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    Fosamax: Higher Risk of Jawbone Death?  Jan 4, 2009
    Fosamax: Higher Risk of Jawbone Death ... Fosamax: Higher Risk of Jawbone Death ... The condition, sometimes called jawbone death, occurs when bone in the jaw fails to heal after a minor trauma. (WebMD)

    Fosamax Side Effect Reports Scare Patients  Jan 2, 2009
    Still, she added, "The jawbone damage is troubling to me, since we may just be seeing the tip of the iceberg. After all, the drugs do change bone structure and growth.". 1. (ABC News)

    Perfect games, new teams and stores  Dec 25, 2008
    Time warp: Fuseproject, designer Yves Bhar's wildly successful San Francisco design firm that designed the Jawbone Bluetooth headset, let party guru Robert Fountain plan its Christmas party. Fountain opened his SoMa warehouse, which has a loft dining room and a ground-level dance floor and kitchen, for the occasion but things ran so late that when after-dinner guests, including Ethan Imboden of Jimmyjane, who now has a sex blog on the Huffington Post, and Riley John Donnell of Surface magazine,... (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Fed cuts interest rates to near zero to combat economic recession  Dec 17, 2008
    By doing this they jawbone the long-end of the yield curve lower, and lower long-term rates will help bring down the cost of borrowing for corporations, helping them to fund long-term projects, add to working capital, and pave the way for future economic growth," said Chris Rupkey of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi. "The economy must be in pretty bad shape if the Fed needs to jump market expectations and push rates just a hair above the zero line," Rupkey said. The central bank is also signaling it... (USA Today -- Money)

    Begich makes adjustments for move to D.C.  Dec 14, 2008
    I'm not going to just get out there and jawbone about it. If I lay something out in the caucus, I'm going to go do it. (Anchorage Daily News)

    Bone drug may help chemo fight breast cancer  Dec 12, 2008
    Known side effects of Zometa and other bone-building bisphosphonate drugs like Fosamax include bone, joint or muscle pain and in rare cases, jawbone decay. They are mainly used to treat osteoporosis. (MSNBC -- Health)

    Police investigate shooting of infant (21)  Nov 28, 2008
    When the mother heard the gunshot, he said, she and her husband rushed to the truck, discovering the infant with a bullet wound that entered near the chin and exited at the left jawbone. 5 stars with 1 rating. (Helena Independent Record, MT)

    Investigation continues into infant girl shooting case  Nov 27, 2008
    When the mother heard the gunshot, he said, she and her husband rushed to the truck, discovering the infant with a bullet wound that entered near the chin and exited at the left jawbone. Deputies served search warrants on both the property and on the truck, hoping to find evidence to corroborate the mother's statements. (Montana Standard, MT)

    Avoid a ticket for 'talking and driving'  Nov 1, 2008
    For those into designer wear, the Jawbone ($129. 99) looks like a work of art and works as good as it looks. (CNN -- US)

    News Digest:  Oct 31, 2008
    Her lower jawbone was showing through an open wound on the inside of her mouth. She also had a skull fracture and doctors said it s unknown whether there will be lasting nerve damage to her face and tongue. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)

    Candidates' positions on student loans reflect experience and market views  Oct 30, 2008
    Rather than propose any new federal money, he would jawbone and publicly try to coax colleges to slow their rate of tuition increases, using the federal tax exemptions they receive as leverage. He also would press for a more robust student loan market, with flexible payment options and more competition in the hope of lowering interest rates. (International Herald Tribune)

    Your health: Itch and rash most likely due to preservative or fragrance in self-tanners (2)  Oct 5, 2008
    Such drugs have two uncommon side effects that worry us: dangerous irritation of the esophagus and deterioration of the jawbone (Medical Letter, April 25, 2005). The fact that you have trouble swallowing your pill increases your risk of esophageal problems because it might be sticking in your throat. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)

