Children and Chronic Daily Headache

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Research suggests that  1.5% of middle school children are affected by chronic daily headache. However, some children who suffer may outgrow the disabling condition. “Our results suggest there is hope for children who experience these headaches and for their parents, who also deal with the frustration and considerable disability that this condition can bring,” said Shuu-Jiun Wang, MD/ “Over time…children get better, eventually having less frequent migraine headaches as young adults.” Dr. Wang conducted a study that followed 122 children in middle school with chronic daily headache between the ages of 12 and 14 years old. Chronic daily headache was defined as experiencing 15 or more headache days per month, with each headache lasting for two or more hours per day. The study found 60% of the children in the study no longer had chronic daily headache after 1 year. … Read more

Stone Left Blind After Wisdom Teeth Removal

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Earlier this year I reported on a teenager Austin Stone who was left in a coma after having his wisdom teeth removed due to complications from a faulty medical gas system https://blog.teethremoval.com/wisdom-teeth-removalleads-to-coma/. Stone was very recently able to walk at his High School’s graduation ceremonies and receive his high school diploma.  However, he was left blind, hard of hearing, and now has speech problems. A special ceremony was arranged for him to receive his diploma and his father helped him walked to the stage. To learn more visit http://www.tonganoxiemirror.com/news/2009/sep/10/homecoming-hero/

Stronger Cavity Fillings Made from Human

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A new dental filling material uses parts from the human body for controversial ingredients in existing composite or plastic, fillings is currently being developed. The new material appears stronger and longer lasting  with the potential for reducing painful filling cracks and emergency visits to the dentist. Julian X.X. Zhu and colleagues point out that dentists increasingly are using white fillings made from plastic. This is because the traditional fillings contain mercury, which has raised health concerns  consumers and environmental issues. Even so, many plastic fillings contain controversial ingredients  linked to premature cracking of fillings and slowly release bisphenol A, which is potentially toxic to humans and the environment. The new materials developed do not contain any of these controversial or potentially harmful effects. The use bile acids which are produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder to aid … Read more

Interesting Article on Health Care

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I very interesting article was posted in The Atlantic by David Goldhill. The article is tilted “How American Health Care Killed my Father.” The article discusses a businessmen and his views and experiences on health-care which led to his father’s death in the ICU. He discusses his thoughts on what is wrong with the health care system in the United States and what some of his suggestions are. You can read the article in full at http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200909/health-care

Treatment Varies Wildly Among Dentists in UK

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There is an extremely interesting article posted by Ross Slater over at http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/08/24/private-dentists-mirror-investigation-finds-treatment-varies-wildly-115875-21619929/. The article discusses how Ross went to visit six (6) different private dentists in the UK after having not seen an NHS dentist for over a year. He wanted to see what they would say about his teeth and not all the dentists that he had no current problems with his teeth. The results were quite surprising. As the number of fillings recommended varied from zero (o) to five (5). The total bill was also wildly varied at each dentist as was the teeth that needed fillings when it was told one was needed. Read the entire article if you are interested to learn more about the varying dental care found.