Author: Andre Broussard, D.C.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Many US adults take medicines that can cause depression
Reuters Health News | June 13, 2018 More than one-third of American adults take medications that have the potential to cause depression, a US study suggests. These include drugs for birth control, heartburn, allergies, pain, and hypertension. As of 2015, about 38% of adults took one medicine with depression as a known side effect, up…
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Is dry needling effective for low back pain?
Medicine. 97(26):e11225, JUN 2018 DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000011225 , PMID: 29952980 Issn Print: 0025-7974 Publication Date: 2018/06/01 Han-Tong Hu; Hong Gao; Rui-Jie Ma; Xiao-Feng Zhao; Hong-Fang Tian; Lu Li Abstract Background: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of dry needling (DN) for treating low back pain (LBP). Methods: Nine databases were searched from inception to October 2017.…
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Noninvasive, Drug-Free Treatment for Chronic Pain
Chronic low back pain: At short term, massage, yoga, and psychological therapies (primarily Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) (strength of evidence [SOE]: moderate) and exercise, acupuncture, spinal manipulation, and multidisciplinary rehabilitation (SOE: low) were associated with slight improvements in function compared with usual care or inactive controls. Except for spinal manipulation, these interventions also improved pain. Effects…
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Many Migraine Sufferers Skip Effective Behavioral Treatment
Pull quote: “”I don’t think that people realize that behavioral therapy alone can result in a 50% reduction in headache days. It’s not only effective alone, but when combined with medications it can have a synergistic effect.” JUNE 08, 2018 Reuters Health News Even when a headache specialist refers migraine patients for proven behavioral treatments…