Drug addiction. It can start off small and it can either be broken quickly or, like in many cases of drug addiction, it can grow legs and become a beast that is hard to kill and even harder to get the user to want to kill. The Reality of Abuse and Addiction It is common knowledge in…

When can you expect your baby to start teething? As a general rule, baby teeth start emerging around the 6-month mark. It is not uncommon for teeth to appear earlier in faster-developing babies or later in premature babies.   How do teeth form? Teeth begin forming in the womb. After birth, teeth typically come out…

We all do it to some degree, whether it’s conscious or not – When you hear a bellowing siren hurry by as you pull your car off-road to move out of an emergency vehicle’s path, or you’re running like a mad-person for your bus because the next one is in 30 minutes and would make…

The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) connects the lower jaw, called the mandible, to the bone at the side of the head—the temporal bone. This joint allows the jaw to move smoothly up and down and side to side giving us the ability to chew food, talk, yawn etc. To keep this joint working smoothly their lies…