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September 29, 2006
ADA: New: Disaster Planning and More
The American Dental Association has released a new guide on Disaster Planning for your practice, with great assistance from the Florida Dental Association.
ADA: Disaster Planning and Recovery: http://www.ada.org/prof/prac/disaster/index.asp
The message to remember is this: "Proactive planning can mitigate loss, save lives and assure your practice continues to function when it may be needed most. The time to plan for a crisis is now."
Topics covered in the guide include:
Evaluate: Current
Plan: Create
Prepare: Before
Respond: During
Recover: After
Guides & Resources
Worksheets & Applications
Hurricane Relief: Katrina
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September 28, 2006
Guidelines for Parents of Sedated Children
Earlier this week, local news in Chicago reported the story of a child who went for a visit to the dentist, and the sedation went wrong, badly wrong. The little girl first slipped into a coma, and died this morning. As a result of this, the news service posted an article and video describing for parents what they should do and know if their own child is being sedated.
"Dental Guide For Parents When Child Is Sedated: Questions Parents Should Ask Before Dental Procedures" Mary Ann Childers, Sep 25, 2006 5:21 pm US/Central. http://cbs2chicago.com/local/local_story_268182445.html
"No parent wants what happened to 5-year-old Diamond Brownridge to happen to their son or daughter. The young girl remains in a coma after being sedated during a dental procedure."
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September 27, 2006
Help Submitting Manuscripts to NIH
From NIH, NLM and the NIH Manuscript Submission System, there is a new online help system and user's guide to assist Principal Investigators and others in the online NIH submission process.
The NIHMS System User's Guide to Submitting a Manuscript: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=helpnihms.chapter.users
"This user's guide gives you step-by-step instructions on how to submit and approve manuscripts so that they may be placed in PMC for permanent archiving."
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September 26, 2006
Chicken or the Egg?: Comorbid Periodontal and Heart Disease
Another new article on the relationship between cardiovascular health and periodontal disease.
K. Geismar, K. Stoltze, B. Sigurd, F. Gyntelberg, P. Holmstrup. Periodontal Disease and Coronary Heart Disease. Journal of Periodontology 2006, 77(9):1547-1554: http://www.joponline.org/doi/abs/10.1902/jop.2006.050405
This article applies a richer variety of measures of periodontal health / disease, some of which are novel to this area of inquiry.
"Full-mouth probing depth (PD), clinical attachment loss (CAL), bleeding on probing (BOP), and alveolar bone level (ABL) on radiographs were registered. ABL was stratified into ABL1 = ABL ≤2 mm; ABL2 = ABL >2 to ≤4 mm; and ABL3 = ABL >4 mm."
The article also finds that the association between periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease is also associated with diabetes and smoking.
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September 24, 2006
"Priceline"-style Dentistry in Germany
A new trend in Germany is web sites for patients seeking dental care. These sites allow patients to anonymously post what sort of dental services they seek (along with treatment plans provided by their current dentist), and then dentists bid what they would charge to provide that service. This is a dramatically different approach to providing healthcare. Here in the US, this approach has been seen extensively in other topics, such as travel (Priceline.com) and insurance (Progressive.com).
Online Dentistry: Health Care Takes to the Net / Deutsche Welle (September 1, 2006): http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2152304,00.html
"In the search for more affordable dental care, some Germans are letting dentists bid at online auction sites for the chance to work in their mouths. Dentists' groups are worried about the commodification of health care."
"Schikora's Web site ... require people looking for dental work, or in some cases physical therapy and cosmetic surgery, to register anonymously and post their current doctor's treatment plans, how much the treatment is estimated to cost and how far they would be willing to travel."
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September 20, 2006
World's Oldest Child (Fossils)
Today, from National Geographic News, came the announcement of the discovery of a 3.3 million years old fossilized toddler.
"Lucy's Baby" -- World's Oldest Child -- Found by Fossil Hunters
James Owen
for National Geographic News
September 20, 2006
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060920-lucys-baby.html
"Found in sandstone in the Dikika area, the remains include a remarkably well preserved skull, milk teeth, tiny fingers, a torso, a foot, and a kneecap no bigger than a dried pea."
More information is available from other news sources.
Three million-year-old skeleton fills in missing link
By Mark Henderson, Science Editor of The Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2367328,00.html
"Another interesting feature is the hyoid or tongue bone, which has never been found before in a species older than Neanderthal man. It influences the voice box and is important to the debate about the origins of human speech. Selam’s hyoid is much more similar to that of modern apes than humans, suggesting that A. afarensis was not capable of language."
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September 12, 2006
New Articles from UM SoD Faculty: September 06, part 1
Boyapati L. Wang HL.
The role of platelet-rich plasma in sinus augmentation: a critical review.
