Are you lazy

I know a lot of lazy people.
They are people who would rather spend the day planted on the couch than anywhere else.
They are people who choose take-out over home cooked, every night of the week.
They are people who would rather have a root canal than go do a workout.
Sure, I know that we all have our occasional lazy day on the couch, but lately it seems that more and more people are turning lazin...

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Dentistry moves beyond pain relief

The pain associated with toothache has been described as excruciating by those persons who have been afflicted. In years past, once the rotting tooth had decayed to the point that the pain was unbearable, dentists simply extracted the tooth. However, with dentistry evolving as much as it has, people faced with dental problems now have more options -- not only to relieve the pain, but to fix the pr...

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Brush your teeth for overall health

You've probably been brushing your teeth for as long as you can remember, but approximately 85 percent of all people brush incorrectly according to Dr. Alia Campbell, who practices out of the Center for Specialized Dentistry.
She said that most don't have the time to spare to brush properly, or the time that they do have to spare, they don't allocate enough to the tooth-brushing process.
Speaking ...

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Still waiting for Freedom of Information

In October 2011, the long-awaited and long-promised Freedom of Information (FOI) Act was tabled in the House of Assembly, years after it was promised. It was supposed to be enforced by July 1 the following year. Parliament finally passed the FOIA near the end of the Ingraham administration's term; however, the legislation did not have an enforcement date.
Nonetheless, we are still waiting.
Last mo...

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The Blood Thinner Warfarin and Oral Healthcare

It is quite common for individuals who have heart valve disease; heart attacks; deep vein clotting tendencies; strokes; heart valve replacements and kidney dialysis to be on anticoagulation (blood thinning) medication. Two of the commonly used anticoagulants are: (i) ?warfarin? for long term treatment; and (ii) ?heparin? for short term treatment.

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Freedom of Information Bill a major step forward

The Free National Movement lived up to one of its key legislative promises last Wednesday when it tabled a Freedom of Information Bill in the House of Assembly.
Under the proposed act, information is considered anything contained in maps, plans, graphs, drawings, photographs, and on any other device on which data can be recorded.
Anyone, for a "reasonable" fee, would be able to ask for any public ...

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Freedom and access to information

Within weeks of coming to office in 2007, a new FNM administration led by Hubert Ingraham and guided by a Trust Agenda committed itself to greater democratic governance.
The tabling of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company sales agreements between the government and Cable and Wireless Communications was an example of this commitment, and was in keeping with the prompt freeing of the broadcast med...

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