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Pediatric Dentist - Grout Family Dentistry provides Children's Dentistry services including dental mouth guard in Littleton, Columbine, Denver, Centennial, Highlands Ranch. Call Grout Family Dentistry today at 303-730-1222

International day for persons with disabilities on 3rd December - Note on schemes for the welfare of persons with disabilities and concessions available to them. The Government of India is committed for the realization of full participation, protection of rights, and equal opportunities to all including persons with disabilities. India is a country where most of the population lives in the rural areas and accessing the health and rehabilitation services has always been a challenge. In a Backgrounder issued yesterday, a brief summary of the major steps initiated by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment in this direction were given. Following is the Background Note on the legislative and Institutional framework along with the major schemes of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment for the welfare of the People with Disabilities (PwDs). The Note also contains information on facilities and concessions available to PwDs under other central schemes which are being run by other Union Ministries. OFFER ON INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY DAY Wheelchair @ 4499 INR Tricycle @ 6500 INR Legislative Framework: There are four important legislations dealing on disabilities issues- The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, has laid the foundation of recognition of rights for Persons with Disabilities and has facilitated development of specific programmes for their education, rehabilitation, employment, non-discrimination and social security. The Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992 regulates and monitors training of rehabilitation professionals and personnel. The National Trust for the welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999, aims at enabling and empowering persons with disabilities to live independently as fully as possible in their community. Mental Health Act, 1987, address to the specific needs of persons with ment

India rank's no. 1 in cancer cervix, this is largely because we believe that leucorrhoea (white discharge per vagina) is normal to occur. This leucorrhoea is primarily because of a variety of genital infections like candidiasis, trichomoniasis, vaginosis etc. These vaginal infections render the genital tract susceptible to HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) infection. When we come across HPV, usually 80% of HPV infections are cleared off by our immunity. But if our immunity is hampered due to these vaginal infections, promiscuity, early age at intercourse, smoking etc, we tend to harbor this organism in our cervical cells (cells the f mouth of uterus). There HPV causes sequence of changes ranging from ASCOUS, AGOUS, CIN1, CIN2, CIN3, carcinoma in situ to florid Cancer cervix (cancer of mouth of uterus). These changes take about 10-12 years before conversion to florid cancer giving us a window for catching the diseases in its infancy.