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White Wine Can Damage Your Teeth

A nutritional research report has found that drinking white wine can cause damadge to a drinkers teeth.  It is the acidity in the wine that is harmful and white wine has the most.  "It is not the wine's vintage, origin or alcohol that are key but its pH and duration...

Japanese Scientists Grow Teeth In Mice

Scientists in Japan have managed to grow fully functional teeth in mice using stem cells, and are hopeful the same technique can be used to grow human organs in the future. The researchers created a seed...

Officials Lie About Fluoride Safety

The American Public Health Association’s (APHA) new Fluoridation Position Statement is based on many documents that neither support nor evaluate fluoridation’s safety and/or effectiveness as it claims (1), reports the NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc....

Southampton residents face fluoride row

A health authority in southern England is planning to add fluoride to the drinking water of almost 200,000 residents in an attempt to improve the health of children's teeth.  The board of the South Central...

DIY dentistry: 1 million Brits yank out their own teeth

Over the last few years it has become increasingly difficult for patients to access NHS dentistry in the UK resulting in the deterioration in the health of teeth across Britain and especially amongst the poor....

Shark attack: man bitten

  Reports that sharks actually have a relatively weak bite won't come as much consolation to this surfer who was bitten on the thigh whilst surfing out by Fingal Head in New South Wales, Australia. Stories...

Lions, Spartans, Buckeyes all vie for piece of the pie

"Mark Dantonio cut his football teeth under the tutelage of Ohio State coach Jim Tressel, who is not shy about calling Dantonio ''brother.'' Well, listen up, little brother -- how about a favor for your mentor?"

Fluoridation Opposition: growing in numbers, respectability & science

Over 1300 additional professionals signed onto the Fluoride Action Network's (FAN) statement calling for an end to fluoridation as more evidence emerges to condemn fluoridation.   Now over 1,860 professionals urge Congress to stop water...

Credit Crunch takes toll on teeth

As the stock market causes worries so it also causes problems with the teeth and jaws as part of the credit crunch blues people grind their teeth in their sleep without realising."Do you wake up with a headache,...

How to avoid heart disease: brush your teeth, say scientists

This is interesting. I had no idea by brushing your teeth it lowers the chances of you receiving heart diseases. I always thought brushing your teeth is for lowering the chance of you having bad breathitis. So now...

Experts unveil skull of giant duck with teeth and the wingspan of a family car

"They are ducks - but not as we know them.Instead of the fluffy little creatures seen today, these big birds boasted 'teeth', a 16ft wingspan and once flew over Britain.Today, scientists announced the discovery of...

Lollipops fight tooth decay

Tooth decay is for the most part avoidable in childhood if the correct diet and cleaning regime is in place and yet half of all children will have tooth decay by age 6. This new project gets kids to suck...

Palin's use of song "Barracuda" upsets Heart

Ann and Nancy Wilson of the 70's rock band "Heart" are reportedly up-in-arms over Sarah Palin's use of their hit song Barracuda at the Republican National Convention. ""The Republican campaign did not ask for...

Cat Man - the human 'tiger' who enjoys climbing trees and eats raw meat every...

"As obsessions go this has to be one of the weirdest known to man - someone who would voluntarily file his teeth, split his lip and undergo extensive facial surgery - to turn himself into a 'human tiger'.Dennis...

Inflatable dental surgery to tour Britain

The British used to famous for their crooked teeth but through the 80s and 90s the NHS dental service turned that around with lots of kids getting free orthodentic treatment of the highest quality. The government...

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