Root canal therapy is often claimed to "save" teeth, but in reality, there is nothing to save. A root canaled tooth is a dead tooth, notes long-time dentist Dr. Ron Carlson, and, as such, should be buried six feet below Earth's surface. The "cult of dental death" has ruled far too long with great skill in specious scientific obfuscation. It is time to make connections. The dental profession is the only health practice advocating leaving dead infected tissue within the living human body. In...

Discusses research on factors affecting carcass composition and meat quality;Reviews advances in breeding such as the use of molecular markers;Summarises key developments in understanding and improving the health and welfare of sheep

This edited collection focuses on the links between youth and African popular culture. Contributions by a distinguished group of scholars explore popular culture produced and consumed by young people in contemporary Africa. Essays cover a variety of cultural representations—visual, oral, written, performative, fictional, social, and virtual—created by African youth, mostly about their lives and their immediate societies, and for themselves, but also consumed by the larger public and shared...