    Biden: 'No coal plants here in America'...  Sep 24, 2008
    The coal mining regions of Pennsylvania will sure be delighted to hear this one from Jawbone Biden. With the current composition of the U.S. Senate, which believes that we can TAX and INFLATE our way out of our Energy Crisis, our Nation doesn't stand a prayer of extricating ourselves from this self imposed dilemma. (The Drudge Report)

    Osteoporosis-treating bisphosphonates linked to jawbone damage  Sep 20, 2008
    By Susan Brink, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer September 22, 2008 Drugs to treat osteoporosis are not without possible side effects, most notably a widely publicized condition in which jawbone tissue dies. Pun absolutely intended, Dr. Thomas B. Dodson explains, " 'Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw' is a mouthful." His expertise is another mouthful -- oral and maxillofacial surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. (Los Angeles Times)

    * Nations first tooth bank now open for business  Sep 20, 2008
    Natural is best, he said, explaining that using ones own teeth can improve integration with the jawbone, shorten recovery time and lower costs. Hiroshima Universitys own tooth bank has seen a success rate of 87 percent for implanting natural teeth. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Summary for Patients  Sep 16, 2008
    The most common side effect with bisphosphonates is stomach upset, but a rare and more serious event involves breakdown of the jawbone. Estrogens prevent fractures but can increase the risk for certain types of cancer, stroke, and blood clots. (Annals of Internal Medicine)

    Million-year-old camel bone unearthed in Syria  Sep 13, 2008
    Archaeologists have unearthed a camel jawbone in Syria that might belong to an undiscovered tiny species of the desert-cruising animal and at a million years old be the oldest camel remains ever found. The jawbone was uncovered last month near the village of Khowm in the Palmyra region, about 150 miles (250 kilometers) northeast of the capital, Damascus, said Heba al-Sakhel, one of the leaders of the team of Syrian and Swiss archaeologists. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)

    * World News Quick Take  Sep 12, 2008
    Archeologists say they have discovered the jawbone of a fetus among the remains of a sacrificed woman in a pre-Inca tomb, suggesting the Lambayeque culture practiced the atypical sacrifice of pregnant women and their children. The remains of the woman and unborn child were found with three other sacrificed women and several llamas, lead archeologist Carlos Wester La Torre said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Foods To Beat Bad Breath...  Sep 9, 2008
    Dairy products and foods fortified with calcium and vitamin D are important not only for healthy teeth, but your jawbone -- the foundation for your teeth. Dentists are often the ones to see the first signs of osteoporosis. (CBS News)

    Laws and Consumer Demand Lead to Better Headsets  Aug 26, 2008
    For instance, the tag line for the Discovery 925 is, Look good, sound better, and promotional materials for the Jawbone headset made by Aliph proclaim, It s Not a Headset It s Earwear ... The Jawbone headset now available in an updated model that costs $130 also features what it calls NoiseAssassin technology, which eliminates background noise like music or the din of a crowded street ... Mike Schoback, who works for an Internet technology company in San Francisco, has been using the new Jawbone... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)

    Researchers devise technique to detect tooth decay early  Aug 25, 2008
    R Siva Kumar of RMK Engineering College explained that dental caries, known as tooth decay or dental cavities, damages the structures of the teeth, besides causing toothache, tooth loss, infection of the jawbone and beyond, and in severe cases, death. . (Sify.com, India)

    MCCAIN CAMPAIGN SLAMS VP PICK...  Aug 24, 2008
    Today's Top Political Stories. Politics Newsletter (M-F). (The Drudge Report)

    Seeing through tooth decay  Aug 24, 2008
    The disease causes toothache, tooth loss, infection of the jawbone and beyond, and in severe cases, death. Caries are caused by acid-producing bacteria that feed on fermentable carbohydrates including sucrose, fruit sugars, and glucose. (EurekAlert!)

