Cosmetic Dentist and founder of Marylebone Smile Clinic, Dr Sahil Patel, has listed seven common habits that you should avoid to keep your teeth happy and healthy.

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TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For children aged 0 to 17 years, the overall rate of emergency department visits decreased from 2019 to 2020, with decreases seen for both sexes and across races/ethnicities, according to a June data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics.

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TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For veterans admitted to the hospitals, a supervised walking program, AssiSTed EaRly MobIlity for HospitalizeD Veterans (STRIDE), is associated with lower odds of discharge to a skilled nursing facility (SNF), according to a study published online June 6 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Fewer than 40 percent of children with firearm injury receive mental health (MH) services, according to a study published online June 5 in Pediatrics.

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TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- From 2016 to 2021, there was an increase in prepregnancy diabetes mellitus (PDM), with an overall rate of 10.9 per 1,000 births in 2021, according to the May 31 National Vital Statistics Reports, a publication from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

TUESDAY, July 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The widely used immunotherapy drug nivolumab (Opdivo) is safer and more effective in treating adults and children with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma than the targeted therapy now used as standard care is, new clinical trial results show.

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Actors don't always make the correct decisions when choosing what movies to star in. Here are 5 actors who hated one of their own movies. 1, Jessica Alba – 'Fantastic Four.' Alba “hated” being in the 'Fantastic Four' franchise; the director had told her to “be prettier” when she was crying i…

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TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Few patients diagnosed with cancer between 2013 and 2019 in California and Georgia underwent germline testing, according to a study published online June 5 in the Journal of the American Medical Association to coincide with the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held from June 2 to 6 in Chicago.

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Prince Harry has become the first British royal to appear in court in 130 years. Prince Harry and others have accused Mirror Group publications of obtaining information about the royal family illegally. The lawsuit claims that The Mirror Group hacked phones and used other illicit methods to …

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TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), indefinite duration of immunotherapy treatment does not seem to offer benefits over fixed-duration therapy for two years, according to a study published online June 4 in JAMA Oncology to coincide with the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held from June 2 to 6 in Chicago.

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Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian bossa nova singer known for her rendition of 'The Girl from Ipanema', has passed away at the age of 83. Gilberto's dreamy interpretation of the song became immensely popular and is considered a defining piece of Brazilian culture. Born in 1940 in Bahia, Brazil,…

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TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For outpatient treatment of COVID-19, nirmatrelvir-ritonavir is effective for reducing 30-day hospitalization or death, while molnupiravir is associated with a reduction in 30-day mortality, according to a study published online June 6 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is associated with a similar risk for cardiovascular death and myocardial infarction as direct invasive coronary angiography (ICA) for initial assessment of suspected stable coronary artery disease (CAD), according to a review published online June 6 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Vorasidenib significantly improves progression-free survival among patients with grade 2 isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH)-mutant glioma, according to a study published online June 4 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held from June 2 to 6 in Chicago.