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Lively Women

May 14th, 2007

Time for Your Annual Check-Up!

Monday, May 14, is National Women’s Check-Up Day!  If you’re anything like me, you probably put off doctor visits.  It’s not that we don’t mean to go, it’s just that something comes up, right?  Well, it’s time to stop procrastinating, ladies!  And today is the perfect day to make those appointments and get back on […]

By Kristen King -- 5 comments

March 24th, 2007

How Visiting Your Dentist Can Be Good for Your Breasts

First they were screening for osteoporosis, and now they’re screening for breast cancer!  Well, not quite yet, but new research has indicated that dentists may be great allies in the battle against breast cancer.
Academy of American Dentistry researchers discovered that…
…protein levels in saliva have great potential to assist in the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care […]

By Kristen King -- 3 comments

January 20th, 2007

Get Your Teeth Cleaned and Screen for Osteoporosis at the Same Time

UK dental experts have developed software that can screen dental x-rays for signs of osteoporosis in women, reports WebMD:
“The value of our method is that dentists take millions of these X-rays every year for ordinary dental reasons and they contain useful information that isn’t being used,” [one of the programmers] says.
“People may be apparently […]

By Kristen King -- 2 comments