Frequently, scientists or economists attempt of place a monetary value on human life.

Recently, a group of researchers at Stanford University computed the value of a healthy year of life to be $129,000.  This number represented the threshold beyond which ensuring another quality year of life was no longer financially More...

JANINE:  (laughing) Hi I'm Janine Haydel

DR:  And I'm Dr. Ron Zeidler.

JANINE:  And today we are going to talk about something I think a lot of people have a problem with.   I do personally, grinding our teeth at night.  I know this can lead to many other problems.  Tell us what we can do about this.

DR:  Well, grinding and clutching is a very common problem that most people have, but don't know they have it.  We usually do it at night in our sleep.  It's a natural way for our body to subconsciously release the stress that we experience throughout the day; whether it's good or bad.

JANINE:  Well is there something we can use, an appliance or something that can help us to stop this grinding?

DR:  There is one kind of treatment for clutching and grinding, it's called a night guard, but more important that even wearing the night guard, people need to understand that clutching and grinding can causeMore...