Low back pain is common, but how it's treated varies considerably. Unfortunately, too many people skip chiropractic when they could be enjoying the proven benefits – and avoiding the risks associated with pain medication; or even worse, back surgery. The authors of a new study hypothesized that adult patients with newly diagnosed lumbar disc herniation...
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Sugar – particularly added sugar, the kind so prevalent in our Standard American Diet – is bad news when it comes to our health, pure and simple. It's fair to say added sugar plays a significant role in the skyrocketing rates of type 2 diabetes, obesity and disease in our society. The seeds for that unfortunate reality appear to be planted early in life...
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Hip health is critical as we age – for several reasons. First and foremost, your hips are essential for lower-body movement; if your hips aren't working well, your ability to walk, jog, exercise, sit, stand and even move at all will be seriously compromised. Second, older people who suffer a hip fracture are in big trouble; in fact, the one-year mortality...
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We know exercise, particularly aerobic exercise that makes your heart work, is beneficial for heart health. But do you know even if you're active, your heart needs movement? Let's take a look at a new study that suggests even active people are at risk for cardiovascular disease if they sit / lie around too much.
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Women are more likely to be iron deficient than men, and during the last phase of pregnancy, the likelihood of deficiency is even more pronounced. That's dangerous because during pregnancy, women require almost 10 times as much iron to support fetal development.
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Thanksgiving is here and a full array of end-of-season holidays are right around the corner, promising a month or more of cheer, good will toward all ... and plenty of opportunity for gorging. For every teen who gains the "freshman 5" pounds their first year of college, millions more people of all ages gain the "holiday 5" or more as the year comes to a...
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