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The Associated Press via Fox News
This week, Texas will launch what state officials say is the nation's largest effort to track brain injuries among young athletes. The University Interscholastic League, Texas' governing body for public high school sports, is partnering with the O'Donnell Brain Institute at UT Southwestern Medical Center for the project, from which they hope to gauge whether rules or equipment changes are improving player safety and what more can be done to protect athletes.
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By Sarah Moore
 No one needs to tell you that getting and keeping patients is a critical factor in your business success. You already know this, of course, but what you may not know is that each client you snag is worth between $10,000 and $45,000 over a 20-year span. Multiply that by three to five in the case of a family, and the numbers really add up. That means it's not only crucial to find new patients, but you've got to keep them as well. That's an excellent reason to take your marketing seriously.
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ABC News
With growing concerns about the long-term effects of concussions due to football, the medical community, especially pediatricians, are grappling with how to turn early scientific studies into real-world advice for parents, coaches and school boards. In a commentary for the medical journal Pediatrics, physicians from multiple institutions debate the merits and drawbacks of advising a ban of high school football.
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HealthDay News
In a finding that suggests football used to be a less dangerous sport, a small study shows that men who played in high school in the 1950s and 1960s may not be at increased risk for dementia or memory problems. Nor did they show increased rates of Parkinson's disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
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ASD
- Jack McGrath, Glasgow, United Kingdom. Dental student at University of Glasgow. Interested in sports dentistry and its involvement in soccer. Would like to be mentored.
- Richard Hesby, Bedford, Massachusetts. 1998 graduate of University of Iowa. Interested in mouthguards. Would like to be mentored.
If you are a current member and are interested in mentoring our new members, please contact Kris Rappold at krappolddds@gmail.com.
DrBicuspid.com
It happens just about every day. A patient calls at the last minute to cancel or reschedule an appointment, or the patient just doesn't show up at all. This sends your day into chaos as your scheduling coordinator tries to find another patient to fill the now-open appointment time. All too often, no one can take the slot, leaving a gaping hole in your schedule that hurts both practice production and your bottom line.
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Science Daily
Simon Fraser University researchers have found that high-resolution brain scans, coupled with computational analysis, could play a critical role in helping to detect concussions that conventional scans might miss. In a study published in PLOS Computational Biology, Vasily Vakorin and Sam Doesburg show how magnetoencephalography, which maps interactions between regions of the brain, could detect greater levels of neural changes than typical clinical imaging tools such as MRI or CT scans.
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HealthDay News
A traumatic brain injury may be linked to a young adult's higher chances of ending up in jail, a new Canadian study suggests. A research team analyzed data gathered from nearly 1.4 million Canadians, aged 18 to 28, from 1997 through 2011. This age group was chosen because it has an increased risk of severe brain injury and involvement in the criminal justice system, the researchers said.
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HealthDay News
Americans are more likely to skip needed dental care because of cost than any other type of healthcare, researchers report. Working-age adults are particularly vulnerable, the study found. Some 13 percent reported forgoing dental care because of cost. That's nearly double the proportion of seniors and triple the percentage of children for whom cost poses a barrier to dental care, the study showed.
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Dentistry IQ
There's nothing like the holidays for combining fun and good cheer with turkey-sized helpings of stress and exhaustion. How can you as the dentist/boss keep stress levels low and management headaches to a minimum during this time of year? Here are some ideas for limiting holiday-caused hassles in the practice environment.
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