Fluoride in tap water may help older teeth too March 9, 2008
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Fluoride may help older teeth too
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The added fluoride in many Americans’ drinking water may be protecting older adults’ teeth from decay, a study suggests.Fluoridated drinking water has been credited with cutting rates of tooth decay among Americans, but the benefit is often thought of as being largely for children.
However, older adults may stand to gain as much or more, researchers report in the Journal of Public Health Dentistry.In a study looking at dental care costs among nearly 52,000 members of one insurance plan, researchers found that those living in areas with fluoridated drinking water spent less on dental fillings than those without fluoridated water supplies.When the researchers looked at plan members by age, however, it turned out that the benefit was seen in children and, to an even greater extent, in adults older than age 58.
“Our finding that fluoridated water lowered the number of dental fillings confirms studies on younger people but breaks new ground on older individuals,” lead researcher Dr. Gerardo Maupome said in a statement. “While those we studied had dental insurance, many older adults, who are often retired, don’t have dental insurance and so prevention of decay is very important,” added Maupome, of the Indiana University School of Dentistry in Indianapolis.
Much of the research on fluoridated drinking water has focused on children, the researcher noted, but more attention should go toward the potential benefits among adults.“Community water fluoridation is a sound public health investment for people of all ages,” he said.
SOURCE: Journal of Public Health Dentistry
‘NoMoreClipboard.com’ Collaboration with Google Health March 9, 2008
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‘NoMoreClipboard.com’ Announces Collaboration with Google Health
Online PHR Will Integrate with Google Health to Exchange Health Information with Physicians
FORT WAYNE, Ind–(BUSINESS WIRE, March 06, 2008)NoMoreClipboard.com, an online personal health record system, has announced a collaboration with Google Health. Google Health, which was previewed to the healthcare IT community at the HIMSS08 Conference in Orlando last week, is currently being piloted at the Cleveland Clinic and is expected to be released to the public in the near future.
“As more and more consumer tools for managing health information become available, we believe that consumers will want to share health information electronically with physicians to better coordinate their care,” explains NoMoreClipboard.com CEO William Cast, M.D. “Unfortunately, nearly 80 percent of physicians do not have an electronic health record system, and have no easy way to incorporate patient medical history or medical records from other providers into their practice workflow.”
By integrating on the Google Health platform, NoMoreClipboard.com can bridge this gap. Upon the user’s request on the Google side, NoMoreClipboard.com can print the medical records and health information from a Google Health account onto the specific forms used by the doctor’s office and deliver those forms in advance of a scheduled patient visit. When the patient arrives for a medical appointment, they avoid the frustration of filling out a clipboard and repeating all of their medical history.
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