    “Talk Radio”  Aug 8, 2008
    She wore a brown-silk housecoat with a large fish painted on each pocket and brown slacks and a pair of pink slippers, and she looked thinner than ever, her face emaciated, the skin tight over her jawbone. He took her bony hand. (The Atlantic Online)

    Bone-building drugs aren't for everyone  Jul 28, 2008
    In recent years, another rare side effect has been associated with bone drugs: osteonecrosis of the jaw, in which a patient's jawbone rots and dies. Most victims are cancer patients taking a potent intravenous form of the drug, but a small number of cases from ordinary users have been reported. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Roger Ebert: The Final Thumb?  Jul 22, 2008
    He was able to continue doing the show afterward but was forced to take another hiatus in June 2006, when the cancer resurfaced and part of his jawbone had to be removed. While he was still in the hospital, his reconstructed jaw collapsed and a blood vessel ruptured. (Time.com)

    All Terrain Vehicles: Gear Up Before Revving Up ATVs  Jul 18, 2008
    21, 1998) Two West Virginia otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeons have conducted a retrospective review of 153 patients with all-terrain vehicle accidents to assess the severity of injuries to the jawbone. (Nov. (Science Daily)

    Man endures to see son marry, enter service  Jul 13, 2008
    His jawbone was reconstructed with a fibula from his leg and skin was grafted from all over his body to replace the tissue invaded by cancer. Today, Burgoon continues to work at Albany Truck Parts, which he recently helped to expand into Utica. (Albany Times Union)

    Civil Lawsuit Filed: Bartian involved in racially charged fight sues alleged assailants, parents (67)  Jul 13, 2008
    Collier later had emergency surgery on a broken jawbone and had his mouth wired shut. Carter and Reese were arrested after the incident and charged with aggravated assault. (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, OK)

    County Lines for July 2, 2008  Jul 2, 2008
    County coroner's officials say a human skull and jawbone discovered Tuesday at Oceano Dunes are most likely those of an American Indian interred years ago. The remains were discovered at 9 a.m. at the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreational Area, according to a statement from the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department. (Santa Maria Times)

    Family, friends of suspects claim drive-in altercation a result of racist comments  Jun 29, 2008
    According to a probable cause affidavit, the alleged incident began around 10 p.m. at the Sonic Drive-in on Nowata Road and ended with Collier suffering a broken jawbone and Thibodeau receiving a broken wrist. Carter and Reese are currently free on 5,000 bond each. (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, OK)

    News Bytes of the Week--On the Other Hand: The Scent of a Lemur  Jun 28, 2008
    Among the 365-million-year-old cache of fossils found in Latvia: a skull, jawbone, shoulder and a piece of pelvis. Working with these telltale fragments, researchers led by Per Ahlberg, an evolutionary biologist at Uppsala University in Sweden, reconstructed what the body of this ancient creature, dubbed Ventastega, probably looked like. (Scientific American)

    More of this story  Jun 28, 2008
    Collier later had emergency surgery on a broken jawbone and had his mouth wired shut. When interviewed by police, he said he never went to the ground during the attack because he was afraid that if he did fall to the ground that they would stomp his head in, the affidavit states. (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, OK)

    Obama up big; Democrats up even more  Jun 22, 2008
    Someone who said as an old oil man, he knew how to jawbone with the Saudis. Yeah - W. goes hat in hand begging them to stop it and play nice, and he basically gets a pat on the head, lip service, and hysterical laughter from all of OPEC.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)

    Gay couples rush to get married in California  Jun 19, 2008
    And if you'll remember your Bible stories - Samson used the jawbone of an A5S. " shumphreys wrote on Jun 18, 2008 4:38 PM:" To M@H I just finished reading an interesting book, "The Myth of a Christian Nation" by Gregory Boyd. He puts forth the argument, quite well I think, why people like "A Mom of Two" are the worst things that have happened to Christianity and Christ, they cause great harm to the religion with their hate. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)

    Hand-free law requires changes in behavior  Jun 17, 2008
    One of the top choices is Aliph's Jawbone ($129 ... The new Jawbone sports a raised diamond pattern along its curved body. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Stem cells may help heal broken bones  Jun 17, 2008
    The scaffold served as a mold for a new jawbone to grow from the cells. "These cases are very promising, but one case does not make science," Spagnoli said. (News & Observer)

