Prescribe Chewing Gum
for sore tongue
SHERRY BOSCHERT (San Francisco Bureau)
WINNIPEG, MAN. — Emotional stress underlies most cases of
glossodynia, and—after ruling out dermatologic causes ranging from contact
allergy to cancer—the best prescription for patients may be relaxation, Dr.
Robert Conklin said at the annual conference of the Canadian Dermatology
Association. ....Full Story>>
Black groups band
together to fight AIDS
By Lorinda Bullock
TORONTO (NNPA)-Just as the framers of the Declaration of
Independence did when they gathered in 1776 to declare Americans free from the
tyranny of England's King George III, another group of powerful American leaders
gathered here on Aug. 14, this time on foreign soil, to reclaim Black America's
freedom from the grips of a deadlier and stronger foe-AIDS.
....Full Story>>
Diabetes Forecast Gets
Scarier
CDC Ups Diabetes Prediction to 48.3 Million Cases by 2050
Sept. 11, 2006 -- Greatly increasing a prediction made just
three years ago, the CDC now predicts 48.3 million Americans will have diabetes
by 2050.
That's triple the number of people living with diabetes
today -- and 9.3 million more than the CDC forecast in 2003. ....Full Story>>
