The field of dentistry in particular comes under the caring profession and is one that involves diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases and injuries along with malformation in mouth, jaw and teeth. Primarily a dentist is entrusted with duties like providing preventive treatment like fluoride therapy, other cleaning and scaling activities. Performing surgical procedures ranging [...]
Archive > May 2011
Anxiety
Anxiety is a pernicious little devil; it can hold us back, freeze our creativity and diminish our ability to fight our way out of trouble. Anxiety leads to a ‘vicious cycle’ in which anxiety feeds poor performance which increases anxiety and . . . you get the picture.We all understand that severe problems make us [...]
Cough Medicine Controversy
Many doctors have declared war on cough medicines, saying the latter are ineffective and are often used inappropriately. Worse, they are also one of the most abused drugs in the country.A 2006 survey conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration or SAMHSA showed that about 3.1 million people between the ages of [...]
