June 30, 2009 | Filed under: Heart Health
ABC Reports Chiropractic Effective for Decreasing High Blood Pressure watch the report here.
A special chiropractic adjustment can significantly lower high blood pressure, a placebo-controlled study suggests.
“This procedure has the effect of not one, but two blood-pressure medications given in combination,” study leader George Bakris, MD, tells WebMD. “And it seems to be adverse-event free. We saw no side effects and no problems,” adds Bakris, director of the University of Chicago hypertension center says WebMD.com
June 28, 2009 | Filed under: Celebrities and Chiropractic, Pregnancy
Making sure that she’s in tip top shape throughout her pregnancy, Gisele Bundchen was spotted out at a chiropractor’s office in Santa Monica on Tuesday afternoon (June 23)” says celebrity-gossip.net.
I use this bit of gossip to point out that as Gisele and Tom Brady (he has stated that chiropractic helped him win a 3 Super Bowl championship ring and the 2 MVP awards) know when you need to be at your best and drugs won’t cut it because either your pregnant or you need to have snap judgement clarity chiropractic is the way to keep you healthy.
June 27, 2009 | Filed under: Celebrities and Chiropractic
Madonna is 50 and going on her new tour with her chiropractor. “It’s going to be very draining, and she needs him (her Chiropractor) around to aid in her recovery time after each show,” an insider tells Life & Style says online gossip column In Case You Didn’t Know.
Utilize ProActive Chiropractic to get you Back To Work, Back To Play.
June 25, 2009 | Filed under: Nutrition
“Researchers at the University of California Davis report in the Journal of Clinical Investigation that consuming too much fructose can actually put you at greater risk of developing heart disease and diabetes than ingesting similar amounts of glucose.
Both groups gained similar amounts of weight by the end of the 12 weeks, but only the people drinking fructose-sweetened beverages with each meal showed signs of unhealthy changes in their liver function and fat deposits. In this group, the liver churned out more fat, while the subjects consuming similar amounts of glucose-sweetened drinks showed no such change. The fructose-drinking volunteers also were not as sensitive to insulin, the hormone released by the pancreas to capture and break down glucose in the blood and store it as fat”,says Time Magazine.
Dramatically decreasing the amount of frutose is the take home. Also doing a comprehensive lab to monitor how well your body handles sugar annually is a wise move.
June 23, 2009 | Filed under: General Interest
“Nearly one in 10 children and teens who play video games show behavioral signs that may indicate addiction, a new study reports”, says the May issue of the journal Psychological Science.
June 22, 2009 | Filed under: Nutrition
I am constantly telling patients that walnuts are a well-rounded snack. Healthy fats including omega 3, relatively high in protein and now research find another reason to eat walnuts.
“Walnuts contain multiple ingredients that, individually, have been shown to slow cancer growth, including omega-3-fatty acids, antioxidants and phytosterols,” the team wrote in a summary of their findings presented at the American Association for Cancer Research’s 100th annual meeting in Denver, Colorado.
So keep walnuts and other raw nuts available at your desk to snack throughout the day.
June 21, 2009 | Filed under: Drugs, Heart Health
To watch the video click here.
“William Pelham Jr., Ph.D., director of the Center for Children and Families at the State University of New York at Buffalo and not involved with the study, said he thought the findings would establish that, “from a risk-benefit perspective, there is no justification for using stimulants as a first-line treatment [for ADHD].”
“I believe this study will add substantially to recent papers that establish that stimulant drugs, while useful for a minority of ADHD children when needed as a short-term adjunct to psychosocial treatments, have no long-term effects other than serious side effects,” including growth suppression, sudden death, and substance use, he said” according to a recent article in medpagetoday.com.
Ritalin and other ADHD drugs are very similar chemically to cocaine which is one reason it they are quickly becoming the drug of choice for teens. It’s relatively cheap and accessible for them and is more incognito. And since it’s a prescription drug, they perceive it to be safe. But if abused by taking at high dosage or by injection or snorting, it can be just as addicting as cocaine according to the U of U.
“The nonmedical use of prescription stimulants among U.S. college students is now at its highest level in 15 years,” said professor Sean Esteban McCabe of the University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center according to an article in CCT. Most students contacted at UC Berkeley, Stanford, San Francisco State, Sonoma State, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and UC Santa Barbara said Adderall is usually obtained from friends for free or at cheap prices. But some say they have seen people sell the drug to strangers.
Of course, medications are indicated for some but other safer options should be utilized first before you put your child on a drug of this level. At ProActive Chiropractic, we integrate chiropractic care with many lifestyle and nutritional changes to conservatively manage or co-manage ADHD. For example, too little sleep can increase hyperactive tendencies according to a study in Sleep described here.
June 18, 2009 | Filed under: Drugs
The study which was expected to show that Anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDs would actually lower the risk of dementia showed the opposite.
“During the study, 476 people developed dementia, and heavy NSAID users had a 66% higher risk of developing the condition than those with low or no use” according to a description of the study given by USA Today.
So NSAIDs are increase risk… what helps with risk. Believe it or not curry says researchers at UCLA according to WebMD.
… A big bowl of curry. Now that’s a fun prescription to fulfill.
June 12, 2009 | Filed under: General Interest
“Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won’t go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults” says Food Inc’s website.
Update- 6/27/09
I finally got around to seeing the movie tonight and enjoyed it. I though they did a good job combining the information in a digestible and entertaining way. Even those who consider themselves “the choir” will get something out of the film. Look forward to talking to you about it at our next visit.
June 11, 2009 | Filed under: General Interest
The article reports that doctors are abandoning the race-through-too-many-patients model. Like the New York practices featured in the article, we spend 30-60 minutes with a patient 1:1 with the doctor focusing on the root of the problem instead of shuffling you around.
One doctor in the article states: “Could I have helped some people without specialists and tests? Absolutely… would it have saved the patient and the insurance company both money? Absolutely. Is the system set up for the best care and cost efficiency? Absolutely not.”
ProActive Chiropractic provides:
-Longer visits
-More interaction with the doctor
-Cutting overall healthcare costs
-Saving you time by avoiding waiting rooms and the managed healthcare shuffle
