As any celebrity would, actor Stanley Tucci has been hitting the media circuit to promote his newest projects - in this case, a book and a TV series. But in the course of a recent interview for Virgin America’s inflight magazine, he also spent some time talking...
Last week, the world lost another soul to an oral cancer: Peter Tork of Monkees fame. As his family wrote on Facebook, Peter succumbed to a 10 year bout with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare cancer of the salivary glands. Peter’s energy, intelligence, silliness,...
If you’re like most, you get lots of health screenings from lots of providers each year. Gynecologists run annual Pap smears. Urologists screen for prostate cancer. Primary care physicians conduct annual physicals to look for all kinds of potential health concerns....
I'm sometimes amazed by the remarks I receive from patients after we perform a routine dental examination or a new patient evaluation that includes an oral cancer screening. "I've never had that done before," or "What are you doing that for?" are some of the...