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...Stratman's parents were unimpressed. Stephen recalls, "We might as well have been giving a tour of a dentist's waiting room." Then, two days before departure, Kelly's mother chanced upon the New Year sales at a Yokohama shopping mall, where discounts were as high as 80%. "She immediately lit up," says Stephen. By the next day, the family had canceled their original plans and decided to spend their last day together scouring for bargains. Mom had finally found her element, and the Stratmans had learned a vital lesson: gear your parents' itinerary to their preferences, regardless of what...
...years ago, when dr. gabby Freilich became chief radiologist at a company offering whole-body scans direct to the public, he encouraged some of his friends to come and be zapped. One of those was a 47-year-old dentist, "Don," who felt well. He worked hard and played tennis, and really couldn't be bothered getting scanned. "But Gabby was a pest," recalls Don, who finally relented. Returning to his car after the procedure, he found it vandalized. Right then he wouldn't have given Freilich the time...
...issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association reports the surprising finding that a woman's risk of having a low-birth-weight baby at full term more than triples if she has her teeth X-rayed while pregnant. This is not a good reason to avoid the dentist, however. Other studies have shown that women with periodontal disease have a three to five times greater risk of preterm childbirth than those with healthy teeth and gums...
Your article portrayed Hamas members as regular family men who blow up innocent Jewish women and children between trips to the dentist and the beach. Any organization that practices terrorism to achieve its goalsno matter how honorable or correct its cause should have no voice, no credibility and no place in civilized society. Your reporting only reinforced the belief that Jewish blood is cheap, that anti-Semitism is valid and that Israel should quietly disappear into the sea. PAUL STEVENS Palm Beach...
...practicing dentist and was pleased that you referred to gum disease as a source of chronic inflammation. But I was surprised that you did not explore the link in greater detail. The relationship between gum disease and systemic disease, specifically heart disease, has been widely reported. Your article takes it to the next step. The overall ability of the body to heal and stay healthy is certainly compromised by a chronic infection like gum disease. People need to learn how to achieve and maintain dental health. Robert Del Presto Brick...