by Ken DeRouchie | Dec 29, 2007 | Articles, Dentistry, Issue 06, Newsletter, Practice Areas
Oral cancer is the 6th most common cancer in men and the 14th most common cancer in women. In the US, oral cancer will be diagnosed in an estimated 30,000 Americans this year and will cause more than 8,000 deaths. The disease kills approximately one person every hour....
by Ken DeRouchie | Dec 29, 2007 | Articles, Issue 06, Newsletter, Practice Areas, Veterinary
Avian Influenza (AI) — the bird flu — is a disease caused by a virus that infects domestic poultry and wild birds (geese and ducks and shorebirds). Each year, there is a bird flu season just as there is for humans and, as with people, some forms of the flu are worse...
by Ken DeRouchie | Dec 29, 2007 | Articles, Issue 06, Newsletter
The Targeting of Production A very important aspect of group coordination and leadership is providing the staff with goals that are real to them and that they feel are attainable. In order to raise the production to the range you desire, the targets (both monthly and...
by Ken DeRouchie | Dec 26, 2007 | Articles, Issue 06, Newsletter, Optometry, Practice Areas
PRACTICE: BIG SKY EYE CARE LOCATION: HAMILTON, MONTANA How a Doctor Made his Wife Happy Dr. Dirk Beyer, an optometrist based in Hamilton, Montana had no idea how much he didn’t know when he came out of optometry school. “I had no idea how to run a practice,” said Dr....
by Ken DeRouchie | Dec 26, 2007 | Articles, Dentistry, Issue 06, Newsletter, Practice Areas
PRACTICE: CLINTONVILLE DENTAL LOCATION: CLINTONVILLE, OHIO How One Dentist Went From a Struggling New Practice to a Successful, Happy Life. “I spent seven months as an associate/slave and decided that was not how I was going to have a career in dentistry,” said Dr....
by Ken DeRouchie | Aug 29, 2007 | Articles, Issue 05, Newsletter, Practice Areas, Veterinary
A new book offers hope for cats diagnosed with Feline AIDS, a disease once thought to be untreatable. Feline AIDS: A Pet Owner’s Guide by Thomas Hapka explains the Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) and outlines effective treatment strategies. Often confused with HIV...
by Ken DeRouchie | Aug 29, 2007 | Articles, Issue 05, Newsletter, Optometry, Practice Areas
American Dental Education Association, American Association of Dental Research Launch Innovative Faculty Recruitment Program With the dental school faculty shortage expected to grow in the future, the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) and the American...
by Ken DeRouchie | Aug 29, 2007 | Articles, Issue 05, Newsletter, Optometry, Practice Areas
Survey: 73 Percent of Americans Lack Awareness about Vision Problem Affecting Millions; Optometrists Concerned about Effects of Untreated Vision Impairment A new survey shows that many Americans have little, if any, knowledge of low vision, a term that describes...
by Ken DeRouchie | Aug 29, 2007 | Articles, Featured Optometry, Issue 05, Newsletter, Optometry, Practice Areas
Laser Eye Surgery Does Not Improve Major League Baseball Performance University Researchers Find No Improvement in Offensive Performance There has been great public interest in laser refractive eye surgery (e.g. LASIK) with many prominent sports figures advocating its...
by Ken DeRouchie | Aug 29, 2007 | Articles, Issue 05, Newsletter, Practice Areas, Veterinary
Pandemic Potential at High Risk Beginning in late July 2005, official reports to the OIE (World Organisation of Animal Health) from government authorities indicate that the H5N1 virus has expanded its geographical range. Both Russia and Kazakhstan reported outbreaks...
