A new survey has found that women care more about their smile than their male counterparts. When it comes to oral hygiene women take it far more seriously than men, making a concentrated daily effort to keep their teeth clean and even putting it ahead of diet or exercise. Alarmingly, however, 3% of the population … Continued

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Smiling can be just as effective as drugs for tackling depression and stress, a new book claims. According to the book, Beating Stress, Anxiety and Depression, simple lifestyle changes such as smiling more, going dancing and eating kippers and seaweed can help beat the blues. The authors of the book, Jane Plant and Janet Stephenson, … Continued

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Ireland’s National Dairy Council (NDC) has failed to convince the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that dairy products promote dental health in terms of the reduction of dental caries development. Following an application from the NDC submitted pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 via the Competent Authority of Ireland, the Panel on … Continued

A Derry couple are making a plea for donations to improve the dental health of people in Brazil. Lisa and Peter O’Donnell are travelling to a region outside Rio de Janeiro called Petropolis on behalf of UK charity, Latin American Ministries (LAM), an organisation that was created in 1997 by a group of Irish people … Continued

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