Charities join forces over mouth cancer awareness
The British Dental Health Foundation has partnered up with The Ben Walton Trust for Mouth Cancer Action Month 2012, which takes place in November. The Ben Walton Trust, established in 1996,...
View ArticleSay aaagghh!
Flora Chigwedere, principal dentist and founder of Covent Garden Dental Spa asks patients to ‘say aaagghh’ When my patients come in for a check-up, one of the first things I will ask them to do when I...
View ArticleFirst shock smoking ads in eight years
Smokers are being told that just 15 cigarettes cause a mutation that can lead to cancerous tumours in a return to hard-hitting health campaigns, the Department of Health has announced. The new ads –...
View ArticleDrinkers can underestimate alcohol habits
Some people could be underestimating their alcohol intake by as much as 40%, according to new figures the Department of Health published today. And the trick to monitoring their intake could be by...
View ArticleOral health key to Health Secretary’s call to action
The British Dental Health Foundation is leading calls for the health secretary Jeremy Hunt to invest in dentistry to aid in his bid to tackle four of the five big killers in England. The mortality call...
View ArticleCharities lead call for mouth cancer action
The launch of the Mouth Cancer Action Month campaign, dedicated to raising awareness of the killer disease, was announced today (Thursday). Taking place throughout November, organisers the British...
View Article‘The ripple effect’
Many people believe in fate or destiny. Few can offer a reason for doing so without retorting ‘just because I do’. For 42-year-old mother of five, Rachel Parsons from Coventry, the answer is much more...
View Article‘Half the population left vulnerable’
In a survey conducted by OnePoll1, three times as many people said they would support giving the jab to boys than were opposed to it. The poll also showed the public’s lack of knowledge when it comes...
View Article‘I will walk 500 miles’
The Proclaimers sang about doing it. Christina Chatfield is doing it. Through National Smile Month 2014, Christina will be walking 500 miles for 500 smiles from Scotland to Brighton and in doing so...
View ArticleThe British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy raises £600 for Mouth...
Together with their 4,000 members, the society raised the money through two mouth cancer screening workshops at their annual conference, highlighting the significant role and influence hygienists and...
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