Fast Food or Slow Food Orthodontics? Part 2

Genetically Modified Food: Yes or No?

Another fast-food fear.

Background: Only around 60% of skin lesions excised by GPs are referred to a pathologist. Clinical diagnoses of skin excisions by GPs may not be very accurate. Subcutis excisions are rarely done by GPs, and there is hence little information in the literature on the histopathological yield of subcutis excisions by GPs with regard to malignancies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the yield o...

Serum lipid profile of college/university students taking home made food or market fast food

The study was undertaken to estimate the lipid profile of university students taking homemade or market fast food frequently. Total 150 male and female students from University College of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Lahore were included in the study to determine their serum lipid levels e.g. TC, LDL-C, HDL-C and TG. ANOVA test was used for statistical analysis. The 45.03% males an...

Complete Clinical Orthodontics : Treatment mechanics : part 2

In part 1 of this three-article series, we reviewed the core concepts of the Complete Clinical Orthodontics (CCO) system, how we integrated the straightwire appliance (SWA) with self-ligation to improve control and efficiency, and the rationale for the recently developed CCO prescription, as well as the three stages of treatment mechanics. Specifically, we reviewed the goals and objectives of e...

Do adolescents who live or go to school near fast-food restaurants eat more frequently from fast-food restaurants?

This population-based study examined whether residential or school neighborhood access to fast food restaurants is related to adolescents' eating frequency of fast food. A classroom-based survey of racially/ethnically diverse adolescents (n=2724) in 20 secondary schools in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota was used to assess eating frequency at five types of fast food restaurants. Black, Hispanic...