Category: Whole Body Health
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Want To Lower Your Blood Pressure By 20 Points? Try This Exercise…
Want to know about an exercise that can lower blood pressure significantly? We’re talking as much as 10-20 mmHg. No, it’s not an endurance exercise. No, it’s not strength exercise. It’s actually an exercise you can do anytime and anywhere. It’s called isometrics. What are Isometric Exercises? Isometric exercises, the kind where you contract large…
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How NOT to Have High Blood Pressure
October 31, 2018 By Dr. William Davis The average American’s lifetime risk for developing high blood pressure is 90%, even using the lax definition of hypertension in clinical studies (that typically don’t label a BP high unless it is 140/90 mmHg or higher, even though we know that, for example, risk for stroke and cardiovascular…
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8 Glasses of Water A Day: Myth or Medicine?
John Murphy, MDLinx | October 10, 2018 Everyone knows that you need to drink 8 glasses of water a day. This advice has been around forever, so it must be true, right? Probably not. There’s no scientific evidence to support the claim that the average human needs to drink 8 glasses (ie, 8-oz cups) of…
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Pain Medication: Sometimes More Isn’t Better
By Lorraine L. Janeczko October 24, 2018 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with osteoarthritis who start opioid treatment at higher doses tend to have higher treatment-failure rates, according to an industry-sponsored study. The findings were presented in a poster September 13 at the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) World Congress on…
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Is Back Pain A Risk Factor For Diabetes?
This article concluded that, “Among younger women, those with chronic low back pain may have an increased risk of diabetes.” ~ Dr. Broussard Is chronic low back pain a risk factor for diabetes? The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2018; 6(1): e000569. Published online 2018 Oct 23. doi: [10.1136/bmjdrc-2018-000569] PMCID: PMC6203062 PMID:…
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What’s the link between ulcerative colitis and joint pain?
Last reviewed Tue 16 October 2018 By Kat Gal Reviewed by Debra Sullivan, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE, COI Ulcerative colitis is a form of inflammatory bowel disease. In addition to gastrointestinal symptoms, people with this condition often experience painful and swollen joints. According to the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, up to 25 percent of people…
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Obesity could overtake smoking as biggest preventable cause of cancer in women
Cancer Research UK News | September 24, 2018 Obesity is set to overtake smoking as the biggest preventable cause of cancer among UK women in 25 years’ time, according to a Cancer Research UK report. These new projections calculate that in just 17 years (2035) 10% of cancers in women (around 25,000 cases) could be…
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Probiotics Improve Spinal Bone Mineral Density
Gut microbiome shapes the immune system, which in turn regulates bone mass by Nancy Walsh, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today October 03, 2018 MONTREAL — Probiotic treatment for 12 months led to significant improvements in lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) among postmenopausal women, a researcher reported at the annual meeting of the American Society for…
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Mediterranean diet prevents a leading cause of blindness, study suggests
Research shows we can all eat our way to better eye health Date: October 1, 2018 Source: American Academy of Ophthalmology Summary: Evidence is mounting that a poor diet plays an important role in the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the United States. Evidence is mounting that a poor…
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Advising Women Undergoing Treatment for Breast Cancer: A Narrative Review
This article discusses evidence-based recommendations breast cancer patients who want to consider using integrative approaches to their care. This article mentions nutritional recommendations, exercise recommendations, acupuncture and stress management. ~ Dr. Broussard The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine Vol. 24, No. 9-10 Dawn Lemanne, and Victoria Maizes Published Online:24 Sep 2018 https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2018.0150 Abstract…