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What is Oral Hygiene and Why is it Important?
Brushing your teeth after every meal is not everything about oral hygiene, bringing us to the question, “What is oral hygiene?” Your mouth does a lot of work, such as talking and crushing food. So, it’s crucial to maintain proper oral hygiene to keep your teeth...
CDS Encourages Parents to get the mmr Vaccine now to Prevent the Spread Of Measles
The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is encouraging parents to get their children immunized for measles right away. CDC is encouraging Americans to get vaccinated for measles amid an outbreak that began at Disneyland in December, saying that 2014 saw...
New Study Shows Benefits to Aspirin
A new study released today indicates in its findings that Aspirin may actually be beneficial to patients. There has been a lot of speculation and controversy on this topic in the past. Experts have now declared, for the first time, that the benefits of taking aspirin...
Cut Animal Protien and Lower Risk from Diabetes and Cancer
Many people debate what diet is best. As we reach middle age it seems keeping the weight off becomes harder. It is not uncommon for people to develop diabetes at age 45 and then to continue into type 2 or insulin dependent diabetes. What is worse is as people are...
Are You Getting Enough Magnesium in Your Diet?
Magnesium is believed to be a vital mineral that may help people prevent type 2 diabetes. In addition it is a mineral that people who are diabetics should incorporate into their diets. It is a necessary component of more than 300 biochemical reactions in the body....
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CHICKEN WAS JUST PROCESSED?
The USDA will now allow chickens slaughtered in the U.S. to be processed in China, but no labeling will be required to identify those chicken products that they ship back to the U.S. Some believe this in reaction to China agreeing to take USA Beef after they stopped...
New Video Produced by PHC to Help Teach Children Good Oral Health
PHC is very excited about a project we have just finished. The Texas Legislature passed House Bill 2483 which adds oral health education as part of the coordinated school health program guidelines. In response to this legislation the health center wanted to produce a...