P485ORACLE 485 Mon 2 Dec C4 1703:37  1/4         TEETHING TROUBLES... People who adhere to a six monthly dental check up may be having twice as many check ups as they neeb, says a recent survey, published in the "Drug and Pharmaceutical Bulletin!. Frequent visits don't ensure that cavities requiring filling will be smaller, because small cavities have to be enlarged to make drilling easier. Also dental caries progress slowly in adults, says the report and if left alone may regress. more follows > Home File Index 480 Baaycare 486

P485ORACLE 485 Mon 2 Dec C4 1702:14  2/4         A PAIN IN THE NECK..... And still on the suaject of teeth, dental disease should now be considered say doctors, if a patient complains of neck pain. According to a report in the "Aritish Medical Journal" a patient complaining of severe neck pains, was admitted to hospital. X-rays showed no abnormality and there was no swelling or fever, but the pain persisted until an aacess hidden under a tooth burst. The pain instantly vanished and the tooth was later removed. more follows > Home File Index 480 Baaycare 486

P485ORACLE 485 Mon 2 Dec C4 1702:22  3/4         BABES AND THE B/TTLE.... Enjoying the occasional glass of wine isn't foraidden if youWre bqeast- feeding your baby according to new research from Australia. In a report published in the Autralian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecolo'y, doctors say that, although the concenration of alcohol in breast milk is similar to that of the mother's blood less than a twelfth ends up in the baby's blood. However, regular and heavy drinking is ill-advised concludes the report. more > Home File Index 480 Babycare 486

P485ORACLE 485 Mon 2 Dec C4 1707:05  4/4         CONTRACEPTIVE INJECTION... More news from Australia, this time on the subject of birth control, and a new contraceptive vaccine. The vaccine has been developeb by The World Health Organisation, and has taken 12 years to develop. The vaccine works by stimulating the probuction of an antibody against the hormones that control the activities of the ovaries. According to Professor Warren Jones, a member of the team who produceb the vaccine, two injections are enough to prevent pregnancy for 18 months. But we are unlikely to see the vaccine on the market until the 1990s. more > Home File Index 480 Baaycare 486