(HealthDay)—Differences in health care utilization across racial and ethnic groups explain the majority of inequities in U.S. health care spending, according to a study published in the Aug. 17 issue of the Journal of the ...
Sep 8, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Eleven percent of nonelderly adults and 9.2 percent of parents (on behalf of their children) report delaying or forgoing health care in the past 30 days due to concerns about coronavirus exposure, according ...
Aug 25, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Dental care should be a required part of Medicaid coverage for adults in every state, the American Dental Association and nearly 130 other organizations urge in a letter to Congress.
Aug 20, 2021
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When public health insurance like Medicaid expands its dental coverage, by increasing the types of procedures it covers and the total amount a dentist can spend on an individual patient, more dentists will locate to the expansion ...
Aug 9, 2021
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A mother's mental health may play a larger role in a child's toothbrushing habits than previously thought.
Jul 27, 2021
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Muthuthanthrige Cooray, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, presented the oral session "Oral and General Health Associations Using Machine Learning Prediction Algorithms" at the virtual 99th General Session & Exhibition of ...
Jul 21, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Nearly two-thirds of adults have had a dental visit within the past 12 months, according to a July data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics.
Jul 8, 2021
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A new study demonstrates that many younger adult dental patients are taking medications, and highlights the importance of dental providers reviewing medication histories, regardless of age.
Jun 24, 2021
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According to estimates from the Children's Bureau, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there were 673,000 children in or entering foster care in the United States in 2019.
Jun 8, 2021
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A University of Birmingham-led study of over a thousand dental professionals has shown their increased occupational risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection during the first wave of the pandemic in the UK.
Jun 3, 2021
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