Did you know that your next visit to the Dentist could prevent a heart attack

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Here's what you'll find in this month's issue:

"A Window To Your Hearts Health!"

"They Only Bleed When I Brush Hard… "

"A Life of Abundance!"

"Unbelievable Body Facts!"

"An Ancient Tool!"

'A Life of Abundance' 'We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world'   Helen Keller "A Window To Your Hearts Health!"       How about this; "Did you know that your next visit to the dentist could prevent a heart attack? "       Medical researchers have known for years now that there's a definite link between gum disease (i.e. gingivitis) and persons' risk for a heart disease Evidence is mounting.       However, that information from a routine dental X- may serve as an accurate early-warning system of risk of dying from heart attack or stroke.       According to researchers, a study of 818 teeth and jaw x-rays of Pima Indians in Arizona found that those who had a build-up of calcified plaque in the carotid arteries were twice as likely to die from heart attack or stroke.      Normally, this type of plaque is present in only about 3 percent of the general population.      An earlier study of 2,700 dental patients showed calcium deposits on each side of the carotid arteries could be spotted in x-rays of the teeth and jawbone.     It makes sense that the dental x-rays would see the carotid artery --which carries blood from the heart to the brain and back. 'Unbelievable Body Facts!' After spending hours working at a computer display, look at a blank piece of white paper. It will probably appear pink. An individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body. By age sixty, most people have lost half of their taste buds. "An Ancient Tool!"       The Chinese were believed to create the first real toothbrush, or a device that was used to clean teeth, but it was much different from the ones that we are used to today.      These first toothbrushes, crafted in the 1400s, did not use nylon for bristles, or plastic for the handles. They were made from bamboo, one of the most common plants from that area.      The bamboo formed the handle for people to hold on to. Attached to this handle was a set of bristles, which were taken from the tough hair of the Siberian wild boar.      The hairs used came from the back of the neck of this animal. This is the toothbrush associated with having been the ancestor of the one that we use today.      However, there is evidence that there was another form of the toothbrush dating up to 3000 years before the birth of Christ. This form of the toothbrush was found within pyramids of the Egyptians.      These toothbrushes were crafted from a stick. Unlike the Chinese version of the toothbrush, the end of the stick was flayed so that the fibers of the wood were more soft.      This stick was then rubbed against the teeth to serve as a form of oral hygiene. This form of the toothbrush did not become as far spread as the Chinese version.      Due to these findings, the toothbrush may be one of the oldest inventions still used by man today, only truly outdated by the wheel.      The Chinese version of the toothbrush spread to Europe, where some people began to use the hairs found on the backs of horses to craft the bristles on their brushes, as this was much easier on their gums and teeth than boars hair.      Despite the added softness of the horse hair bristles, the boar hairs were more commonly used, as horses were too valuable to Europeans during this period of time.      The boar hair toothbrush continued to be used until the early 1900s. Then in 1937, Wallace H. Carothers created nylon in the Du Pont laboratories.    This invention forever changed the future of the toothbrush. 'Amazing Picture of The Month' 'Lightning Strike Next To A Tornado!