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Following radiotherapy, many patients with osteoradionecrosis suffer from xerostomia, thereby decreasing their quality of life. Patients can develop problems with speech, eating, increased dental caries, dysphagia, fractured dentition, chronic refractory...

In spite of the negative health effects of waterpipe tobacco smoking, its use is becoming more common. The objective of this study is to systematically review the medical literature for motives, beliefs and attitudes towards waterpipe tobacco smoking....

Hong Kong (HKSAR) - The Census and Statistics Department (CSD) released the latest figures on retail sales today (July 2).The value of total retail sales in May 2013, provisionally estimated at $40.6 billion, increased by 12.8% over a year earlier. After...

Hong Kong (HKSAR) - Some 100 creative entrepreneurs and arts practitioners from Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries will converge in Hong Kong for a four-day conference from July 4 to 7 with an aim of incubating new ideas and exploring...

Enlarge image i Student Kahlil Quato fights tears as he speaks at a University of Chicago candlelight vigil in 2007. The service was held in remembrance of Amadou Cisse, a graduate… Source: Therapy Helps Troubled Teens Rethink Crime

Enlarge image i Student Kahlil Quato fights tears as he speaks at a University of Chicago candlelight vigil in 2007. The service was held in remembrance of Amadou Cisse, a graduate… Source: Therapy Helps Troubled Teens Rethink Crime

Sound World Solution’s hearing device lets a user customize its settings using a Bluetooth connection and a smartphone. Courtesy of Sound World Solutions … Source: To Make Hearing Aids Affordable, Firm Turns On Bluetooth

Scientists are now able to figure out the age of a piece of ivory, which in many cases can also reveal the date of the elephant’s death. Ivory trade has been banned since 1989. So if a piece of ivory suggests an elephant died after that year, there’s...

Scottish researchers created talking packaging to warn addicts of the risksWas inspired by companies that make the packets more enticing University of Stirling created two talking packets with recorded messagesThe packets use similar technology to singing...

Artificial light interferes with body’s chemicals and can trigger tumoursDisrupted sleep cycles and hormone levels don’t pose a risk if woman has worked less than 30 yearsDenmark is the only country in the world where breast cancer resulting from shift...