Author: Andre Broussard, D.C.
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Anti-inflammatory diet: What to know
Last reviewed Sun 3 December 2017 By Jenna Fletcher Reviewed by Natalie Butler, RD, LD The human body uses inflammation to help fight illness and also protect areas from further harm. In most cases, inflammation is a necessary part of the healing process. However, some medical conditions cause faulty inflammatory responses. These are called chronic…
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A Chiropractor Gets Knee Pain Relief Using Trigenics – Video
Dr. Michael Egan and Dr. Allan Oolo Austin are seen here teaching a KNEE and lower extremity course in Sydney Australia. The live patient is actually a chiropractic doctor who was taking the course and who had suffered with knee pain for 20 years. Watch as she finally cries with joy over the immediate pain…
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What Patients Love About Chiropractic – National Health Interview Survey
By Editorial Staff – Dynamic Chiropractic Magazine Dynamic Chiropractic – December 1, 2017, Vol. 35, Issue 12 Findings from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey, “the most recent source providing data on the use of complementary health care approaches by adults in the United States,” reveals why patients utilize chiropractic and what they value most. The…
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Acupuncture for Chronic Pain
Highlights – Acupuncture has a clinically relevant effect on chronic pain that persists over time – The effect of acupuncture cannot be explained only by placebo effects – Factors in addition to the specific effects of needling are important contributors – Referral for acupuncture treatment is a reasonable option for chronic pain patients Abstract Despite…
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Can Exercise Prevent Knee Osteoarthritis?
Jennifer Abbasi JAMA. Published online November 22, 2017. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.16144 A study of human skeletons housed in the vaults of US museums is providing a unique historical perspective on the prevailing wisdom that knee osteoarthritis (OA) is primarily a disease of aging and overweight, factors that are difficult if not impossible to prevent at the population level. In the…
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Sugar and cancer: A surprise connection or 50-year cover-up?
NOVEMBER 29, 2017 Top News in Oncology Healthline/Medical News Today Can sugar cause cancer? It seems that evidence pointing this way was discovered in a study funded by the sugar industry nearly 50 years ago—but the work was never published. An industry-funded research project found higher levels of a cancer-causing enzyme in rats fed a…
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A Functional Medicine Approach to Fibromyalgia
It is estimated that fibromyalgia affects nearly 6 million or 1 in 50 people, causing chronic pain, particularly muscle pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, brain fog, or cognitive impairment, depression and painful tender points throughout the body. Not surprisingly, conventional medicine focuses only on managing symptoms through pain medications and antidepressants. Functional medicine, on the other hand,…
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Ketogenic diet in endocrine disorders: Current perspectives
This study mentions that a low carbohydrate diet helps with: Epilepsy Diabetes Respiratory failure Blood sugar control in diabetics Weight loss Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) J Postgrad Med. 2017 Oct-Dec;63(4):242-251. doi: 10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_16_17. Gupta L, Khandelwal D, Kalra S, Gupta P, Dutta D5, Aggarwal S. Abstract Ketogenic diet (KD) is a high-fat, adequate-protein, and low-carbohydrate diet…
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5 trends in chiropractic care — 63% of patients report back pain
By Laura Dyrda | Wednesday, 29 November 2017 17:30 A new study published in Spine examines the trends in chiropractic care for back pain based on a 2012 National Health Interview survey. Study authors examined the survey results, which included 34,525 respondents, and found: 1. Around 8.4 percent of the survey respondents reported using a chiropractor in the…
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What Is A High Ankle Sprain?
Wednesday, November 29, 2017 (0 Comments) Posted by: Tim Bertelsman, DC, DACO & Brandon Steele, DC DACO High Ankle Sprain Fall and winter collision sports like football, hockey, and even soccer, pose unique threats to the bodies of its participants. The foot and ankle are common sites of injury. This article will focus on the…