- 21. How Can Dental Crowns Help You?
- (Dental Shanghai)
- ... a dental crown will fully encase your tooth above the gum line and will effectively prevent any further decay. Why Do I Need a Dental Crown? A dental crown serves several different purposes: Your ...
- 22. What are the Most Common Causes of a Toothache?
- (Dental Shanghai)
- ... extracted. That’s why preventative care is so important. You should floss and brush your teeth twice a day, generally in the morning or before bedtime. Regular visits to the dentist will help ensure ...
- 23. How to Conquer Your Fear of the Dentist
- (Dental Shanghai)
- ... penetrate to the tooth the way it does on the upper jaw. It must be injected at the back of the jaw, where the nerve enters. (This is why your lip lower gets numb, even thought the shot was nowhere near ...
- 24. What is the Difference between Tooth Erosion and Tooth Decay?
- (Dental Shanghai)
- Our teeth are precious, which is why they should be treated properly and looked after so that they can last - not to mention save us from hefty dental bills. False teeth are never as good as real ones, ...
- 25. How Does a Cavity Form?
- (Dental Shanghai)
- ... teeth away. Although, if we lower our sugar intake, it is still possible that our saliva can restore our tooth enamel, the decay process may continue unabated underneath. This is why it is so important ...
- 26. How To Get Cholesterol Tested in Shanghai
- (Health Check-ups Shanghai)
- Cholesterol Test in Shanghai: Cholesterol plays a major role in a person's heart health. High blood cholesterol is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease and stroke. That's why it's important for ...
- 27. Fibromyalgia
- (Fibromyalgia)
- ... or emotional trauma. Post-traumatic stress disorder has been linked to fibromyalgia. Why does it hurt? Current thinking centers around a theory called central sensitization. This theory states that ...
- 28. Hyperthyroidism
- (Hyperthyroidism)
- ... hyperthyroidism, your doctor may recommend one of the following tests to help determine why your thyroid is overactive: Radioactive iodine uptake test. For this test, you take a small, oral ...
- 29. The Problem with Perfectionism
- (Young Adult)
- ... areas but also enjoy exposure to several fields even if they can’t be a star in all. So why do we push the Big Lie on teenagers that they must be good at math, science, foreign languages, English, history, ...
- 30. Hidden Dangers: Food Allergies and Teens
- (Nutrition)
- ... deny reaction symptoms, and delay treatment. They also neglect to carry their life-saving rescue medication, epinephrine, says Dr. Sicherer, who is co-author of The Complete Peanut Allergy Handbook. Why ...
- 31. Educating Your Teen About Birth Control
- (Dating & Sex)
- ... somewhat remarkably, 20 percent did not regard anal intercourse as sex. Why, then, should their attitudes toward intercourse be any different? For the record, “sex” is any intimate physical act between ...
- 32. Information for Teens: What You Need to Know About Privacy
- (Teen)
- ... other health care professionals outside your doctor’s office. Questions about sex and sexuality Q: Why do I need to tell my doctor if I’m having sex? A: Your doctor needs to know that you are having ...
- 33. Ten Tips for Your Child's Success in School
- (School)
- ... plenty of light, lots of supplies, and enough room to work. Why not provide her with the same type of environment for homework? A designated homework space often makes it easier and more fun for children ...
- 34. Teaching Health Education in School
- (School)
- ... at home. The schools can provide basic information about implementing healthy decisions—for instance, how and why to say no to alcohol use. But you should be a co-educator, particularly in those areas ...
- 35. Homework and Developing Responsibility
- (School)
- ... and then arrange the clusters into a logical sequence. Write down thoughts as to why these clusters were made and why the order makes sense. Use this work as an outline and write a first draft; at ...
- 36. Talking to Your Child About Sex
- (Puberty)
- ... a baby?" "Do you have to get married to have a baby?" "Why do boys get erections?" "What is a period?" "How do people have sexual intercourse?" "Why do some men like other men?" These are ...
- 37. Talking to Your Young Child About Sex
- (Preschool)
- ... in basic sexuality, both her own and that of the opposite sex. She may ask where babies come from. She may want to know why boys' and girls' bodies are different. She may also touch her own genitals and ...
- 38. Heart attack
- (Heart attack )
- ... that you take a daily aspirin, check with your doctor to find out why. Doctors may prescribe aspirin and an anti-clotting drug, such as clopidogrel (Plavix), for people undergoing an angioplasty or stent ...
- 39. Why Accidents Happen
- (Toilet Training)
- The child-care center Stephanie was attending for the first time was enormous—like an indoor playground with children of different ages running around her in all directions. Stephanie’s mother had shown ...
- 40. Good Night, Sleep Tight
- (Sleep)
- ... to play around with what works best for you and your baby.While the exact details and the order in which you do them may not matter too much in the end, we will point out that there is a good reason why ...