Archive for the ‘health’ Category

Sacramento Chiropractic Health Alert: 99 Percent of Pregnant Women in U.S. Test Positive for Multiple

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

The latest health news from your Sacramento Chiropractor: Virtually all pregnant women in the U.S. carry multiple chemicals in their bodies.  This chemical load includes some banned since the 1970’s, as well as others used in common products such as non-stick cookware, processed foods and personal ...

Chiropractor Sacramento: FDA and a Dairy Industry

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Chiropractor Sacramento CA, Weekly health Alert: Every year, U.S. inspectors find illegal levels of antibiotics in hundreds of dairy cows.  As a result of concerns that the drugs might be contaminating milk Americans drink, the FDA had planned to begin tests on milk from farms whose cows were repeatedly ...

Chiropractor Sacramento: Pesticides and Parkinson’s?

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

The two pesticides, paraquat and rotenone, have not approved for house and garden use. “Rotenone directly inhibits the function of the mitochondria, the structure responsible for making energy in the cell,” said study co-author Freya Kamel, a researcher at the National Institute of Environmental ...

Chiropractor Sacramento: Hand Gestures Assist a Brain to See

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Sacramento chiropractor weekly health alert: New research shows that gesturing with your hands while talking can generate mental images that help solve complex problems related to spatial visualization. Spatial visualization — the ability to mentally rotate or move an object to a different position or ...

When It Comes to Reducing Arthritis Pain, There Are Natural Alternatives That Can Help

Friday, February 4th, 2011

As a chiropractor, I know from experience that chiropractic treatment can help to reduce the pain experienced by many arthritis sufferers. Getting the musculoskeletal system in good alignment and helping to increase mobility in arthritic joints can do wonders to decrease an arthritis sufferer’s current pain and also to help ...

No Evidence that Chiropractic Causes Stroke According to Foundation for Vertebral Subluxation

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Amidst a great deal of emotion and rhetoric coming out of Connecticut this week regarding the stroke issue The Foundation for Vertebral Subluxation has just released a very clear position statement on the issue of chiropractic and strokes. Atlanta, GA, January 07, 2010 --(PR.com)-- According to the Foundation for ...

Selling Food to Kids

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

(by Integrative Nutrition) Have you watched Saturday morning cartoons with your kids recently? Do you notice how many advertisements are directed towards children? A July 2008 report by the Federal Trade Commission stated that the food industry spent over $1.6 billion dollars on marketing to kids. According to ...

How to Avoid Winter Snow-Shoveling Injuries

Monday, December 21st, 2009

If you live where it snows or if you're planning to following the "chill" until you find a snowy scene for the holidays, here's a little advice from the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress. Every winter, millions of Americans grab their shovels and start digging their way out of the ...

Chiropractic Medicine for Neck Pain

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Americans suffer from chronic neck pain at alarming rates. Many suffer through this with no hopes of ever getting better. They grit their teeth and suffer through thinking there is no hope and no one can help. However, you can do something about chronic neck pain. ...

Study Explains How Exercise Helps Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease

Friday, December 11th, 2009

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects 5 million individuals in the U.S. and is the leading cause of limb amputations. Doctors have long considered exercise to be the single best therapy for PAD, and now a new study helps explain why. Led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and ...