Prior to any dental treatment, patients may be asked to swish with an antibacterial rinse (ABR). Dental professionals might dispense one ounce or 20 mL and ask patients to swish for 60 seconds to kill germs, and then spit out the rinse. Daily ABRs have
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New Whitman-Walker Max Robinson Center opens with more health care resources in DC’s Ward 8
The new Whitman-Walker Max Robinson Center, on D.C.’s St. Elizabeth’s East campus, will be able to provide dental, primary and HIV care to residents. A slogan, “We see you,” is part of the message outside the new Whitman-Walker Max Robinson Center on D.C.’s St. Elizabeth’s
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Dental care is part of the Medicaid expansion in many states
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — For months, Carlton Clemons endured crippling pain from a rotting wisdom tooth. He couldn’t sleep, barely ate and relied on painkillers to get by. The 67-year-old from Nashville, Tennessee, could not afford to see a dentist on the $1,300-a-month his family gets
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New Kentucky laws take effect: Health, education, sports wagering and more | Kentucky
Many of the laws passed by the General Assembly during the 2023 legislative session will go into effect Thursday, but not all of them. For a bill to become a law in Kentucky, both the state Senate and House of Representatives must give a majority
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Assessing changes in the quality of quantitative health educations research: a perspective from comm…
The larger CoP for medical education research has changed over the past couple of decades in ways that these results may reflect. There has been an increase in the number of medical education research journals. This may have acted to decrease the number of submissions
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Health care in the metaverse
To the Editor: The metaverse is a virtual environment merging physical and digital realities.1 Once the thing of movies, metaverses are tipped to be worth $800 billion by 2024.2 They have potential to revolutionise digital health care delivery, access, education, and patient outcomes.3 Artificial intelligence
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The case for a Canadian standard for 2SLGBTQIA+ medical education
KEY POINTS Two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual (2SLGBTQIA+) Canadians experience disproportionately poor health outcomes. Intersecting oppressive systems, such as white supremacy and colonialism, create worsened health outcomes for 2SLGBTQIA+ people who are Black or Indigenous or both. Health care providers receive
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USM’s Lewiston campus to develop ‘health education corridor’
LEWISTON — Raha Daud was on a high school field trip to Massachusetts General Hospital when she decided to become an occupational therapist. Abshiro Noor, right, adjusts a hand splint Tuesday afternoon on Raha Daud during their Occupational Performance Through Adulthood class at the University
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