4 Reasons to Install a Wheelchair Stairlift Inside Your Home

If you use a wheelchair all of the time or just sometimes, you might already have a wheelchair lift installed in your home. Unfortunately, though, there are a lot of people who don't have these lifts. If you are one of them, you should consider the following reasons why installing a wheelchair stairlift in your home can be a great investment. 1. Avoid Having to Move If you live in a two-story home, you might have thought about moving into a different home now that you need to use a wheelchair. [Read More]

Older Parent Not Hearing As Well? Some Tips To Help Them

If you notice your older parent is talking much louder than normal and is constantly asking you to repeat yourself, they likely have some type of hearing loss. If so, below are some tips on how you can help them so they can get their hearing back. Make Sure It Is Not Ear Wax The problem could not be with their hearing—they may have excessive ear wax clogging up their ears. [Read More]

What's in That Urine? How Mass Spectrometry Can Find Out

If you watched the most recent summer Olympics, you might have heard commentators discussing performance-enhancing drugs. These are drugs designed to give athletes an advantage over other athletes. However, the use of performance-enhancing drugs is not allowed in the Olympics. The world Olympics community takes performance-enhancement abuse very seriously, and they will stop at nothing to weed out those athletes—and teams—that are abusing them. The new weapon designed to identify illegal performance-enhancing drugs is called mass spectrometry. [Read More]

Better Satisfy Your Patients With A Lead Alternative X-Ray Apron

The equipment and materials you use in your dental practice should be tailored to not only meet your needs, but also the needs of your patients. Selecting a piece of equipment that doesn't meet this goal effects the patient experience, productivity and your bottom line, negatively. X-ray aprons are no exception to this guideline. While solid lead aprons are somewhat of the norm, there are other options available. Non-lead and lead composite aprons are just two options that might better satisfy your patients. [Read More]