'Virtual' Colonoscopy Safe, Effective for Medicare Patients: Study

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Sedation Dentistry Offers Safe, Comfortable Dental Treatment to Fearful Patients

June 18, 2012 by admin

Despite the development of all new techniques and procedures for dental treatments, it is true that some procedures may cause real trouble for patients. Undergoing a dental check-up may not be a good experience for all patients. Probably that is why, millions of people object to a dentist visit which leads to further dental complications.

Dentists all over the world have recognized this issue and they have developed a new way to get the right treatment at the right time. Sedation dentistry is a new development in the field of dentistry. In this treatment procedure, patients are given the required drugs that minimize their fears. Many drugs are given to give a calm and relaxed state so that you can have a safe and comfortable dental treatment experience.

However, it is note here that not everyone is a good candidate for the sedation dentistry.

Dentists evaluate individual’s condition and need in order to decide what should be given in order to improve the situation. Following are few criterion that may help you to get the suitable sedation dentistry;

? The level of fear dentists or treatments
? History of earlier occurrence of dental treatments availed
? Feeling of numbness
? Vision of traumatic dental treatments
? Difficulty in opening your mouth while getting the exact treatment
? Extraordinary sensitivity in teeth
? Need for a complicated oral surgery
? Strong dislike about the environment of dental office
? Inability to make up for the dental appointments or cancels appointment often
? First-time dental treatment receiver
? Face a lot of pain while taking the dental treatment
? Sweats too much when you visit your dentist

Always go for an experienced dentist to get the right treatment who will work in according to your comfort level.

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Study: Gene Therapy for HIV Safe, But Effectiveness Still Unclear

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Study: Gene Therapy for HIV Safe, But Effectiveness Still Unclear

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Shingles Vaccine Safe, Underutilized, Study Says

HealthDay – 1 hr 24 mins ago MONDAY, April 23 (HealthDay News) -- The shingles vaccine is generally safe and well tolerated by patients, according to a new study.

Shingles, which affects more than 1 million people each year in the United States, is a painful contagious rash caused by the dormant chickenpox virus, which can reactivate and replicate, damaging the nervous system.

Elderly people are especially at risk because immunity against the virus that causes shingles declines with age.

In this study, researchers looked at data from more than 193,000 adults 50 and older who received the shingles vaccine, also known as the herpes zoster vaccine, over two years. There was a small increased risk of local reactions (redness and pain) from one to seven days after vaccination. This finding matches the results of clinical trials.

The shingles vaccine did not increase the risk for cerebrovascular diseases; cardiovascular diseases; meningitis, encephalitis, and encephalopathy; Ramsay-Hunt syndrome; or Bell's palsy, the researchers said.

The study was published online April 23 in the Journal of Internal Medicine.

The study supports the vaccination recommendation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices "and reassures the general public that the vaccine is safe," study author Hung Fu Tseng, a research scientist with the Kaiser Permanente in Pasadena, Calif., said in a Kaiser news release.

Few people received the vaccine, which was licensed in 2006, the news release said. The CDC recommends it for healthy people aged 60 and older.

More information

The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has more about shingles.

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