| Search 1) News For: Large Deductible Dental Cherokees to add medical, dental clinics The Cherokee Nation is planning three new medical clinics and a dental clinic in northeastern Oklahoma. Cherokees to add medical, dental clinics TAHLEQUAH, Okla. - The Cherokee Nation is planning three new medical clinics and a dental clinic in northeastern Oklahoma. The tribe's Tribal Council passed a resolution for the new medical clinics in Tahlequah, Vinita and Jay and a dental clinic in Salina. Delta Dental Foundation Invites Applications for Annual Oral Cancer Research or Education Grant The Delta Dental Foundation today announced a call for applications for the 2008 Thomas P. Moore II Memorial Grant, which provides up to $25,000 to a program or project in Michigan, Ohio or Indiana focused on oral cancer education or research. Delta Dental Foundation Invites Applications for Annual Oral Cancer Research or Education Grant The Delta Dental Foundation today announced a call for applications for the 2008 Thomas P. Moore II Memorial Grant, which provides up to $25,000 to a program or project in Ohio, Michigan or Indiana focused on oral cancer education or research. Delta Dental Foundation Invites Applications for Annual Oral Cancer Research or Education Grant The Delta Dental Foundation today announced a call for applications for the 2008 Thomas P. Moore II Memorial Grant, which provides up to $25,000 to a program or project in Indiana, Michigan or Ohio focused on oral cancer education or research. Virtual Colonoscopy Finds 90 Per Cent Of Large Growths A new study found that virtual colonoscopy using non invasive X-ray based computed tomography CT scanning was 90 per cent effective at finding large pre-cancerous and cancerous growths, but not very effective at finding much smaller growths. Large study backs effectiveness of 'virtual' colonoscopies "Virtual" colonoscopies are about as reliable as more invasive procedures for finding cancer and polyps, according to the largest study of its kind, published in today's New England Journal of Medicine. Search 2) News For: Large Deductible Dental Health clinic to offer free testing for HIV A bout one in four Americans living with HIV doesn't know it. Now an Akron medical and dental practice that caters primarily to the poor and uninsured wants to help those patients get proper treatment and stop the spread of HIV by giving everyone a chance to get tested for free. Many people don't know they are at risk About one in four Americans living with HIV doesn't know it. Now an Akron medical and dental practice that caters primarily to the poor and uninsured wants to help those patients get proper treatment and stop the spread of HIV by giving everyone a chance to get tested for free. Scans Provide Alternative to Colonoscopies in Spotting Cancer Sept. 18 -- Medical imaging scans detected 90 percent of large polyps and colorectal cancers in a study, giving patients a more comfortable, less costly alternative to colonoscopies used to spot growths before they turn malignant. |

