In a patient with poor oral hygiene or poorly fitted hardware, there is risk of gingival irritation, erosion, or infection (ADA, 2002). Tongue piercings are maintained with straight barbells ...

Tongue piercing can cause horrific health complications, experts warn today. The fashion craze - made popular by the likes of singer Mel B and the Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips, who later ...

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The recommendation coincides with a new report finding asymptomatic bird flu infection in some workers. Those cases were discovered using blood, or serology, testing and seem to have been ...

COVID-19 spreads from an infected person to others through respiratory droplets and aerosols that can vary in size, such as: large droplets that fall to the ground rapidly (within seconds or minutes) ...