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		<title>Osteoporosis drugs may boost cancer risk</title>
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People who take bisphosphonates, or bone-strengthening drugs for osteoporosis, may have a slightly higher risk of developing esophageal cancer, especially if they take them for several years, a study out this week in the British Journal of Medicine finds.
Researchers tracked almost 3,000 people with cancer of the esophagus or throat for eight years and compared them [...]


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		<title>Teething (Primary Tooth Eruption)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Teething occurs when your child&#8217;s “baby” or “milk” (primary or deciduous) teeth break through the gum and start to grow in. Teething, or primary tooth eruption, usually begins around six months of age, but it is normal for teething to start at any time between three to 12 months of age.
The front teeth are the [...]


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		<title>Pediatric Dentists: Your Child’s Oral Care Specialist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Often called the pediatricians of dentistry, pediatric dentists specialize in providing the comprehensive preventive and therapeutic oral health care needs of children (infants through teenagers), including those with special needs (chronically ill, disabled or mentally challenged).
Pediatric dentists are also good choices for the dental care of adults with special needs. Common conditions that require special needs [...]


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		<title>Red Flags for Poor Oral Health in Your Child</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Certain oral health conditions that appear during your child&#8217;s growth and development could be red flags for poor oral health. It is important to seek the advice of a dentist if you notice these warning signs.
Nursing Bottle Syndrome: Also known as baby bottle tooth decay or nursing caries, nursing bottle syndrome can result when a baby [...]


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		<title>Pediatric Tooth Decay: Protect Your Child&#8217;s Oral and General Health</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The oral health of adult Americans has improved in recent years, buttooth decay among children – especially preschoolers – is on the rise. Dentists report they are now seeing cases with severe tooth breakdown in toddlers as young as two and a half years of age.
Although cavities are common in children, they are not the norm, [...]


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		<link>http://azhealth247.com/pediatric-tooth-decay-protect-your-childs-oral-and-general-health/</link>
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		<title>Pediatric Dentistry: Dental Care for Children and Infants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Infants and children are not immune to oral health problems. In 2002, “Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General” found that dental caries (tooth decay or cavities) is the most chronic childhood ailment – five times more common than asthma and seven times more common than hay fever.
In 2005, The Centers for [...]


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		<link>http://azhealth247.com/pediatric-dentistry-dental-care-for-children-and-infants/</link>
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		<title>How is hepatitis C virus spread and how can transmission be prevented?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HCV is spread (transmitted) most efficiently through inadvertent exposure to infected blood.

The most common route of transmission is needles shared among users of illicit drugs.
Accidental needle-sticks in healthcare workers also have transmitted the virus.
The average risk of getting HCV from a stick with a contaminated needle is 1.8% (range 0% to 10%).
Prior to 1992, some [...]


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		<title>How does liver damage occur in hepatitis C infection?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The presence of HCV in the liver triggers the human immune system, which leads to inflammation. Over time (usually decades), prolonged inflammation may cause scarring. Extensive scarring in the liver is calledcirrhosis. When the liver becomes cirrhotic, the liver fails to perform its normal functions, (liver failure), and this leads to serious complications and even [...]


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		<title>Hepatitis C</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is hepatitis C?
Hepatitis C is an infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). It is difficult for the human immune system to eliminate the virus from the body, and infection with HCV usually becomes chronic. Over decades, chronic infection with HCV damages the liver and can cause liver failure in some [...]


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		<link>http://azhealth247.com/hepatitis-c/</link>
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		<title>Electronic Blood Pressure Monitors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Multifunctional electronic blood pressure monitors can be a lifesaver to people who suffer from hypertension. Victims of high blood pressure know that in order to stop &#8220;the silent killer,&#8221; they must have an efficient method of measuring and regulating the disease. Monitors help gauge the force at which blood presses against the walls of major arteries [...]


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		<link>http://azhealth247.com/electronic-blood-pressure-monitors/</link>
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