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COLTENE has expanded the shade range of its BRILLIANT direct composites and CAD/CAM composite blocks with new bleach shade options. BRILLIANT EverGlow is now available in Xtra Bleach (XBL) and…
ASCO Reveals 2026 Special Recognition Award Recipients
ROCKVILLE Md.—The Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) has announced the recipients of the 2026 Special Recognition Awards. Award winners will be acknowledged during ASCO’s annual…
Medicare Part D Enrollment, Premiums, and Cost Sharing in 2026
The average monthly premium decreased for PDPs in 2026, but the premium for Part D coverage is still substantially higher for PDPs than for MA-PDs The temporary Part D premium…
Union Bay Acquisition Acquires Michigan-Based Arlington Agency
Union Bay Acquisition, an aggregator of insurance agencies, has acquired the assets of Arlington Agency, Inc., based in Livonia, Michigan. Terms were not disclosed. This is Union Bay’s eighteenth acquisition,…
Trial: Vitamin K Supplement Curbs Coronary Atherosclerosis
A Dutch trial tested the effects of taking the vitamin K homologue menaquinone-7 (MK-7) on measures of atherosclerosis. The study showed a small but statistically significant slowing of coronary artery…
Private Medicare Denies Long-Term and Rehab Care at Exceedingly High Rates
An HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) report found that among 19 Medicare Advantage organizations, the three largest denied prior authorization requests for care in long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) and…
Environmental Factor – April 2025: Environment strongly influences chronic disease development
Environmental factors may be more closely tied to chronic disease development than genetics, according to Alison Motsinger-Reif, Ph.D., who co-leads the Personalized Environment and Genes Study (PEGS). This ongoing study,…
How To Deal With An Interesting 3-way Dental Practice Partnership
How To Deal With An Interesting 3-way Dental Practice Partnership. Photo AI generated. By Bruce Bryen, CPA, CVA Dental practice transaction can come with a variety of obstacles in the…
Soft-tissue management in implant dentistry
“Soft-tissue management is not an optional add-on; it is an integral component of treatment planning.” Dr Khoury, what are the primary goals of soft-tissue management today, and how does it…
NHS England » A&Es ‘bore the brunt’ as heatwave piled pressure on NHS
A&Es experienced their busiest month on record in May, as last month’s heatwave piled pressure on NHS services. The NHS managed 2,457,398 attendances in A&E during May – up 25,000…