In celebration of National Children's Dental Health Month this February, Dr. Kimberly Loos will open her dental office to kindergarten students from Lowell Elementary School on Friday, February 23, 2001. These "future dentists" will experience how dental models (tooth prints) and intraoral photos (smile pictures) are made. An entertaining oral health video staring Dudley the Dinosaur, and a treatment room tour complete with chair rides are just part of the fun. Each year, Dr. Loos and her staff volunteer to visit 10 schools and teach oral health care to over 500 young students. Every child receives free dental supplies while Dr. Loos receives numerous questions about the tooth fairy!

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Ft. Lauderdale, FL - www.askingthedoc.com was successfully launched today to provide internet surfers with a web site that can answers medical questions and guide users with thousands links medical resources, complete calendar of medical events, the most active and interesting medical forums and a medical mall where companies can offer their medical products and services to the thousands of users of Asking the Doc.com.

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The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is exploring new training frontiers with a forthcoming workshop on Internet Addiction. According to the faculty, internet behaviour expert Richard Davis, "people who are addicted to the Internet have difficulty cutting down on their Internet use, constantly think about the Internet when they are offline, spend less time with their family and friends, neglect work or school and exhibit several problematic behaviours that affect daily life functioning."

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New York, NY: Dr. J. Leonel Villavicencio, Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Director, Venous and Lymphatic Teaching Clinics, Walter Reed Army and National Naval Medical Centers (Washington, D.C. and Bethesda Maryland) will discuss how congenital vascular malformations can, in their varied forms, present formidable diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. This presentation is scheduled to take place at VEITHsymposium?, November 22, 5:00 p.m. at the New York Sheraton Hotel & Towers (New York, NY).

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The Huntington's Disease Society of America Supports the Medical Research Investment Act

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