Feb 12 2009
Nearly 1 billion starving worldwide
The increasing price of food has spiked the number of hunger-stricken people in the world by 40 million to reach 923 million in 2008.According to a recent report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), more people will fall under the undernourished category if the current economic trend continues in the [...]
Jan 21 2009
Study: Fluoridation Benefits Doubtful
RNewswire-USNewswire/ — Achieving cavity-free status has
little to do with fluoride intake, reports a study in the Fall 2008 Journal of
Public Health Dentistry.
The ongoing Iowa Fluoride Study (IFS), begun in 1992, follows a cohort of
children from birth. Researchers measure fluoride use and ingestion, count
cavities and document fluorosis - white spotted, yellow and/or brown stained
teeth - the [...]