New contracts are like London buses – you wait ages then three come along together. The 1990 contract was for many years the ‘new contract’.

A new study suggests a common form of gum disease may significantly raise the risk of head and neck cancer. Researchers found that people diagnosed

A high court judge has given the go-ahead for a court challenge to fluoridation plans of Southampton’s water supplies. The move is a major breakthrough

The headline above was the phrase that stayed with me on leaving a recent meeting at which both Jimmy Steele and Barry Cockcroft spoke about

The evidence is growing that private dentistry has been bitten by the economic downturn. For the most part it appears to have been a flesh

Cigarette smoking is well known to be a major cause of oral disease and over the last few years the dental profession has made good

Chernobyl Children’s Trust is a non-profit charity set up and run by volunteers to help children and families most affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster,

On 16 July, the report from the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes (An Bord Snip Nua) made a recommendation to suspend

With every year that passes we are getting closer to a true 21st century practice. Although times may seem hard at the moment, there are

The older patients we encounter nowadays differ from those in the past. We are living longer and healthier lives thanks to medical technology (US Census

Although epidemiologic data and the potentially serious effects of transmission of genital herpes from mother to infant during birth have been widely reported, published reports

Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome (OWRS) is a rare hereditary, autosomal dominant disease characterized by a local angiodysplasia. Its clinical characteristics are vascular hamartomas of the skin and