BY YASMINE PEZESHKPOUR MCM ’19 Professor Janet Oldak has been selected as a Fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The prestigious honor is bestowed upon members through nominations by their AAAS peers. Oldak has been...
Month: November 2019
Non-Pharmacological Interventions to Help Older People with Chronic Pain
Pain is something that most of us feel at one time or another. It may come and go for most, but for millions of people it’s persistent. When it sticks around, it becomes chronic pain, which is something that is common among older people. Knowing the best ways to...
Roseann Mulligan earns 2020 Gies Award for Achievement for Dental Educators
BY JOHN HOBBS MA ’14 Associate Dean of Community Health Programs and Hospital Affairs Roseann Mulligan MS ’87 has been awarded a 2020 Gies Award for Achievement for Dental Educators from the ADEAGeis Foundation. This prestigious award is meant to pay...
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
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
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
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 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...