Month: November 2019

Six faculty members honored with chair, professorship appointments

Six faculty members honored with chair, professorship appointments

Such appointments are the highest honor a university can bestow. BY JOHN HOBBS MA ’14 Six Ostrow faculty members are slated to be inducted into chair and endowed professorships at an official ceremony taking place in early 2020. “Endowed faculty positions represent...

Management of Dry Mouth in Older Patients

Management of Dry Mouth in Older Patients

The management of dry mouth includes two aspects: attempts to affect a change in the causative factors of the condition; and, the prevention of any potential or worsening of existing consequences of dry mouth on oral health. Diagnosis Directed Management In order to...

Reducing Fear in Individuals with Chronic Low Back Pain

Reducing Fear in Individuals with Chronic Low Back Pain

According to the National Institutes of Health, around 80 percent of adults experience low back pain at some point. There are many reasons that they can experience the low back pain. Most people only have the low back pain for a short period of time, ranging from days...

Other Conditions Affecting Salivary Glands

Other Conditions Affecting Salivary Glands

Systemic Diseases Many systemic diseases are reported to cause or be associated with salivary gland hypofunction as mentioned in Table 1 [29], [64]. Of these systemic diseases, Sjogren's syndrome (SS) is the most common disease that causes both xerostomia and salivary...

How to Diagnose and Manage Fibromyalgia

How to Diagnose and Manage Fibromyalgia

How many people have heard this, or a similarly disempowering conclusion from their doctors? “Your pain is all in your head”“I think you’re just depressed”“We’ve done all of the tests, there’s nothing wrong with you” For most people with fibromyalgia (FM), it takes a...

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