Among the many benefits of exercise is up to a 24% decrease in colon cancer risk, according to a review of research published in the British Journal of Cancer. Lead researcher Dr Kathleen Wolin, from the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis said: “These results give us a very reliable calculation of the [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Exercise Lowers Colon Cancer Risk
Posted in Uncategorized on February 12, 2009 |
Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act Contains Pluses for Chiropractic
Posted in Uncategorized on February 12, 2009 |
From the American Chiropractic Association this afternoon, a statement by president Glenn Manceaux, DC, notes that the stimulus bill has positive provisions affecting chiropractors that would fund comparative effectiveness research, help pay for conversion to electronic records American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Includes Provisions Beneficial to Chiropractic American Chiropractic Association (ACA) President Glenn Manceaux, DC, [...]
Complex Effects of Bone Loss Drugs
Posted in Uncategorized on February 12, 2009 |
When bisphosphonate drugs like Fosamax first hit the market in a big way in the 1990s as a means of preventing bone loss in menopausal women, they seemed a positive alternative to the hormone replacement therapies (HRT) that had previously been the medical approach to osteoporosis. HRT, unfortunately, carried side effects then known to include increased cancer [...]
Consolidation of Memories is a Key Function of Sleep
Posted in Uncategorized on February 12, 2009 |
Much food for thought (and further research) in this story on brain research at the University of Pennsylvania. It helps explain why sleep deprivation leads to lowered cognitive function.
Will Rules Be Tightened on Drug Ads?
Posted in Uncategorized on February 11, 2009 |
Until the mid-1990s, there were no television ads for pharmaceuticals, the direct-to-consumer (DTC) ads that now fill the airwaves. Now, seeing tighter federal regulation looming on the horizon, Big Pharma has started suggesting some voluntary guidelines. From the Wall Street Journal health Blog: PhRMA is updating guidelines for the industry that originally went into effect in 2006. [...]
Food Atrocities Website
Posted in Uncategorized on February 11, 2009 |
The site is called This is Why You’re Fat. Not exactly a polite, diplomatic title. It’s all photos of foods higher in calories than I could ever have imagined. The photo below is by no means the worst of them, but we try to run a family-friendly site. Exhibit A:
Obese Women More Likely to Have Babies with Birth Defects
Posted in Uncategorized on February 11, 2009 |
One more reason to reverse the tide of obesity.
Soda Drinking Associated with Kidney Ailments
Posted in Uncategorized on February 11, 2009 |
Perhaps it’s the high fructose corn syrup, perhaps something else. But women drinking more than 2 cups of soda a day have higher rates of albumin in the urine, which is a diagnostic marker for kidney problems. Women who consumed the most soda — a marker for intake of high fructose corn syrup — had [...]
MDs Rarely Prescribe Exercise for Back and Neck Pain Patients
Posted in Uncategorized on February 2, 2009 |
A new study shows that only 14% of chronic low back and neck pain patients received an exercise prescription from their MDs. This, despite an overwhelming body of scientific evidence in clear support of such recommendations. The Medpage article on this research notes that “less than half” of patients received such prescriptions, an unusual choice [...]