Implant Dentistry. 15(2):160-70, 2006 Jun.
PMID: 16766899
Hamilton JC. Gregory WA. Valentine JB.
DIAGNOdent measurements and correlation with the depth and volume of minimally invasive cavity preparations.
Operative Dentistry. 31(3):291-6, 2006 May-Jun.
PMID: 16802636
Hill E. Boontheekul T. Mooney DJ.
Designing scaffolds to enhance transplanted myoblast survival and migration.
Tissue Engineering. 12(5):1295-304, 2006 May.
PMID: 16771642
Kim C. Tabaei BP. Burke R. McEwen LN. Lash RW. Johnson SL. Schwartz KL. Bernstein SJ. Herman WH.
Missed opportunities for type 2 diabetes mellitus screening among women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus.
American Journal of Public Health. 96(9):1643-8, 2006 Sep.
PMID: 16873752
Kolling JN.
The MDA's big anniversary: more important than you think.
Journal of Michigan Dental Association. 88(5):24-6, 2006 May.
PMID: 16838776
O'Grady PW. McNamara JA Jr. Baccetti T. Franchi L.
A long-term evaluation of the mandibular Schwarz appliance and the acrylic splint expander in early mixed dentition patients.
American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics. 130(2):202-13, 2006 Aug.
PMID: 16905065
Wallace JM. Rajachar RM. Chen XD. Shi S. Allen MR. Bloomfield SA. Les CM. Robey PG. Young MF. Kohn DH.
The mechanical phenotype of biglycan-deficient mice is bone- and gender-specific.
Bone. 39(1):106-16, 2006 Jul.
PMID: 16527557
Wang Z. Song J. Taichman RS. Krebsbach PH.
Ablation of proliferating marrow with 5-fluorouracil allows partial purification of mesenchymal stem cells.
Stem Cells. 24(6):1573-82, 2006 Jun.
PMID: 16769762
Wolter KG. Wang SJ. Henson BS. Wang S. Griffith KA. Kumar B. Chen J. Carey TE. Bradford CR. D'Silva NJ.
(-)-gossypol inhibits growth and promotes apoptosis of human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in vivo.
Neoplasia (New York). 8(3):163-72, 2006 Mar.
PMID: 16611409
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High Tech Toothbrushing
Today at WordSpy, they highlighted a new phrase for the techno-weary -- "feature fatigue". This means, in short, that customers and patients are burned out by too many options, choices, and gizmos.
Word Spy: Feature Fatigue: http://www.wordspy.com/words/featurefatigue.asp
What captured my attention was that the primary example given is that of a toothbrush that is so complicated it is sold with a DVD to give instructions on how to use it. Was it really true? It must be, or they wouldn't say so, would they? So I looked, and I found it.
Goodman, Ellen. The complexification of the toothbrush: Technologies for making life more difficult. Washington Post Writers Group, 05.26.06: http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=20870
This entertaining article ends with a great couple lines: "Now I am sure that somewhere there is an engineer creating a toothbrush with an LCD, an MP3 player and the capacity to instant message from my mouth to yours. Beware, the feature creep is coming to a molar near you."
For the curious, the toothbrush in question is the Intelliclean System, www.intellicleansystem.com/
Now while I was searching for a toothbrush with its own DVD, I found a lot more about toothbrushes and DVDs, mostly old classic movie snips with some newer films. I had no idea there were so many films with toothbrushes as prominent aspects of the plot or title. Here are a few for your entertainment, and you can find more at IMDB (over 4,000 pages were listed).
The Toothbrush (1918)
The Old Family Toothbrush (1925)
The Toothbrush Family (1999)
Don't Forget Your Toothbrush (1994, 1995 and 2000)
The Brothers Grunt (1994) has a toothbrush-obsessed criminal; Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932) has a young man stranded on a deserted island with a toothbrush and a young woman; Boogeyman II has death by toothbrush; Goldie Hawn cleans the bathroom with an electric toothbrush in Private Benjamin (1980); and who can forget the great toothbrushing scene in Home Alone (1990)? There is even a movie called toothbrush in Slovenian -- Scetka (1999). Who'd have thought ...
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September 06, 2006
Staying Current: Omics Podcasts, Videocasts, Webcasts Etc (Omics Series, 24)
Another way to keep up to date with new happenings in research is to take advantage of podcasts and related offerings in your research area. Many conferences are now videotapes and made available on the web. Science news programs often feature interviews with leading researchers. Our library guide to podcasting resources describes ways to discover podcasts on a topic and some of the podcasting and vodcast (video-cast) search engines. We won't repeat that here. Instead, please find below selected examples of the types of online audio and video resources available in the omics research areas, as well as some of the better science news and radio programs that include a podcast or vodcast version of the show. (Hint: My favorite so far is Science & the City).
