I was asked to write an opinion piece for a dental magazine this month, and it will come out sometime in Jan 07 as a lead in story to some of the real science articles being featured in that magazine. I am posting it here so that some of you who are interested in writing to people, papers, TV reporters, etc. have knowledge about some issues to speak to in those attempts. Pleaese note that in the first paragraph I have changed the names and facts related to a couple people so that they are not recognizable, and that is really a non issue to the purpose of the article. I have also put this up as my first draft since the final version which the magazine has is slightly different and they would be really unhappy with me if I self published on the web the article before it appeared in their magazine. But since a few people are attempting to contact magazines, I wanted anyone who was involved in outreach to have some core ideas to work from. Please do not copy/use any of this directly at this point in time, as I said it is going to be published elsewhere and that has to happen before it can legally be used in any other form.

Early Oral Cancer Discovery: Technique or Technology? A personal opinion.
Brian Hill, Founder and Executive Director, The Oral Cancer Foundation
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Kelly was 33 years old. Mother of two daughters, college graduate, and now a stay at home mom, she exercised regularly, loved the outdoors, and never had an association with tobacco or alcohol in her lifetime. People commented on her radiant smile, and she was a regular at her dentist