Cancer Articles (Dr. S.N White)

Hippocrates , the father of modern medicine, recorded a collection of facts about the elderly and old age. Among them was the idea that older persons need to consume less food to be healthy. Having fewer teeth, of course, is not necessarily a dividend in that respect for those who lose their teeth through age. Dr. S.N White explains the attention and care for the special patient whose changing biological structure is quite different from that of the younger patient, requiring a particular expertise and consideration for dental problems peculiar to the later years. Q. In what ways are teeth different when we get older?  A. Teeth do change as we age. Older people have different problems in keeping their teeth and mouths healthy than do younger people. The older you are, the more likely it is that you will suffer from advanced periodontal disease, root caries, tooth wear, shrinking jawbones, and even cancer of the mouth. A good general dentist who combines modern technology with ...

No. A stroke means you have had damage to a part of the brain caused either by bleeding from a brain artery or from a blockage of a brain artery. Since it involves arteries, a stroke is an example of the vascular group of cardiovascular diseases. Strokes cause about 160,000 deaths per year, or one every 3.3 minutes about one fourth as many as are caused by coronary artery disease. What causes strokes?  About two thirds of strokes are due to atherosclerotic plaques in the arteries of the brain (the cerebral arteries) which close down an artery by more than half and cause a blood clot to form that blocks the artery completely this is what is known as a cerebral thrombosis. There are three main cerebral arteries: the anterior, middle, and postenor cerebral arteries. Blockages due to clots occur in these major arteries or in their smaller branches. Strokes can also be caused by bleeding from a tear in the brain’s arteries these are called hemorrhagic strokes and are particularly co...