An article printed in the the Journal for Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (Volume 30, Issue 4, Pages 263-269, May 2007) analyzed clinical and cost utilization data over a 7 year period. How is this cost analysis different? They allowed people...
Good Bacteria IS for Kids!
An article here out of Georgetown University on the importance of probiotics for fighting infections in kids. Also, applicable for adults.There are over 2 lbs. of "good bacteria" in our guts. Pasteurization, germophobia, antibiotics and various other things we do...
I Vote For Bacon Tax!
It's no surprise that managing diseases like heart disease and diabetes has proven difficult and often frustrating for doctors, patients and insurance companies alike.Here is a recent research article that points out the fact that processed meats-say it ain't so-like...
Science and Aging
"Methuselah" genes recently discovered reveal that 30% of long lived people have a genetic tendency toward doing so. I found it interesting that one of the researchers wants to classify aging as a disease process rather than a natural part...
Staying Heart Healthy
An article ripped right from my favorite FuturePundit.com on a study showing that overtime work for civil servants causes heart disease. This is a big study (>10,000participants) and impressive in that it says that they concluded that the increased risk...
More Healthy Chocolate, Please!
WooHoo! Yet another article telling us that our favorite mood enhancer and tongue pleaser has the much desired side effect of being good for you! This time a protective effect for our delicate nerves. I'd love to go out and...
Chiropractors Are Not Medical Doctors
I was recently searching for something to do with Chiropractic and I "googled" to see if I could get there faster. In the initial line up was a title "Chiropractors are not real doctors." I perused some of the articles...
Paging Dr. Dean Edell
It has come to pass that I have listened to Dr. Dean Edell twice in the last couple of months. It is so very interesting for me to listen to someone who mixes so much personal opinion in with the...
It Ain’t A Miracle-It’s Just Chiropractic
Was reminded today by professionally famous "chiropractic advocate" Bill Esteb that any results seen through a Chiropractic adjustment on any person are just what was expected and not any sort of miracle. I, myself, have been told on a number...
10 Reasons Not to Be Healthy by Dr. Luigi Dirubba
This is a recent Facebook post by a colleague of mine from Connecticut...I liked it a lot and feel the same way! Read, enjoy and act!"Here are the top ten dangerous thoughts about your health, and some considerations around those...