MLive.com: Search 04/03/2006 10:16 AM SEARCH Pick Newspaper FIND A BUSINESS Enter Keyword(s) Enter Keyword MORE SEARCHES Back To Your Search Results | Search Again Classifieds » » » » Jobs Autos Real Estate All Classifieds » Contests & Games. Click here! Obituaries » More From The Grand Rapids Press Health Notes and Calendar Tuesday, March 21, 2006 The Grand Rapids Press Dental care helps diabetes complications A preliminary study at the University of Michigan and the University of Detroit Mercy suggests people with diabetes who have their teeth cleaned professionally four times a year can better manage their blood glucose levels. It appears that for every one-point reduction in these levels (as measured through a blood test), there is a 40 percent reduction in the risk for diabetic complications of the eye, kidney and nervous system. A one-point reduction also appears to decrease the incidence of heart attacks by 14 percent and diabetes-related deaths by 21 percent. Calendar Advertisement » Death Notices & Guest Book Flint Journal archives » Advertise With Us OUR AFFILIATES » Search back to 1995 Grand Rapids Press archives » Search back to May 1990 Saginaw News archives » Search back to 2001 Local Businesses » Find A Business Entertainment » » » » Movies Music Arts & Events Dining & Bars Thursday: Network 180 sponsors free movies highlighting people with http://www.mlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/features-1/1142956136266950.xml?grpress?FEGE&coll=6 Page 1 of 2 MLive.com: Search 04/03/2006 10:16 AM developmental disabilities at Studio 28, 1350 28th St. SW. "Radio" at 4 p.m. "Riding the Bus with My Sister" at 6:15 p.m. and from 4 to 8 p.m. community resource fair. March 27: Effective African American parenting, focusing on discipline, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Spectrum Health Healthier Communities, 320 Michigan St. NE. Call 454-4673, ext. 133, to register. March 28-April 25: Anger management classes for teens ages 12-17 on four consecutive Tuesdays, 4:15 to 5:30 p.m., Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, 300 68th St. SE. Cost: $75 per person. Call 222-4584 to register. March 28-April 25: Hospice of Michigan's Living with Grief series on five consecutive Tuesdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Byron Community Ministries, 8250 Byron Creek Drive. Call 356-5258. March 31: Calvin College professor of nursing Mary VanderWal explains why more Americans are spending more on nutritional supplements and complementary therapies, 12:30 p.m. at Calvin's North Hall, 3201 Burton St. SE. Call 526-7076. April 6: Free alcohol screening with trained health professionals. Program provides information regarding differences between binge drinking to alcohol dependence and how it affects an individual's personal and professional life. Five outpatient clinics: DeMey Southeast Clinic, 2303 Kalamazoo Ave. SE, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Call 242-6400. CONTINUED 1 | 2 Next FIND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES Select Newspaper: Select Category: Select Time Frame: AND Enter Keywords: Pick One Any Category Today (Example: governor, capitol) The Best Local Classifieds: Jobs | Autos | Real Estate | Place An Ad Special Home Delivery Offers! Ann Arbor News | Bay City Times | Flint Journal Grand Rapids Press | Jackson Citizen Patriot | Kalamazoo Gazette Muskegon Chronicle | Saginaw News About Us | Help/Feedback | Advertise With Us Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement. Please read our Privacy Policy. ©2006 MLive.com. All Rights Reserved. http://www.mlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/features-1/1142956136266950.xml?grpress?FEGE&coll=6 Page 2 of 2