FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- Poor dental hygiene and care can have painful and lasting effects on a person's teeth and gums, and Fort Rucker's Brown Dental Clinic is pushing to teach children good dental ...

Building healthy dental habits is essential for preventing tooth decay and gum disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that tooth decay, or cavities, is one of the most ...

HAVING YOUR COMMUNITY THIS MORNING, A LOCAL NONPROFIT IS HELPING PROVID ACCESS OF PROPER HYGIENE TO THOSE IN NEED. AND JOINING ME THIS MORNING TO, TALK MORE ABOUT IT IS THE PROGRAM’S CEO, FOUNDER OF ...

Good grooming goes beyond a trendy haircut and designer duds. When accompanied by good hygiene, it has a positive effect on our health, social interactions and psychological well-being. “Grooming is ...

Nancy Burden, director of ambulatory surgery for BayCare Health System, describes how her ASC has worked to improve hand hygiene.Proper hand hygiene is an essential component of safe care. It has ...

About 795,000 Americans will have a stroke this year, but new research suggests that a common, healthy habit may reduce the risk of certain types of stroke. About 795,000 Americans will have a stroke ...

Deodorant, razors, and tampons, oh my! The tween years bring on a world of new hygiene issues, which can be overwhelming. Personal hygiene may not be the easiest topic to broach with your tween, but ...

While most think of hygiene as taking a shower, brushing your teeth and combing your hair, proper personal hygiene can have an impact on safety and the safety of those around you while on the job. In ...

Bone loss in the mouth is a serious condition that can lead to a host of dental and health problems, including the loosening or loss of teeth. Often overlooked, the root causes of bone loss extend ...

Here are 10 things ambulatory surgery centers should know about proper hand hygiene, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings. 1 ...

You should listen to your mother: always wash your hands. That’s especially true if you work in health care, where poor hand hygiene can be matter of life and death. By one 2002 estimate, 1.7 million ...