The duration of a child’s sleep can differ, depending on the date of day, week and year. Further, children who don’t get abundant nightly sleep are more likely to be overweight and have behavioral problems. [click link for full article] Original post by Dentistry News From Medical News Today

poor dreams in pre-schoolers are less prevalent than thought. However, when they do exist, nightmares are trait-like in nature and associated with personality characteristics measured as early as five months. The study, led by Valérie Simard, under the direction of Tore Nielsen, PhD, of the University...

A new study by an worldly group of scientists describes in atomic detail a protein complex that is affected by genetic mutations implicated in autism spectrum disorders. The research team, including scientists from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical...

Early-stage breast cancer that has not yet invaded the surrounding tissues may already contain highly motile cells, bringing the tumor one step closer to metastasis, report researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Their study, published in the Dec. 30 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology,...

The American Dental organization (ADA) and the Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice (JEBDP) will host two evidence-based dentistry conferences in early May 2008 at the ADA’s Chicago Headquarters. Sponsored by educational grants from Procter and Gamble, the conferences will promote the use...

The U.S. agency of Commerce has named the American Dental Association’s (ADA) 2008 Annual Session as a participant in its worldly Buyer Program. The ADA Annual Session is one of only about 36 major U.S. exhibitions selected to participate in the 2008 program. The worldly Buyer program, a joint...

The corridor Technique, which uses preformed metal crowns pushed onto teeth with no dental injections or drilling, is favoured by traditional “drill and fill” methods by the majority of children who received it, reveals research published in the online open access journal BMC Oral Health....

Catathrenia, or sleep related groaning, is an strange feature of a sleep-related breathing disorder that can be successfully treated with continual positive airway pressure (CPAP). The study, authored by Christian Guilleminault, MD, of Stanford University, focused on seven consecutive female patients...