Dental Services Expand to Serve More Than 280,000 Michigan Children - Forbes
LANSING, Mich., June 12 /PRNewswire/ — Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) today announced an expansion of the state’s Healthy Kids Dental program to include 80,000 children in Genesee and

AMA to consider endorsing undercover patients - Los Angeles Times
CHICAGO — Lori Erickson-Trump has faked headaches and back pain. She’s had physicals and MRIs she didn’t need and she gets paid for it — all to evaluate the performance of doctors and their staffs. Hospitals and health clinics are increasingly

FDA issues precautionary note on silver fillings - Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — Silver dental fillings contain mercury, and the government for the first time is warning that they may pose a safety concern for pregnant women and young children. The Food and Drug Administration posted the precaution on its Web site

AP Top News at 2:18 p.m. EDT - Newsday
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay may challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. In its third rebuke of the Bush administration’s treatment of prisoners, the court ruled