"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." ~ Ben Franklin … [Read more...]
Health News
Wellness/Prevention: Yoga and Depression During Pregnancy
Many pregnant women experience hormonal mood swings during pregnancy, and 20% experience a major depression. Expectant mothers who participated in 90-minute yoga sessions over a 10-week period experienced a considerable reduction in depressive … [Read more...]
Chiropractic: What Is A Stinger?
You may have heard of an athlete in a contact sport (football, rugby, ice hockey, wrestling) receiving a "stinger." This injury occurs when the head and neck are forced to the side and the nerves that branch off the spinal cord in the neck become … [Read more...]
Exercise: ‘Exergames’?
Active video games (AVGS, also known as "exergames") are not the perfect solution to the nation's sedentary ways since most AVGs provide only "light-to-moderate" intensity physical activity. It's recommended that the average adult get 30 minutes of … [Read more...]
Diet: What Do They Eat?
Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman talks about the importance of nutrition and her post-workout staple: chocolate milk. Chocolate milk is a common athlete favorite because of its carb/protein ratio and vitamins for muscle recovery. Beach volleyball player … [Read more...]
Health Alert: Insecticides and IQs!
A study found a difference between how boys and girls respond to prenatal exposure to the insecticide chlorpyrifos. At age seven, boys had greater difficulty with working memory (a key component of IQ) than girls with similar exposures. MRI scans … [Read more...]
Mental Attitude: Sleep and Stroke Risk!
Adults (in the normal weight range) who sleep less than 6 hours per night have a much greater risk of stroke symptoms during middle age and old age than their peers who sleep more than 6 hours per night. University of Alabama, Aug 2012 … [Read more...]
Quote of the Week
"Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame." ~ Ben Franklin … [Read more...]
Wellness/Prevention: Leave Your Car At Home?
People who walked 150 minutes per week had lower health care costs and mortality rates. European Journal of Public Health, June 2012 … [Read more...]
Chiropractic: A Recommendation By A Prominent Physician
"[The] best people to manage back pain are osteopathic and chiropractic physicians. Why? Because they are specially trained in the mechanical abnormalities which cause 95% of back pain and they know how to correct these defects manually." ~ Paul … [Read more...]
Exercise: Good Reasons
Exercise increases your stroke volume (the amount of blood the heart pumps with each beat), improves your self-esteem, and reduces your susceptibility for coronary thrombosis (a clot in an artery that supplies the heart with blood). Surgeon General's … [Read more...]
Diet: Muscle Power and Caffeine
As we age, our muscles naturally change and weaken. A study found caffeine boosts power in older muscles, suggesting the stimulant could aid elderly people to both maintain their strength and reduce their risk for falls and injuries. With the … [Read more...]
Health Alert: GlaxoSmithKline Pleads Guilty!
GlaxoSmithKline, the world's 4th largest company, pled guilty to fraud and agreed to pay $3 billion dollars to resolve criminal and civil charges against the company. The matter relates to failure to report the safety data of certain prescription … [Read more...]
Mental Attitude: Fatty Food Pictures?
Looking at images of high-calorie foods stimulates the brain's appetite control center, which leads to an elevated desire for food. This stimulation of the brain's reward areas may contribute to overeating and obesity. This is a striking finding … [Read more...]