    Mouthguards Don't Hinder Athletic Performance  Jun 17, 2008
    The American Dental Association and other medical groups suggest mouthguards be used in any sport where chipped teeth, jawbone fractures and other facial injuries are a risk. That includes sports that are generally seen as non-contact, such as basketball and soccer -- where collisions with other players commonly result in facial injuries. (MEDLINEplus)

    Put down the salt shaker and the processed pizza  Jun 14, 2008
    A dark cloud has hung over a group of osteoporosis medications ever since a study found the widely used drugs may increase the risk of osteonecrosis of the jaw, a disease in which part of the jawbone is deprived of its blood supply and dies. Now a task force including health experts from a broad range of medical fields has released a report that provides some clarity about the potential risks posed by bisphosphonates, which include Fosamax, Actonel and Aclasta. (Globe and Mail -- Business)

    Horse Survives 3 Gunshot Wounds To The Head  Jun 11, 2008
    "Two of them exited out the left side of her neck and one still remains in the nasal cavity right below her left eye just above her jawbone. Didn't hit anything fatal. Doesn't appear to be and massive damage," said Robyn Gojkovich from the Dona Ana County Sheriff 's Department. The vet plans to keep the horse on antibiotics and will have a follow-up appointment next week. (KFOXTV.com, TX)

    Tech toys for an increasingly wireless world  Jun 5, 2008
    Jawbone Bluetooth headset, Aliph, $140 ... It's 50 per cent smaller than the original Jawbone but with the same leading-edge noise-cancelling technology, NoiseAssassin ... The Jawbone Bluetooth headset. (Canada.com)

    The drill on dental tourism  Jun 5, 2008
    They are usually the worst cases: people requiring complete restoration of teeth, gums and even the jawbone, who have been quoted the value of a luxury car to have the work done at home ... His treatment has required two trips - time was needed between visits to allow his jawbone to regrow - and he returned to Manila in April for the second stage. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Assistant District Attorney killed in wreck  Jun 5, 2008
    He also broke his jawbone, nose, cheekbones, and the bone in his forehead. He was up and walking yesterday (Monday), said Franzman. (Camden Chronicle, TN)

    REGION: Cell phone law to debut soon  Jun 1, 2008
    Brooke Simmons, manager at the ATe in Vista, wears the Aliph Jawbone II wireless headset. (Photo by Don Boomer - staff photographer). (North County Times)

    It's the economy, stupid....  May 28, 2008
    But I do seem to recall GW having a pretty easy fix for them Oil Ministers in Arabia when discussing it with Kerry That El Presidente should just call up Opec and jawbone them down on price. Is he going to do that. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)

    Chairside: Do you have gum disease?  May 28, 2008
    The gums work with your jawbone to hold your teeth in place and to supply the essential nutrients that keep your teeth healthy. Gum disease can result in gum recession and loss of teeth and bone. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)

    LETTERS: NCT, May 21, 2008  May 22, 2008
    Here is a former Texas oilman who took office promising he would jawbone oil-producing nations to help the U.S. What did we get. Gas prices topped 2 a gallon in May 2004, a development that most analysts attribute at least in part to the deteriorating situation in Iraq. (North County Times)

    Starbucks Coffee Company and Secret Room Events Will Present a Caribbean Style Celebrity Gift Suite in Honor of the 2008 MTV Movie Awards  May 21, 2008
    com, facials by Natalie Webb, swimwear and apparel from Carve Designs, safe sex kits from Get Lucky, dinner for a year from Chipolte Grill, at home massage services from Right Touch Mobile Massage, legwarmers for babies from Baby Legs, candles from Northern Light, pre-natal chiropractic services from Berlin Wellness Group, dead sea products from Deluvia, jewelry from Luxe, baby products from Baby First, apparel from Lotus Blossom, Jawbone Bluetooth headsets from Aliph, Norton products from... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Bush in Saudi Arabia...  May 17, 2008
    When Bush first ran for president in 2000, he criticized the Clinton administration for high fuel prices and said the president must "jawbone" oil producing nations and persuade them to drop rates. At that time, oil was nearing $28 a barrel. (The Drudge Report)

