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safety-lane.com 07105chiropractic-lane.comNEWARKhttp://bit.ly/1DCt06V FMCSA Funds Veteran’s CDL Driver Training The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that it has awarded nearly $1 million in grants to seven technical and community colleges across the country to help train veterans and their families for jobs as commercial bus and truck drivers. The funding is provided through FMCSA’s Commercial… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105chiropractic-lane.comNEWARKhttp://bit.ly/1DCt06V Licensing Laws Restrict Access to Affordable Providers Like DCs New research from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University has concluded that improving access to lower cost forms of pain care such as chiropractic “may potentially improve the efficiency of the healthcare market in the United States.”  In the study, researchers examined how laws… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105chiropractic-lane.comNEWARKhttp://bit.ly/1DCt06V Mediterranean Diet May Cut Macular Degeneration Risk by More Than a Third The risk for age-related macular degeneration can be cut by more than one-third by eating a Mediterranean-style diet that is heavy in fruit, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, fish, and lean meats, new data from an ongoing Portuguese study suggest. And these… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105chiropractic-lane.comNEWARKhttp://bit.ly/1DCt06V Smoking Causes Back Pain Did you know that back problems are a real pain-inflicting problem in America, and a major cause of all that back pain is smoking? Smokers have a 300 percent greater rate of chronic lower back pain than nonsmokers. Why? One theory is that the inflammation from smoke’s hydrocarbons coupled with… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105chiropractic-lane.comNEWARKhttp://bit.ly/1DCt06V Physical strain, emotional upset can trigger heart attack  Intense physical exertion or extreme emotional upset can each trigger a heart attack, and the risk may be highest if the two are combined, according to a new study. “Our study is the largest study exploring this issue, and unlike previous studies we included people… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105chiropractic-lane.comNEWARKhttp://bit.ly/1DCt06V Lower Salt = Lower Mortality People with the lowest intake of sodium have the lowest rates of total mortality, according to a study spanning more than 20 years published October 3, 2016 in theJournal of the American College of Cardiology[1]. The findings by Dr Nancy R Cook (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105chiropractic-lane.comNEWARKhttp://bit.ly/1DCt06V A Happy Spouse May Be Good for Your Health A happy spouse may be good for your health. Previous studies have found that mental well-being — feeling happy and satisfied — is closely linked to good physical health. But a new study, published in Health Psychology, suggests that physical health may also be linked… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105chiropractic-lane.comNEWARKhttp://bit.ly/1DCt06V Depression Linked to Hormonal Contraceptives Women who use oral hormonal contraceptives are at increased risk of developing depression, and adolescents seem most vulnerable, results of a large study suggest. “Women should generally be informed about this potential side effect with use of hormonal contraception, so they can react appropriately in case of mood… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105chiropractic-lane.comNEWARKhttp://bit.ly/1DCt06V Yoga as Good as Physical Therapy for Back Pain Yoga is as good as physical therapy (PT) in reducing chronic low back pain, the most common pain problem in the United States, new research shows. “Our study showed that yoga was noninferior to physical therapy for a diverse group of low-income patients,” said… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105chiropractic-lane.comNEWARKhttp://bit.ly/1DCt06V Treatment could lower crash risk for truckers with sleep apnea Commercial truck drivers who get treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) for two years may reduce their crash risk to the level of drivers without apnea, a study from Italy suggests. For professional drivers, the screening, treatment and management of sleep disorders should… Read more »