Dental Clinics, Meeting a Need With No Dentist

April 27th, 2008 at 9:18 pm (Alaska, American Dental Assn, Federal Aid (US), Medicine and Health, Teeth and Dentistry)

A program in Alaska trains dental therapists to provide basic services, such as drilling and filling cavities, often at a lower cost and in communities chronically underserved.

Zrodlo (oryginalny wpis) na http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/business/28teeth.html?ex=1367121600&en=864d935f863a5bda&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss,By ALEX BERENSON

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Global Update: In Remote Eskimo Villages, Pockets of Third-World Problems

April 7th, 2008 at 11:53 am (Alaska, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Eskimos, Medicine and Health, Third World and Developing Countries, Water)

Alaskan villagers without running water have high rates of lung and skin infections, according to a study released last week.

Zrodlo (oryginalny wpis) na http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/health/08glob.html?ex=1365307200&en=159d394fd6f43646&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss,By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.

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