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Live To Be 120? When people were asked whether they would want medical treatments to extend their lives by decades so they could live to be 120 or more, 56% of adult Americans aged 18 and over declined the offer. When asked how long they would like to live, 69% gave an answer of between…
Read MoreLower Your Risk. During a decade long study, participants who slept 7 hours or more per night, exercised 3.5 hours or more per week, ate a healthy Mediterranean-style diet, consumed only moderate amounts of alcohol, and didn’t smoke had a 65% lower risk of a cardiovascular disease event and an 83% lower risk of dying…
Read MoreEffective Care! Many companies say chiropractic coverage has lowered their medical and workers’ comp costs while also raising overall health and productivity. Work time lost for employees with back injuries who used chiropractic care was only nine days as compared with 34.5 days for workers who used medical care. Agency for Health Care Policy and…
Read MoreGood Reasons. Exercise makes your heart a more efficient pump and helps to decrease left ventricular hypertrophy ( a thickening of the walls of the left ventricle) in people with hypertension. Surgeon General’s Report on Physical Activity and Health, 1996
Read MoreWestern Diet? Children of women with a “Western dietary pattern” (characterized by high intakes of organ meat, red meat, processed meat, pizza, potatoes, french fries, condiments, and mayonnaise, but low intakes of fruits) had a higher risk of giving birth to a child with a cleft palate. Women who consumed the greatest amount of these…
Read MorePainkiller Drug Overdoses! From 1999 to 2010 there was a five-fold increase (48,000 deaths) in women dying from prescription painkiller overdoses. Painkiller deaths greatly outnumbered overdoses from illegal drugs and from motor vehicle crashes. Overall, drug overdose suicide deaths accounted for 34% of all suicides among women, compared with 8% among men in 2010. Centers…
Read MoreHealthcare Incentives? When faced with paying higher health insurance premiums for not exercising, a study fount that 97% of enrollees met or exceeded a set fitness goal of 5,000 steps per day within one year. Behavioral Translational Medicine, May 2013
Read MoreDad’s Lifestyle Choices? Germ cells are sperm and egg cells and their precursors. Mutations to a father’s germ cells caused by lifestyle choices (like smoking) are present in all the cells of his progeny. These mutations are also present in his children’s own germ cells. This means that a father’s lifestyle has the potential to…
Read MoreChiropractic Training. What does it take to become a Doctor of Chiropractic? In most countries, chiropractors must complete a minimum of 6 years of college and post-graduate studies (the average is 7 years) to earn their degree. Their education includes at least 4,200 hours of classroom, laboratory, and clinical experience. Then, graduates must pass National…
Read MoreDoes Eliminating Video Games Increase Physical Activity? A three year study of Australian pre-teens replaced sedentary video games (played with a gamepad/joystick) with either active video games that require physical movement or no video games at all to see if either increased daily moderate or vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and/or decreased sedentary time. When the…
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