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The global increase in dental caries. A pending public health crisis.

A current review of the available epidemiological data from many countries clearly indicates that there is a marked increase in the prevalence of dental caries. This global increase in dental caries prevalence affects children as well as adults, primary as well as permanent teeth, and coronal as well as root surfaces. This increase in dental caries signals a pending public health crisis. Althou...

Geriatric Workforce Capacity: A Pending Crisis for Nursing Home Residents

INTRODUCTION The nursing home (NH) population in the US has grown to 1.6 million people and is expected to double by 2030. While 88.3% of NH residents are over 65, the elders aged 85 and more have become the principal group. This demographic change has increased the already high rates of chronic diseases and functional disabilities in NH residents. METHODS This study reviewed the supply of ge...

Crisis Transmission: Global Financial Crisis

The aim of this paper is to explore, empirically, the channels of crisis transmission with regard to the Global financial crisis. EMP-based crisis proxy is used for eight countries, which include Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico and Russia. The period considered for estimation was Q1 2001 Q2 2010. Based on the Vector AutoRegression (VAR) and Ordinary Least Squares (OLS...

The Looming Environmental Crisis

water contaminants and bacteria that increases the risk of becoming ill (9-11). Even more worrisome is that this only appears to be the beginning since the global shift in climate and temperatures are expected to worsen in the coming years, since the world appears to be committed to several more decades of warming (9). An equally worrying trend has also been observed in air quality and the pote...