by Office | May 19, 2021 | Periodontal Health
Prevention is the best medicine, especially when it comes to gum disease, which affects nearly all adults. For it’s not just a matter of keeping your teeth in your mouth – untreated periodontal disease ultimately means tooth loss – but also supporting your... 
by Office | Oct 28, 2020 | Diet & Nutrition, Periodontal Health
When it comes to your health and well-being, what you eat matters, as a recent study in PLOS Medicine reminds. The research team set out to answer two basic questions: 1) Can a healthy diet offset the effects of obesity on mortality?, and 2) Can normal weight... 
by Office | Jan 17, 2018 | Diet & Nutrition, Oral Health
A new clinical study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests it might. For the study, researchers randomly split 42 adults who were habitual short sleepers into two groups. One group was coached on increasing their sleep time. The other received no... 
by Office | Jul 26, 2017 | Diet & Nutrition, General Health & Wellness
A new study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal offers the latest confirmation of an irony: “Diet” soda won’t help you keep weight off. But wait. It gets worse. As the Washington Post reported, “The study found that not only were artificial sweeteners... 
by Office | Mar 1, 2017 | General Health & Wellness, Periodontal Health
A little stress now and then is okay – a good thing, in fact. It’s what helps you respond to any kind of threat or challenge. And it’s unavoidable. As Hans Selye, the endocrinologist who first identified the stress response, put it, To eliminate stress...