* GENOMICS & PROTEOMICS
Genetic Engineering News - Biotechnology from Bench to Business: http://www.genengnews.com/genCasts.aspx
Genome.gov: 2006 DNA Day Webcast and Podcast: Genomics: Towards a Healthier You: http://www.genome.gov/19016617
NIH: Functional Genomics of Critical Illness and Injury (2003): http://www.strategicresults.com/fg3/
NIH: VideoCasting: Current Topics in Genome Analysis: http://videocast.nih.gov/pastevents.asp?c=7
NIH: VideoCasting: Human Genome: http://videocast.nih.gov/pastevents.asp?c=35
NIH: VideoCasting: National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI): http://videocast.nih.gov/pastevents.asp?c=33
NIH: VideoCasting: Proteomics: http://videocast.nih.gov/pastevents.asp?c=36
Genomics & Proteomics Magazine: http://www.genpromag.com/
EXAMPLE:
Effective strategies for Whole Genomic Amplification of Single-Cell DNA: http://www.genpromag.com/WGADNA/
Howard Hughes Medical institute: Biointeractive: Lectures on Science Webcasts: http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/lectures/
Howard Hughes Medical Institute: Biointeractive: Scanning Life's Matrix, genes, proteins, and small molecules (Genomics and Chemical Genetics series): http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/genomics/lectures.html
Lecture 1: Reading Genes and Genomes by Eric S. Lander, Ph.D.: http://www.hhmi.org/lectures/webcast/ondemand/02webcast1/index.html
Lecture 2: Probing Genes and Genomes by Stuart L. Schreiber, Ph.D.: http://www.hhmi.org/lectures/webcast/ondemand/02webcast2/index.html
Lecture 3: Human Genetics: A New Guide for Medicine by Eric S. Lander, Ph.D.: http://www.hhmi.org/lectures/webcast/ondemand/02webcast3/index.html
Lecture 4: Chemical Genomics: New Tools for Medicine by Stuart L. Schreiber, Ph.D.: http://www.hhmi.org/lectures/webcast/ondemand/02webcast4/index.html
NHLBI: Cardiogenomics: Genomics and Genetic Epidemiology:General Principles and Application to Disease Studies: http://www.you-niversity.com/youtools/companies/viewArchives.asp?affiliateId=37
* NANOTECHNOLOGY
Institute of Nanotechnology: Webcast: Nanotechnology, Education and Training for the Future: http://www.unique-media.tv/nano_01/
Nanotech Seminar Series - Archive List: http://nano.cancer.gov/meetings_events/nanotech_seminar_series.asp
Nanotechnology Podcast Blog: http://www.nyls.blogs.com/nano/
NIH: VideoCasting: Nanotechnology: http://videocast.nih.gov/pastevents.asp?c=56
Podcast Directory: Nanotechnology: http://www.podcast.net/tag/nanotechnology
* SERIES
NIH VideoCasting: Past Events: http://videocast.nih.gov/pastevents.asp
Podfeed: Podcasts tagged with nanotechnology: http://podfeed.net/tags/nanotechnology
PodTech.net: Silicon Valley, Technology, & Media Podcast: http://www.podtech.net/
Science & the City (New York Academy of the Sciences): Podcasts: http://www.nyas.org/snc/podcasts.asp
ScienceFriday: Podcasts: http://www.sciencefriday.com/feed/
Scientific American Magazine: Podcasts: http://www.sciam.com/podcast/
TWIS (This Week In Science): http://www.twis.org/
* WANT MORE?
Google search: (omics OR genomics OR proteomics OR nanotechnology OR bioinformatics) (podcast OR vodcast OR videocast OR webcast)
Yahoo search: (omics OR genomics OR proteomics OR nanotechnology OR bioinformatics) (podcast OR vodcast OR videocast OR webcast)
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September 02, 2006
Foundations of Dentistry In Egypt
The single best podcast series I've found on the sciences is Science & the City from NYAS.
Science & the City (New York Academy of the Sciences): Podcasts: http://www.nyas.org/snc/podcasts.asp
Their current entry discusses the foundations of dentistry in ancient Egypt.
S&C Podcast | posted Sep 1, 2006
Egypt, Cradle of Science
Ismail Serageldin
"Know what Cleopatra's contribution to science was? Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, opened the four-day international BioVision life sciences meeting there in April 2006 with a lecture tracing Egypt's contributions to scientific progress from ancient to modern times. In Science in Egypt from Imhotep to Zewail, Serageldin describes how the foundations of medicine, dentistry, library science, astronomy, geography and more were laid in Egypt. Provided through a partnership between the New York Academy of Sciences and the Library of Alexandria.
http://www.nyas.org/podcasts/snc/Serageldin.mp3 (11MB)
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