December, 2009
Santa Clara Chiropractic: “No Pain, No Gain?” Not When It Comes to Aging
If you’re 40+ you know that as we age our body feels and acts differently than it used to when we were younger. It hardly seems fair that as our mind appears to improve and become more “inventive,” our body seems to become less “cooperative.” We’re stiff in the morning; many of the activities we [...]
Obesity, Inactivity Keeping Heart Health Stats Down
Treatments have improved, but Americans fall down on prevention, experts say. By Ed EdelsonHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) — While physicians and surgeons are getting better at treating heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems, too many Americans are ignoring the basic rules for preventing them, according to new statistics from the American Heart [...]
How to Attack Holiday Stress Head-On
Expert offers tips for coping with common scenarios SATURDAY, Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) — With pressures from the economic hard times, dysfunctional families and countless other factors, the holidays can contribute to emotional stress and depression. But there are ways to cope with the various scenarios that people experience at this time of year, [...]
Soy Beneficial for Breast Cancer Survivors: Study
Surprising finding shows it reduces risk of death, recurrence By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) — Regular, moderate consumption of soy foods can help lower the risk of death and cancer recurrence in women who’ve had breast cancer, new research shows. What’s more, the association between soy and a reduced risk of [...]
FDA seeks plan to curb opioid pain killer abuse
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. drug regulators asked on Friday for manufacturers of prescription pain medications to provide more specifics on an industry plan to curb growing abuse of morphine, methadone, oxycodone and other opioid drugs.The Food and Drug Administration in February had asked manufacturers including Johnson & Johnson and King Pharmaceuticals to come up with [...]
Heavy kids may suffer back pain, spinal disc woes
CHICAGO (Reuters Health) – Add severe back pain and spine abnormalities to the list of problems overweight and obese adolescents can develop. Among a group of young people who came to an emergency department for severe back pain, researchers found that many had abnormalities in the lower spine. Most of those abnormalities occurred within the [...]
Think again! PMS Isn’t All in Your Head
Chiropractic works in easing and eliminating “certain problems” that might otherwise be classified as “mental.” I’m a woman and a chiropractor, and I know. Take PMS for instance. Most women have heard, at least once in their life, that the premenstrual symptoms they were experiencing, especially extreme irritability and nervousness, were all in their head. [...]