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University of Southern California
As a practicing dental hygienist, Lesley McGovern was always one to take advantage of opportunities to learn. She took continuing education courses, attended meetings of the Los Angeles Dental Hygiene Society and did her best to read up on at least some of the latest research in her field. In spite of her efforts to improve herself, she admits there were times when she wasn't completely sure she fully understood the research she was reading.
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Gizmag
Bruxism is a very common problem. Often caused by stress, it can cause tooth damage, headaches, insomnia and jaw pain. Unfortunately, because it occurs when we're sleeping, many people don't even realize they're doing it. Often, a night spent under observation at a sleep clinic is the only way of "catching it in action." That could be about to change, however, thanks to the development of a bruxism-detecting mouth guard.
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The Huffington Post
In a few weeks, high school football teams across the country will be starting practice for the 2015 season. It's an exciting time for athletes, coaches and parents. However, before the players put on helmets and pads for the first time a concussion awareness protocol needs to be followed at every high school in the United States. This protocol should include educational sessions on brain trauma injuries for coaches, parents and athletes.
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ASD
Johann De Vries — Doha, Qatar. Interested in mentorship
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Robert Rahm — Chesterfield, Missouri. May be interested in mentorship
Heather Clark — St Joseph, Missouri.
Thomas Ganshert — Monroe, Wisconsin. Marquette University 1989
Thomas Bunker — Fulton, New York. Marquette University 2004
Medscape
Some young athletes show early talent in — and, often with the encouragement of their parents, become passionately devoted to — a single sport. However, little is known about the risk for injury in intense single-sport training or how this risk is affected by growth rate in young athletes.
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By Scott E. Rupp
 The Physicians Alliance of America has found that EHRs increase physicians' administrative burdens and decrease their productivity. According to the survey of 250 pediatric, family medicine and internal medicine physicians, 67 percent of respondents said they spend at least a half-hour charting at the end of the day. This marks an overwhelming amount of charting for those using technology, which is meant to decrease the time spent charting and away from patient care.
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TIME
Health researchers and soccer moms have known for years that more concussions occur in high school soccer than in any other sport except for football. Now, a new study in the journal JAMA Pediatrics details exactly how soccer players are getting those head injuries. Player-to-player contact caused the majority of concussions. But headers, which require players to redirect the ball with their head, were the most dangerous individual move, responsible for nearly a third of concussions for boys and more than a quarter for girls.
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Dentistry IQ
Patients' perceptions, and oral health in general, have changed radically in just a few generations. The success of a modern dental practice depends entirely on how effectively it can influence patients to say "yes" to optimal dental health. It's simple consumer economics — no matter how exceptional the practice, if patients reject the recommended treatment and won't (or can't) pay more than it costs to provide it, that particular practice may no longer exist.
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Dentistry IQ
Marketing is often the last thing a dental practice has time to focus on. Running the day-to-day operations, scheduling and serving patients usually take priority. This is understandable considering patients are the reason dentists chose their career. But with the ever-evolving role of online marketing, dental practices can't afford to write it off or they'll pay for it in lost patient opportunities.
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Fortune
Youth soccer is big business in the U.S. with more than 14 million children playing the game, according to Gary Hopkins, president and CEO of New York City-based sports marketing firm CSM Soccer Inc. He estimates that the participation fees for organized soccer alone total $3 billion annually.
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Dental Practice Management
Most dental practices see emergency patients as a nuisance. Not only do they bring chaos to your day, you typically never hear from them again. You do your best to get them out of pain as quickly as possible, but the extra stress they cause doesn't do much to grow your production numbers or your bottom line. If that's how your practice views emergency patients, it's no wonder they never come back.
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The New York Times
A growing industry has developed around concussions, with entrepreneurs, academic institutions and doctors scrambling to find ways to detect, prevent and treat head injuries. An estimated 1.7 million Americans are treated every year after suffering concussions from falls, car accidents, sports injuries and other causes. While the vast majority quickly recover with rest, a small percentage of patients experience lingering effects a year or longer afterward.
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