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...healthy. For example, sales of Snap-on Smile, a cosmetic device that snaps over your teeth, rose 22.2% in the fourth quarter of '08 compared with the third quarter. December sales were 62% higher than those in October. The device costs between $2,500 and $4,000 for a full-mouth restoration, a much cheaper alternative than restorative veneers, which can cost $30,000 to $50,000. Snap-on Smile CEO Adam Cotumaccio has heard feedback that some patients buy the product for very practical purposes. "In this job market, you want to feel good, you want to look good...
...March," says Willeford. "If people keep losing jobs, we're going to edge off a cliff." Dr. Roger Levin, CEO of the Levin Group, a dental-management consultancy, is also very cautious. "Traditionally, it takes six to 12 months for economic trends to affect dental practice," he says. "The full impact of the downturn may be yet to come...
...mandated testing means, however, that states must pick up the tab - just under $100 per newborn for the full panel of 29 tests - through Medicaid or other programs if parents' insurance programs don't cover it. To meet demand, many states have invested in building labs within their public health departments or contracted with independent labs to perform the analyses. The March of Dimes is also pushing for national guidelines and appropriations to support newborn screening now that all 50 states are on board. "We're very mindful of the tough economic situation the states are experiencing," says Howse...
That walk is strewed with trash; the streets of Basra are full of stinking tangles of plastic and organic matter. Indeed, since last fall, private polling undertaken by the British government has seen the poor state of public services and infrastructure leapfrog security as a popular concern. Phone-in programs on the local radio station are dominated by discussions of sewage and the electrical brownouts that hit the city several times a day. (See pictures of life returning to Iraq's streets...
...airport in Orlando, the Gibsons asked about getting put back on their original flight, but despite having had seats for sale that day, the airline now says that flight was full, and the Gibsons could not be moved...