    Paying a high price for a dying art  May 10, 2008
    Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)

    2 more skulls, but still no Schiller  May 9, 2008
    The jawbone belonged to another woman entirely. The other skull was so similar to Schiller's death mask that it confounded even contemporary anthropologists, leading one to say that it belonged to Schiller's "Doppelg?nger." The fact that this close match had seven strange teeth inserted post-mortem has led one of the experts who worked on the documentary to the conclusion that it was fixed to look like Schiller's skull and that the real one was stolen. (International Herald Tribune)

    Osteoporosis Drugs Linked to Jaw Infection, Study Shows  May 2, 2008
    ScienceDaily (May 1, 2008) A group of University of Southern California School of Dentistry researchers says it has identified the slimy culprits killing the jawbones of some people taking drugs that treat osteoporosis ... The team used powerful scanning electron microscopes to study patients' jawbone samples. (Science Daily)

    Man Run Over With His Own SUV  Apr 16, 2008
    David Cowans of Mt. Airy is in the hospital after he was run down by his own SUV at Knowlton and Apple in Northside A man purposely run over by his own SUV was in the hospital Tuesday night with a crushed jawbone and two broken legs. Police are still trying to find the person who hit him. (WKRC.com, OH)

    Osteoporosis meds and bone collapse: weighing the risks  Apr 9, 2008
    Osteonecrosis of the jaw, a disease in which a patient's jawbone rots and dies, has been associated with the use of bisphosphonates, a popular class of medication for the treatment of osteoporosis. In most cases, osteonecrosis of the jaw occurs in cancer patients who receive high-dose intravenous bisphosphonates to control high calcium levels or to treat cancer that has spread to the bones. (Globe and Mail)

    Fed chief avoids using R-word  Apr 3, 2008
    "I hope you will use your position to jawbone this administration" into backing congressional efforts to provide housing relief, Schumer said. "Wall Street has been helped. Now it's time to help Main Street," added Rep. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Bernanke warns of possible recession  Apr 3, 2008
    I hope that you will use your position to jawbone this administration to get behind the housing relief effort before Congress. Schumer said. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)

    Necklace is 'oldest in Americas'  Apr 1, 2008
    " Status symbol The necklace was found alongside the jawbone of an adult skull in a burial pit next to primitive pithouses at Jiskairumoko, a hamlet that was settled from 3,300 to 1,500 BC. The researchers believe it had been worn by an adult, probably a elderly female. Marks on the necklace suggest that gold nuggets had been flattened with a stone hammer and then carefully bent or hammered around a hard cylindrical object to create a tubular shape. The gold would have signalled the prestige of... (BBC News)

    Bush, Putin to talk of US missile plans  Mar 27, 2008
    The fossil includes a skull, jawbone, and vertebrae, making it one of the most complete examples found in South America, said Alexander Kellner of the National Museum of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. (AP). (Boston Globe)

    Spain dig yields ancient European  Mar 27, 2008
    A jawbone and teeth discovered at the famous Atapuerca site in northern Spain have been dated between 1 ... The discovery comprises part of a human's lower jawbone ... The outside of the jawbone had some primitive anatomical features, but the inside displayed some more advanced characteristics, he added. (BBC News)

    Remains identified as Cori Baker's  Mar 25, 2008
    A jawbone and a piece of vertebrae were found by people playing paintball when they went out of bounds. Baker disappeared November 9 when her older sister's boyfriend picked her up after school. (FOX23.com, OK)

