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Dentistry is not pain-free. Willeford reports an overall fourth-quarter slowdown among the Academy of Dental CPAs' clients. These dentists serve patients across a broad socioeconomic spectrum. "We're seeing a lot more open appointment books through 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...
...According to a new March of Dimes report, all 50 states now require screening for at least 21 of a panel of 29 diseases - many of them rare but potentially debilitating or fatal - which means that 96% of the 4 million babies born each year in the U.S. are routinely tested...
...American College of Medical Genetics recommended uniform and broader screening for the entire catalog of conditions, including amino acid deficiencies, oxidative disorders and blood diseases such as sickle cell anemia. The March of Dimes and the American Academy of Pediatrics endorsed that recommendation, and lobbied states to legislate mandatory newborn screenings. That same year, a March of Dimes survey found that only 38% of babies were getting sufficiently screened, with at least 21 of the 29 available tests. "These are rare conditions, but they can be devastating and catastrophic if not detected," says Dr. Jennifer Howse, president of the March...
...good at all." Even if this period passes quietly, the year ahead contains many more potentially explosive anniversaries for Tibetans. April will mark the 20th anniversary of the bloody 1989 suppression of anti-Chinese protests in Lhasa. Even more sensitive will be the 50th anniversary, in mid-March, of the Dalai Lama's flight into exile in India after the so-called Lhasa uprising was suppressed by the People's Liberation Army...
...herdsman shakes his grizzled head when I ask if it is possible that an influx of Chinese immigrants and modernization could mean that such events - and the protests of March 2008 - could eventually be forgotten. "What happened last year is now part of our history too. Even my son's sons and their sons will remember after I die. They will hate the government too. We will never forget...