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Oral Piercings Pose Potential Health Care Risks
Like clothing and hairstyles, oral piercings give teens and adults a way to express themselves. While trendy, this fashion statement poses a number of potential oral and overall health care risks. It"s also important to note that oral piercings most commonly involve the tongue, and also the lips, cheeks, uvula or a combination of sites. Oral piercings have been implicated in a number of adverse oral and systemic conditions.
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Martinez: Fixing Long-Term Care, Starting With The Census

U.S. Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) introduced an effort aimed at updating the U.S. Census" current function questions to better improve our nation"s long-term care services and support systems. By replacing a small portion of the survey with standardized function questions used by medical providers, the Disability Data Modernization Act will provide more accurately collected data used for planning the future health care needs of elderly and disabled Americans. "The need for quality long-term care is exceedingly on the rise - it is vital we act now," said Martinez, lead Republican on the Senate"s Special Committee on Aging. "In its current form, the U.S. Census is not meeting its legislative purpose. By changing a small number of questions, we can better plan for a coordinated, comprehensive, and compassionate system of long-term care which will allow each and every one of us to live out our lives with dignity and independence." This act will require the U.S. Census to restructure the American Community Survey, and any alternate or subsequent form of disability data gathering instrument by using: the Katz Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Index - ADLs are activities essential for self care, such as ability to bathe, dress, use the toilet, etc., and, the Lawton-Brody Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), which are activities essential to function in the home and community, such as being able to shop, telephone, prepare food, use transportation or take medications among other abilities. ADLs and IADLs are two of the most widely accepted and used indices of function by hospitals, researchers, federal agencies and Long-Term Care facilities for 40 years. Recently, the Census changed their data collection process to now gather data on the whole population in a rolling month to month basis over 10 years using the American Community Survey. However, they have not changed their question content on disability since 1970. Special Committe on Aging, U.S. Senate


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