    For the love of Ryan  Mar 23, 2008
    Ryan Weaver exhibited nearly all of the symptoms, requiring 14 surgeries, several on his tongue and tonsils to enlarge his breathing passage, to correct a cleft lip, realign his jawbone and repair his intestines. Sources: Valley Mountain Regional Center, , Abby and Clifford Weaver. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)

    Trip provides no escape from liberal media  Mar 22, 2008
    The flakiest generation swings race and their hatred of the religious around like the jawbone of a donkey and labels all who disagree with their degradation of the simplest moral and humanistic decency as rascist, homophobic, ignorant, and lord knows how many other code words they have come up with not to debate but to shut down thought. Have no fear Ofjohn though, the decent are alive and well in Iowa, they are doing their jobs and raising their kids and teaching them to take care of themselves... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

    Surprise At Sutter Buttes  Mar 16, 2008
    (03-16) 04:00 PDT Yuba City, Sutter County -- Climbing through oak woodlands, up narrow cow paths and over a wild boar's toothy jawbone wedged in a stream, I finally arrived - out of breath and last in my group of 20 - at a high ridge overlooking a bucolic valley of farms and ranches ... Before us were dew-glistening grasslands, lichen-limbed oaks, the first green sloping hills of chaparral leading to our steeper climb - and that wild boar's jagged-toothed jawbone. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)

    Murray sends a message  Mar 6, 2008
    None of the elements of Murray's bill is guaranteed to contain costs, but together they make a mighty jawbone to wield over healthcare providers and insurers. They are now on notice: keep costs down, or face intense criticism and tougher measures than Murray put forward this week. (Boston Globe)

    Man brings vivid message about spit tobacco use  Mar 4, 2008
    A spit tobacco user since he was 13, Von Behrens diagnosed with oral cancer about four years later shows the obvious results of 34 surgeries that have resulted in the removal of his lower teeth and jawbone, the loss of half of his tongue and neck muscles, and the replacement five years ago of his entire lower jawbone. Following an appearance on a nationwide MTV broadcast, Von Behrens started getting phone calls asking him to make appearances. (Missoulian, MT)

    Inmate badly beaten in Orangeburg jail; SLED investigating  Feb 29, 2008
    He said his son's jawbone was broken, along with every other bone in his face. "He's been on a respirator. They waited two and a half hours before they ever took him to the hospital in Orangeburg and then carried him to Columbia," Bill Herndon said. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)

    Escondido district looks to trim costs  Feb 29, 2008
    Not mentioned in this article is that the school board used this very serious meeting to jawbone reducing health benefits for EUSD employees in the future. It was people who have little to worry about in their personal finances delivering a low blow to people who have a lot to worry about and if it was intended to frighten us even more, well, it did. (North County Times)

    Global Osteoporosis Therapeutics Market to Reach US$11.1 Billion by 2010, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts  Feb 26, 2008
    However, bisphosphonates show a different course of action on jawbone predominantly in patients with weaker immune systems. P;s Actonel/ Sanofi-Aventis and Merck's Fosamax are expected to continue their dominance over market for bisphosphonates, until generic forms of Fosamax make their way into the market in 2008. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    The boy Brando lost  Feb 24, 2008
    Later that year he was taken to a hospital with a broken jawbone after three men beat him up in his home. In October 2001, Brad Gillaspie, a local police officer, answered an emergency call and found Christian in someone else's house 'under a kitchen table, surrounded by chairs and screaming that a monster was after him. (Guardian Unlimited)

    Inspiration is the game he loves now  Feb 12, 2008
    There's pain beyond the cancer that ate away his left jawbone. Beyond the difficulty he sometimes has swallowing. (Florida Times-Union)

    Wrestling team gets aggressive in fighting nasty staph infection  Feb 11, 2008
    At Grand Island, one wrestler was diagnosed after a lesion was found on his chest; the other after a lesion was found on his jawbone. One became quite ill and required twice-a-day intravenous antibiotics, Schadwinkel said, and the other had mild symptoms. (Sioux City Journal, IO)

