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COVID-19 has disrupted multiple aspects of daily life, including how people access dental care.
That’s in part because many dental offices closed during the early part of the pandemic, and some people have stayed away since. In fact, dental care spending in the United States declined by an estimated 38 percent in 2020, with an additional 20 percent slump expected this year, according to the American Dental Association (ADA).
As a result, fewer people may be accessing routine dental care that may help prevent oral pain and untreated disease. Maintaining proper dental care is especially important for children, given that by age 5 nearly 50 percent have at least one cavity. Plus, it’s important to keep baby teeth healthy and in place t
Risk Factors for Lung Problems With RA
Much is still not known about the connection between RA and ILD, but recent research has identified new risk factors:
Being Male Although more women get RA than men, men are at higher risk than women for developing RA-ILD, according to the Arthritis Foundation. “We need more research to find out why this is so,” says Dr. Sparks. “It could be genetic or that men tend to have a more aggressive severity of RA.”
Long-Term History of Smoking The Brigham and Women’s Hospital Rheumatoid Arthritis Sequential Study (BRASS) presented an abstract at the ACR conference that found that smoking above a threshold of 30 pack-years (for example, one pack per day for 30 years or 2 packs per day for 15 years) was strongly associated with RA-ILD. Sparks was a member of this team.
from losing his leg. steve: joining us is form nfl star, jason taylor. good morning to you. good morning. thank you. brian: turned tv star at espn. we ll see. brian: i was shocked to see what you put up with and your reason for coming forward to talk about what did you to stay on the field. it s just the culture of the nfl. i m one guy of many that go through injuries every year, has to battle through those things. it s all about getting to sunday. that s what we always say. if i m hurt on monday, can i play on sunday? what do i need to do to get to that point? there are legal drugs that we take, pain killers, treatments, alternative treatments, whatever you can do to get youon the fiey the game. steve: extraordinarily, though, you would be in so much pain, you write and talk little bit about how you were in so much pain, you tried to fall asleep standing up on the stairs. when i had the compartment syndrome in my leg, i had no idea what it was. i was trying to get comf