"It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver." ~ Mahatma Gandhi … [Read more...]
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Wellness/Prevention: Fish Oil, Your Heart, and Stress
A new study finds that regular consumption of Omega-3 fatty acids (most commonly found in cold water fish like Salmon) improves cardiovascular health by dulling the connection between mentally stressful events and cardiovascular functions like heart … [Read more...]
Chiropractic: No Headaches!
Spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) is an effective treatment for tension headaches. In a study, patients who received SMT continued to benefit from care even four weeks after treatment concluded. This is in contrast to patients who received … [Read more...]
Exercise: It’s Not Too Late To Cut Heart Failure Risk!
In an eight year study, middle-aged participants drastically reduced their risk of heart failure up to 40% by increasing their cardiovascular fitness level. American Heart Association, May 2013 … [Read more...]
Diet: Brain Rewards
Restricting food intake increases the reward value of food, particularly high-calorie and appetizing food. The more successful people are at caloric-restriction dieting, the greater difficulty they will face in maintaining the restriction. Dieting by … [Read more...]
Health Alert: Childhood Disability On The Rise!
In the United States, disabilities due to neurodevelopmental and mental health problems increased 16.3% during the first decade of the current century. Six million kids had a disability in 2009-2010, that's almost 1 million more than in … [Read more...]
Mental Attitude: Depression and Stroke Risk in Middle-Aged Women.
A 12-year study of over 10,000 middle-aged Australian women found that those who suffered from depression had nearly double the risk of stroke compared to non-depressed women in their same age group. The American Heart Association encourages everyone … [Read more...]
Quote of the Week
"Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings." ~ Publilius Syrus … [Read more...]
Wellness/Prevention: Safer Teen Drivers
A new report on teen driver safety in the United States (US) shows encouraging trends. There has been a 47% decline in teen driver-related fatalities over the past six years. In the past three years, the number of teen passengers killed in crashes … [Read more...]
Chiropractic: Effectiveness Of Chiropractic
183 patients with neck pain were randomly allocated to manual therapy (spinal mobilization), physiotherapy (mainly exercise), or general practitioner care (counseling, education, and drugs) in a 52-week study. Manual therapy resulted in faster … [Read more...]
Exercise: Computer Exercises For Alzheimer’s Patients
A new technology using computer brain exercises may help Alzheimer's patients. The NeuroAD system has patients solve computer exercises ranging from identifying colors, shapes, and letters to solving memory games. Simultaneously, the very same … [Read more...]
Diet: Diet and Exercise
While many experts advise to start eating a more healthy diet before starting an exercise program, recent research points to doing both at the same time for optimal results. Participants were separated into four groups: 1) Start exercise program … [Read more...]
Health Alert: Heart Drug and Cancer Risk!
Amiodarone, a drug used to treat arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats), may increase cancer risk. People taking a high dose of amiodarone had close to twice the risk of developing cancer when compared with those taking a low dose of the drug. Cancer, … [Read more...]
Mental Attitude: Dementia Cost!
Caring for people with dementia costs $157 billion a year in the United States (US) -- higher than the costs of treating heart disease ($102 billion) and cancer ($77 billion). 75-84% of dementia costs are for nursing home care and care at home. 14.7% … [Read more...]