    A Portrait Of Healing  Feb 9, 2008
    She is recovering from jawbone cancer. "You get so down and so depressed that this really brought me out of it. It's made me feel like a whole person again," she said. (CBS News)

    Post a comment  Jan 26, 2008
    Clinton then exercised little more than his jawbone as bin Laden trained literally thousands of terrorists in his Afghan camps. All of which, convinced bin Laden that he could strike our homeland with relative impunity. (International Herald Tribune)

    Chip's blog: Herschel, hoops  Jan 18, 2008
    A beat writer's perspective. The entry titled "Herschel's new book; UGA's hoops future," and any of the comments about it. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)

    Golden Retriever Discovers Human Jawbone  Jan 16, 2008
    The dog named Jazmin is known for finding interesting things around the neighborhood, but last month the retriever found what turned out to be a human jawbone. That's when police started questioning 47-year-old Charles Earl Gross. (KWTX.com, TX)

    Oral Bisphosphonates May Lower Jaw Necrosis Risk  Jan 5, 2008
    This is a serious condition in which bone tissue dies, resulting in the loss or destruction of the jawbone. Symptoms may include pain, swelling or infection of the gums and jaw, gums that don't heal, loose teeth and numbness of the jaw. (MEDLINEplus)

    Huge Success With Directly Loaded Implants In The Mouth  Dec 18, 2007
    17, 2007) In the near future toothless patients will no longer have to wait several months for ordinary titanium implants to heal. Nearly every one of 450 patients who had bridges anchored in their implants had immediate success. (Science Daily)

    Two women injured in Oceanside accident  Dec 16, 2007
    ITs Okay wrote on Dec 15, 2007 10:34 PM:" Hey the two women are fine they are in the hospital but, the doctors said they would be out and about by next week. the honda sedan was totaled. but the two women are okay. the injuries are as is; the driver has broken ribs on both sides of her body and punctured lungs, the passenger has a broken cheekbone and jawbone. but they are going to make it alright. ". Add Your Comments or. (North County Times)

    News Bytes of the Week—Why pregnant women don't tip over  Dec 15, 2007
    One warm and fuzzy note: an Icelandic team uncovered a polar bear jawbone from the Arctic's Svalbard archipelago that dated to more than 100,000 years ago, suggesting that the animals are capable of weathering prolonged warm spells. (; ; ). (Scientific American)

    Watchdog under fire over 'dead jaw' drug fears  Dec 14, 2007
    The extremely painful condition, also known as "dead jaw", literally causes a person's jawbone to crumble away. The TGA has asked drug companies to improve their product information, but new federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon wants to know why it was not done properly in the first place. (ABC Online)

    New meat-eating dinosaur unveiled  Dec 13, 2007
    The jawbone of a closely related species has been found. Brusatte - who was 13 at the time - did not take part in the expedition but came across the remains while studying in Chicago. (BBC News)

    Face transplant stays put  Dec 13, 2007
    Her nose and lips were missing and the attack left her teeth and lower jawbone exposed. Los Angeles Times. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    1st face transplant patient all smiles  Dec 13, 2007
    Her nose and lips were missing, and the attack left her teeth and lower jawbone exposed. Before Dinoire received the transplant from a brain-dead donor, food dripped from her mouth and she wore a surgical mask in public. (Los Angeles Times)

    Worrying drug side effects: death of the jawbone  Dec 13, 2007
    Literally death of the jawbone, and as its name suggests, it's causing horrific damage to people's mouths and in at least one case is believed to have been fatal ... The condition is slowly destroying his jawbone, with a gaping hole in his gums exposing the shards of bone underneath ... John Hennessy says the drugs prevent the wound in the jawbone from healing. (ABC Online)

    Canada pig farm killer sentenced  Dec 12, 2007
    Investigators found a jawbone fragment from the teenager's mother, Marnie, on Pickton's farm. The statement said: "Mr Pickton, why did you do that? When you took her from me, it was like ripping out my heart.". (BBC News -- Americas)

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