Comparison Of Two Types Of Knee Injections For Arthritis
This study compared two types of injections for knee arthritis. Platelet-rich-plasma contains growth factors that promote healing, and hyaluronic acid is supposed to help lubricate the arthritic joint. The authors concluded that they both seem to help knee arthritis about the same. Is local platelet-rich plasma injection clinically superior to hyaluronic acid for treatment of…
This article suggests that as many as 96% of people over 50 years of age have shoulder abnormalities involving the rotator cuff and many of these people don’t even know it because they don’t cause any problems. They also said that 24% of people in their 20’s, with NO SHOULDER PAIN, show degenerative changes detectable…
Resistance Exercise Linked to Reduced Depression Symptoms
June 14, 2018 Reuters Health News People who do resistance exercises like weight lifting and strength training may experience fewer depression symptoms, a research review suggests. The study team analyzed data from 33 clinical trials that randomly assigned a total of 947 adults to participate in resistance training programs and another 930 adults to be…
Low Levels of Vitamin D Linked With Colorectal Cancer Risk
Published Friday 15 June 2018 In the largest study of its kind, low levels of vitamin D are linked with a significant increase in colorectal cancer risk. Conversely, higher levels appear to offer protection. Vitamin D is produced in the skin after contact with sunlight, as well as absorbed in our guts from several dietary sources…
The Horns Have Retracted: The Value of a Mandate and the Remarkable Ascent of Chiropractic in the VA
| John Weeks, Integrator June 15, 2018 In 2000, under a Congressional mandate requiring the Veteran’s Administration to open its doors to chiropractors, a committee of principally VA medical staff and chiropractors was convened to guide the introduction. “The first thing that happened,” recalled Reed Phillips, DC, MSCM, PhD, “was that when we all saw…
New Evidence Supports Diet-Brain Connection
Mark L. Fuerst Jun 14, 2018 A large study reveals a quality diet leads to larger brain tissue volumes, suggesting that nutrition has an effect on neurodegeneration via brain structure.1 A total of 4213 people without dementia with an average age of 66 years participated in the study. They were asked to complete a questionnaire about how…
Acupuncture Reduces Back Surgery Rates
PLoS One. 2018 Jun 12;13(6):e0199042. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199042. eCollection 2018. Impact of acupuncture treatment on the lumbar surgery rate for low back pain in Korea: A nationwide matched retrospective cohort study. Koh W, Kang K, Lee YJ, Kim MR, Shin JS, Lee J, Lee JH, Shin KM, Ha IH. Abstract INTRODUCTION: Low back pain (LBP) is…
Worse Knee Osteoarthritis Linked with Depression
by Nancy Walsh, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today June 14, 2018 AMSTERDAM — Among patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), greater structural disease severity and worse functional limitations were associated with an increased risk of developing depression, a researcher reported here. Compared with patients in the lowest quintile, patients in the highest quintile of disease structural severity as measured according…
What Is the Low FODMAP Diet?
If you and your practitioner are working on a plan for gastrointestinal (GI) health, you likely have heard about the low FODMAP diet. But what exactly are FODMAPs, what do they do, and what are the pros and cons of being on a low FODMAP diet? What are FODMAPs? FODMAPS are sugars (carbohydrates) that are not easily…
Opioid Prescribing in Children with Chronic Pain
The US Department of Health and Human Services describes an opioid epidemic happening in the US today. 116 people die EVERY DAY from opioid related drug overdoses. This article found that 20% of children with chronic pain received an opioid. The authors recommended increased availability of psychological and nonpharmacologic services as potential strategies to reduce opioid exposure…