It is something we are coming to expect: vaping in America, especially among America’s young people, is growing rapidly. Now a new report shows that vaping is growing dramatically among teens. These stories are often written with a breathless tone of impending doom, but is this really a bad thing? The best evidence we have [...]
We know that smoking is one of the worst things you can do for your teeth. We know that smoking can increase your risk of gum disease. Since gum disease is the leading cause of tooth loss, it makes sense that smoking also increases your risk of tooth loss. Smokers have about double the risk [...]
April is Oral Cancer Awareness month. Oral cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, in large part because it does not get detected early enough. That is why spreading awareness is critical to saving lives. There are about 9000 deaths from oral cancer a year, about one death every hour of every day. At City [...]
March is National Nutrition Month, which makes it a great time to address the biggest dietary health threat facing America: sugar. Although for years we believed that fat was the leading cause of obesity and resulting health problems, it turns out that we have been the victim of a 50-year conspiracy by the sugar industry, [...]
