"The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results." ~ Anthony Robbins Happy New Year from the doctors and staff at … [Read more...]
Health News
Wellness/Prevention: High Blood Pressure and The Brain!
A recent study found evidence of structural damage in the brains of hypertensive and pre-hypertensive people in their 30s and 40s. This sort of damage to the brain has been linked to cognitive decline in older people. According to Dr. Charles … [Read more...]
Chiropractic: Now That’s Fast!
Your brain sends electric messages at 270 mph to every muscle and organ in your body. Guyton's Physiology … [Read more...]
Exercise: Increased Life Expectancy!
Low amounts of physical activity (75 minutes of brisk walking per week) increased longevity by 1.8 years after age 40, compared with doing no such activity. Walking briskly for at least 450 minutes a week was associated with a gain of 4.5 years. PLOS … [Read more...]
Diet: Soda Consumption and Knee Osteoarthritis
After controlling for risk factors for knee osteoarthritis (obesity, age, prior knee injury, extreme stress to joints, and family history), men who drank sugary soft drinks experienced worse knee osteoarthritis progression than those who did not. … [Read more...]
Health Alert: ‘Smoke-Free’ Laws!
Laws that ended smoking at work and public places have resulted in lowered hospitalizations for heart attacks by 15%, strokes by 16%, and asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by 24%. It has reduced health care costs and also increased … [Read more...]
Mental Attitude: Bad Day?
Researchers found that adding just a couple extra minutes of exercise to your daily exercise routine can significantly increase your outlook on life. Penn State, October 2012 … [Read more...]
Quote of the Week
"So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health." ~ Unknown … [Read more...]
Wellness/Prevention: Staying Healthy!
"The preservation of health is easier than the cure for disease." ~ B.J. Palmer … [Read more...]
Chiropractic: Complexity of The Brain
How complex is the brain? One cubic inch of brain cortex contains over 10,000 miles of connecting tissue. Guyton's Physiology … [Read more...]
Exercise: Exercise When You’re Sick?
The choice to exercise or not sometimes depends on the sickness or disease. Our bodies work harder and use more energy when we are fighting an illness. If symptoms are above the neck (sore throat, runny nose), it is probably okay to exercise. If … [Read more...]
Diet: Vitamin D Levels Decreasing?
Women with health issues such as arthritis, hypothyroidism, cancer, high blood pressure, and osteoporosis are much more likely to have inadequate levels of vitamin D during seasons with decreased daylight. 28% of women had deficient levels and 33% … [Read more...]
Health Alert: Hip Replacement and Stroke Risk
Hemorrhagic stroke and ischemic stroke risk is ~4% higher within 2 weeks of total hip replacement surgery. A hemorrhagic stroke is brought on by bleeding in the brain, while an ischemic stroke is brought on by arterial blockage. Total hip replacement … [Read more...]
Mental Attitude: Reaction To Stress
How people react to stress determines how that stress will affect their health. Study volunteers were separated in two groups: 1) those who let their troubles affect their emotional state and 2) those who didn't let stress bother them at all. At a … [Read more...]