation CEO Vic Alboini said today in an interview that he is uring BlackBerry maker Research in Motion to form a committee of independent executives to explore selling the … Read more

Scrubs – a funny TV show, a not so funny vector of infection

From Dental Tribune JERUSALEM, Israel: White coats are a possible source of potentially pathogenic bacteria, a new study has shown. Researchers at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem investigated the rate of potentially pathogenic bacteria present on uniforms worn by hospital staff, as well as the bacterial load of these microorganisms. Read more Related articles … Read more

Freddy for a day

Was always a fan of Freddy Mercury and this is such a worthwhile cause……. http://www.freddieforaday.com/ Related articles Google Doodle Celebrates Freddie Mercury’s 65th Birthday (shoppingblog.com)

Refresh Life: Oral Health Is the Missing Piece, Adding Years to Your Life

by Dr. Dan Sindelar – and you thought it was GOLF??!!! Silly rabbit…………… An amazing book from scholar.google.com READ ANON Related articles Only in the UK you say – pity!! (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Things that go bump in the oral mucosa (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) 2011 Is “The Year of the Mouth” Declared by AAOSH President (prweb.com)

Yawn = lost productivity

Insomnia is costing the US 63 billion dollars in lost productivity – CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTS Survey finds 23% of workers experience some form of insomnia Insomniacs were no more likely than their well-rested peers to miss work But they cost their employers equivalent of 7.8 days of work in lost productivity (Health.com) — People who have … Read more