May 21, 2011 News Oral cancer

Curcumin effective against cancer – substance common in Thai, Indian, Indonesian and Caribbean cuisines

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From Dr. Bicuspid Staff Note – Turmeric has been used historically as a component of Indian Ayurvedic medicine since 1900 BC to treat a wide variety of ailments. Image via Wikipedia May 20, 2011 — A primary reason that head…

April 24, 2011 News General News

Da nose knows – hahchachacha……..

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Most of you are way too young to remember Jimmy Durante, but that was one of his signature phrases…..except now, it has increasing relevance as researchers in Israel have developed an artificial nose sniffs out cancer. An artificial electronic “nose”…

December 16, 2010 News Trends in Dental Education

Bend me, shape me, anyway you want me…….long as you pass me….

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In response to a high prevalence of neck and back pain among working dentists and dental hygienists, the dean of the University of Maryland Dental School Christian S. Stohler, DMD, DrMedDent, has launched an initiative to bring renewed attention to…

May 23, 2010 News Pathology

Oral Cancer Review

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Almost all oral cancers start in the cells lining the oral cavity (the mouth). These cells, which are flat and scale-like, are called squamous cells. When a cancer begins in these cells, it is known as a squamous cell carcinoma.…