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Wellness/Prevention: Constant Change
A big reason to stay healthy is that the cells of your body are constantly replaced. Eating right and exercising will give the new cells the best chance to become healthy cells. For example, did you know that humans shed and re-grow outer skin cells … [Read more...]
Chiropractic: Move Your Joints!
Range-of-motion exercises can help maintain normal joint function by increasing and preserving joint mobility and flexibility. The Cleveland Clinic, 2007 … [Read more...]
Exercise: Good Reasons
Exercise improves respiratory muscle strength and muscle endurance (particularly important for asthmatics), reduces your risk of having a stroke and helps you to burn excess calories. Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health, 1996 … [Read more...]
Diet: The Not So Small Intestine
Have you ever wondered how your body gets nutrients out of your food? Your small intestine absorbs most of your food; however, the small intestine is not that small. The average surface of the human small intestine is about the size of a tennis … [Read more...]
Health Alert: Cortisone
Injections of corticoid preparations can have severe side effects. In 278 cases of complications after corticoid injections, medical errors were found to have been committed in 40% of cases. Typical errors include faulty asepsis, treatment without … [Read more...]
Mental Attitude: Catching Colds?
The risk of contracting a cold, regardless of pre-existing immunity, after being exposed to cold viruses is 52% less in parents compared with those who have no children. The finding may be expected considering that when children get colds, the … [Read more...]
Quote of the Week
"Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking." ~ Albert Einstein … [Read more...]
Wellness/Prevention: No Warning!
Heart disease is the #1 killer today, and 60% of the time there are no warning signals! American Heart Association … [Read more...]
Chiropractic: Good Vibrations
The health of your joint cartilage is improved with vibratory motion. Vibrations allow the hyaluronic acid to be directed evenly among chondrocytes and the extracellular matrix, thus improving delivery of nutrients to chondrocytes in deeper layers … [Read more...]
Exercise: Eat Less, Move More, and Live Longer
In a study on dietary restriction (DR) involving fruit flies, the flies that were also physically active experienced longer lives. This study establishes a link between DR-mediated metabolic activity in muscle, increased movement and the benefits … [Read more...]
Health Alert: Health Care Costs For Kids
In 2010, per capita spending on children's health care increased to $2,123 (an 18.6% increase from 2007), with spending on health care for infants and toddlers being noted as disproportionately high. Even though children below the age of 3 made up … [Read more...]
Mental Attitude: Stress and Violence
Children exposed to community violence exhibit a physical stress response for up to a year, suggesting that exposure to violence may have negative long-term health consequences. In the short-term, violence is linked with aggression, depression, … [Read more...]
Quote of the Week
"The purpose of our lives is to be happy." ~ Dalai Lama … [Read more...]