What is the Difference Between a Cold Sore and a Canker Sore?

What is the Difference Between a Cold Sore and a Canker Sore?

Apr 16, 2018 | Medical

What are Cold Sores? Cold sores, commonly called fever blisters, are small clear blisters filled with fluid that form around and in the mouth. They are caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV1) living inside nerve cells. They usually last no longer than two weeks,...
Raising the bar in 2017

Raising the bar in 2017

Dec 29, 2016 | Medical

Wow, another year passes. Where did 2016 go? Time sure does seem to fly by. Well, since we didn’t see the end of the world this month we can get back to our actuary tables. According to the CDC, life expectancy in the United States is 78.5 years. In areas like...
Is Fluoride Poison?

Is Fluoride Poison?

Nov 8, 2016 | Medical, Preventive

I was on Amazon the other day and I noticed that they were selling water filters that remove fluoride from drinking water. This, I thought was very unfortunate, but I know that misinformation is alive and well. Why would people disregard decades of scientific research...
Oral Cancer…Minimize Your Risk!

Oral Cancer…Minimize Your Risk!

Sep 24, 2016 | Medical, Preventive

One person every hour of every day dies from oral cancer, which is equivalent to over 8000 people a year in The United States alone, according to the American Cancer Society. About 30,000 new cases of oral cancer will be diagnosed this year. Oral cancer ranks as the...