Posts By: chirolane

Stick to Acupuncture

www.chiropractic-lane.com 07105www.safety-lane.comStick to AcupunctureFirst of all, what is acupuncture?  Acupuncture involves the insertion of extremely thin needles through your skin at strategic points on your body. A key component of Traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture is most commonly used to treat pain.Traditional Chinese medicine explains acupuncture as a technique for balancing the flow of energy or… Read more »

You think LOVE HURTS? Not Like Smoking Hurts!

www.chiropractic-lane.com 07105 www.safety-lane.com You think LOVE HURTS?  Not Like Smoking Hurts! This one isn’t exactly hot off the presses, but it’s worth noting. Of course, we’ve known for a while that smoking is a definite risk factor for back pain and disc disease. A new study presented this March at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American… Read more »

Inadequate Sleep May Increase Chance of Diabetes Onset

www.chiropractic-lane.com 07105 www.safety-lane.com Inadequate Sleep May Increase Chance of Diabetes OnsetTroubled sleep, short sleep, and sleep apnea predicted the onset of type 2 diabetes, independent of mental-health disorders, in a prospective study of young, healthy military personnel.The paper was published online July 8 in Diabetes Care.  It is the first study to clearly show that lack of… Read more »

Scientists find how ‘obesity gene’ makes people fat

www.chiropractic-lane.com 07105 www.safety-lane.com Scientists find how ‘obesity gene’ makes people fatScientists have unraveled how a gene long associated with obesity makes people fat by triggering increased hunger, opening up potential new ways to fight a growing global health problem.A common variation in the FTO gene affects one in six of the population, making them 70 percent… Read more »

Running shoes: It’s all about the roll

www.chiropractic-lane.com 07105 www.safety-lane.com Running shoes: It’s all about the roll Fitness experts have long advised clients choosing a running shoe to forget fashion and consider the roll or pronation – the way the foot leans inward upon impact. Analyzing the roll of the foot remains standard practice among fitness and medical professionals in the belief it… Read more »

You have a Slow Metabolism? Why aren’t you dead?

www.chiropractic-lane.com 07105 www.safety-lane.com You have a Slow Metabolism?  Why aren’t you dead?I hear far too often that the reason that people who are overweight or obese state is the cause is that they have a “slow metabolism.”  There is only one kind of really slow metabolism: death. Everyone else has a “slowed metabolism”  – slowed because… Read more »

Inflammation Ignites Cancer

www.chiropractic-lane.com 07105 www.safety-lane.com Inflammation Ignites Cancer In Latin, the word “inflammation” means “I ignite, set alight” and like gasoline, that’s exactly what it does to cancer. A microenvironment of chronic inflammation can increase the risk of cancer, bolster chemotherapy resistance and turn on oncogenes, genes that can turn cells into tumors. Most importantly, inflammation promotes… Read more »

Many Anorexic Girls Have Autistic Traits

www.safety-lane.com 07105www.chiropractic-lane.comMany Anorexic Girls Have Autistic TraitsScientists studying girls with the eating disorder anorexia have found they show a mild echo of the characteristics of autism – a finding which could point to new ways of helping anorexics overcome their illness.A study by the leading autism expert Simon Baron-Cohen at Cambridge University’s Autism Research Centre… Read more »

If you Smoke = you teach your kids to smoke!

www.safety-lane.com 07105www.chiropractic-lane.comDoes anyone who has been alive in the last 75 years need to know this information?  Isn’t it obvious – smoking is not good for anyone in any way!If you Smoke = you teach your kids to smoke!Children born to parents with a history of cigarette smoking are more likely to light up than… Read more »

Confused about Obamacare (ACA)? Five Things to Know

www.safety-lane.com 07105www.chiropractic-lane.comConfused about Obamacare (ACA)? Five Things to KnowConsumers are understandably confused after weeks of conflicting pronouncements about the expected cost of plans, for individuals and small groups, to be sold in new online insurance marketplaces under the federal health law beginning Oct. 1. New York regulators said average premiums on those plans will be half… Read more »