Low Carb Diets Can Help Lower Your Blood Sugars in Type 2 Diabetes 

An article published in the journal Diabetic Medicine shows that you can lower your blood sugars by restricting your carbohydrates.  They found that by restricting carbohydrates to 50–130 g daily, it had beneficial effects on HbA1c in trials of up to 6 months.  Talk to your diabetes doctor before trying a restricted carbohydrate diet because everyone’s case is different.…

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Implants ‘made of your own cells’ could end back pain

Published Monday 26 November 2018 By Maria Cohut Back and neck pain are often the result of the progressive damage of the discs that separate the spinal vertebrae. Thanks to new multidisciplinary research, we may soon have a better solution to this problem: bioengineered discs grown out of a person’s own cells. Intervertebral disc degeneration…

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How to Reverse Cataracts

Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S. There is a growing population of aging patients suffering from cataracts and many are unaware of a simple solution that may reverse this eye disease. A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye that affects vision. Most cataracts are related to aging. Cataracts are very common…

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Back Pain Is Linked With Increased Risk of Death in Older Women

Published on: November 27, 2018 Kelly Davio Back pain is a leading cause of disability, and the proportion of adults over age 65 who have back pain is increasing in the United States, particularly among women. Now, research has demonstrated that persistent back pain is also linked with an increased risk of death in older…

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BACK PAIN: Is Spinal Mobilization Effective?

This article reviewed the effect of spinal mobilization without any other therapies for patients with lower back pain and found that spinal mobilization was effective on pain, function, range of motion as well as other outcomes. ~ Dr. Broussard Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice Volume 34, February 2019, Pages 51-63 Is spinal mobilization effective for…

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Neck pain: is it part of a migraine attack or a trigger before a migraine attack?

In this study, the authors found that 89.1% of the patients reported that their headache and neck pain started and ended at the same time, and only 10.9% of them had neck pain starting at different times. As a result of this study, the authors concluded that neck pain begins simultaneously with migraine attacks may be part of…

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Don’t Sit On Your Wallet

In a recent article in Current Rheumatology Reviews, they concluded that long-standing use of rear pocket wallets may compress and sensitize the sciatic nerve, generating low back pain and sciatica. This seems to be a common source patients’ misery and diagnostic illusion for pain physicians as well. ~ Dr. Broussard Author(s): Md Abu Bakar Siddiq*, Israt…

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NUTRITION:  Dark Roast Coffee Protects Human DNA

This article reports that drinking dark roast coffee reduces DNA strand breakage, and may offer beneficial protective effects on human DNA integrity.  This important because It is known that there are a range of disorders that are associated with an impairment of cell DNA integrity due to increased damage to DNA.  Among these disorders, there are certain…

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5 Foods To Fight Inflammation

Naveed Saleh, MD, MS, for MDLinx | November 20, 2018 Everyone knows the health benefits of eating fruits and vegetables. The health value of plant-based foods is attributable in part to the phytochemicals that they produce. Phytochemicals are compounds that give plants color, odor, and flavor. Phytochemicals do wonderful things for your body, such as…

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CoQ10 To Prevent Migraine Headache and Reduce Number of Migraine Days

Try taking between 100 mg to 400 mg of CoQ10 per day to see if you experience a reduction in your migraine headaches. ~ Dr. Broussard Efficacy of CoQ10 as supplementation for migraine: A meta-analysis Acta Neurologica Scandinavica — Zeng Z, et al. | November 19, 2018 In this first-in-kind study, researchers investigated the clinical…

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