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    3 Months Of Hell: U.S. Economy Drops 32.9%, In Worst GDP Report Ever

    Jul 30, 2020
    The coronavirus triggered the sharpest economic contraction in modern history in the second quarter as the pandemic hammered the economy, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
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    Coronavirus FAQs: Does A Bigger Dose Make You Sicker? Can You Go To The Dentist?

    Apr 24, 2020
    We also discuss the phenomenon of symptom-free cases — how many are there, do we know how much of a role they play in spreading the virus?
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    State Dental Board Asks Dentists To Only Perform Emergency Procedures

    Mar 18, 2020

    The Nevada State Board of Dental Examiners is asking that all dentist offices suspend routine checkups and cleanings - as health officials respond to the coronavirus.

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    Shots - Health News
    Mannequin patients are stationed at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine's Preclinical Lab, ready to have their teeth restored with crowns by a class of third-year dental students.
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    Dental Schools Add An Urgent Lesson: Think Twice About Prescribing Opioids

    Sep 08, 2017
    Opioid painkillers prescribed by dentists have helped fuel the nation's addiction epidemic. Dental schools are teaching the next generation of dentists that there are other ways to treat pain.
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    Shots - Health News
    At 17, James Hatzell received his first prescription of opioids after undergoing surgery to have his wisdom teeth removed. He soon started abusing the drugs, and became addicted, he says. Now 23, he's been in recovery for three years.
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    Dentists Work To Ease Patients' Pain With Fewer Opioids

    Feb 26, 2017
    After minor surgeries, many dentists used to reflexively prescribe quick-acting opioids to relieve a patient's pain. Now they're learning to counsel patients about better, less addictive alternatives.
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    Shots - Health News
    Gabriela Medina, and her daughter Andrea, in the family kitchen. The 10-year-old says she and many of her friends at school have started drinking less soda and more water they bring from home.
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    Selling The Health Benefits Of Denver's Tap Water — After Flint

    Feb 13, 2016
    Though Denver's water supply is clean, health officials in Colorado are battling the stigma tap water acquired after the contamination in Flint, Mich. A Latino community group has stepped in to help.
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    It isn't funny anymore

    Jul 31, 2015

    I won’t drag out that crusty joke about having to go to the airport to find a good surgeon in Las Vegas (nyark nyark!), but it seems to elbow itself into the conversation any time you talk about the state of health care in Nevada.

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    Top Dentists

    Jul 27, 2015

    Here’s something to smile about: a great dentist is just a page or two away. Our 2015 topDentists list features more than 150 of the best dental professionals in Southern Nevada.

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    Audit: Deficient Computers Lead to $1M Medicaid Overpayments

    May 06, 2015

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada auditors blame an inadequate computer system for more than a million dollars in Medicaid overpayments in the past four years.

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    The Two-Way
    Want to get your teeth whitened? You may soon have more options. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a state board of dentistry unfairly drove competitors out of business by trying to block non-dentists from providing whitening services.
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    Dentists Have No Right To Limit Who Can Whiten Your Teeth, Justices Say

    Feb 25, 2015
    The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a North Carolina case that a board made up largely of dentists may not regulate whitening services.
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