Dr. Steven R. Schwartz, DDS

Reuters reports that according to a new study surveying nearly 2,800 American adults over age 35, “only 8 percent were getting all of the highly recommended preventive services with the greatest potential for improving health.” Reuters explains the survey included questions “about the receipt of 15 high-priority preventive services including blood pressure and cholesterol checks, screening for osteoporosis and several cancers, counseling on to***co use, obesity, alcohol use and depression, plus vaccinations and aspirin use.” The study was published online in Health Affairs

In a release on PRNewswire Delta Dental Plans Association says that a recent national survey from Delta Dental finds “good oral health (67 percent) makes the majority of Americans feel confident, surpassing other top reasons of clear skin (60 percent) and being in shape (57 percent).” The Adult’s Oral Health & Well-Being Survey also finds that 53 percent of adults “say their smile has a bearing on their overall success,” and 70 percent of adults “say a smile can make or break a first impression.”

The New York Times reports, “Lifting weights might also lift moods, according to an important new review of dozens of studies about strength training and depression” that was published in the JAMA Psychiatry. The 33-study review revealed that “resistance exercise often substantially reduces people’s gloom, no matter how melancholy they feel at first, or how often – or seldom – they actually get to the gym and lift.