Category: Mouth & Teeth
Sexually Transmitted Infections: Part 1 Gonorrhea
In this second article from her series on teens, sex and the risk of sexually transmitted infections, Seattle Children’s physician Dr. Yolanda Evans talks about gonorrhea.
King County health officials say consumption of sugary drinks contributing to obesity among the young
Close to a third of high school students, or 26,000 youth, drink soda daily in King County, and 8,000 students drink two or more sodas per day, according to a new report.
Ten things you didn’t know were in the Affordable Care Act
he 2010 health law’s big-ticket items have been the stuff of political debate and policy controversy. But the law’s hundreds of pages include a number of other initiatives that have gained much less notice, including provisions on assisted suicide, free drug samples for doctors and privacy breaks for nursing mothers.
Do I have to go to the dentist?
Increasingly, children are losing their baby teeth not due to the budding of their permanent teeth but to the ravages of early decay and cavities.
Millions in the U.S. going without dental care — report
“As the nation struggles to address the larger systemic issues of access to health care, we need to ensure that oral health is recognized as a basic component of overall health,” says UW Professor of Pediatrics Dr. Frederick Rivara.
Survey finds wide gaps in dental health among King County’s children
King County children had fewer cavities and better dental health than children living elsewhere in the state, but children in the county’s low-income families were more than twice as likely to have untreated dental disease and four times as likely to have rampant tooth decay than those from higher-income families.
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