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Medicaid Kids are Denied Medical Care, Study Shows

by Associated Press, Posted Jun 16th 2011 5:00PM

Credit: Getty Images CHICAGO (AP) - Children on public insurance are being denied treatment by doctors at much higher rates than those with private coverage, according to an undercover study that had researchers pose as parents of sick ...Children on public insurance are being denied treatment by doctors at much higher rates than those with private coverage.
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Dental Care for Kids Needs to Begin With Baby Teeth, Study Shows

by Tom Henderson, Posted Mar 2nd 2011 4:30PM

Open wide, little one! Credit: Getty
It may seem painfully obvious, but a new study shows preventative dental care for kids and regular brushing can reduce the risk of cavities.
What makes this study out of the University of North ...Researchers say you're never too young for dental hygiene.
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DailyDish - Brushing teeth is as easy as A-B-C

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 21st 2008 6:00AM

Make sure your kids brush their teeth long enough with this simple trick ...
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M is for Molar

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Sep 29th 2007 2:58PM

So Jared had his big day at the dentist on Wednesday. He needed to have a tooth pulled because of an abscess in his gum between the baby tooth and permanent tooth. I picked him up at 10am for his 11am appointment, less than half an hour after school ...
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Coming soon: chocolate toothpaste

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 17th 2007 1:29PM

In what might just have children everywhere dancing in the streets as they rub candy on their teeth, researchers at Tulane University has discovered that chocolate may just be better for your teeth than fluoride toothpaste. Okay, not quite. An ...
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