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Daily Multivitamin May Lower Risk for Cataracts

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 safety-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.comDaily Multivitamin May Lower Risk for Cataracts Taking a multivitamin supplement daily may stave off development of cataracts in middle-aged and older men, according to an article published online November 21 in Ophthalmology. However, there appeared to be no association between daily vitamins and visually significant age-related macular degeneration (AMD).William G. Christen,… Read more »

Donor Age Does Not Affect Corneal Transplants

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 safety-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Donor Age Does Not Affect Corneal Transplants Despite concerns that corneal transplants from older donors might not last, a new U.S. Government study finds that transplant success up to 10 years later is not significantly affected by age. About 75 percent of corneal transplants from donors between ages 34 and 71… Read more »

No Such Things as “Metabolically Healthy Obese”

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 safety-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Metabolically Healthy Obese Persons Not So Healthy After AllThere is no such thing as healthy obesity, according to a meta-analysis of 8 studies involving more than 60,000 adults.Caroline K. Kramer, PhD, MD, a researcher at Mount Sinai Samuel Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and colleagues reported their results in… Read more »

High sodium “fizzy” Medicines = Heart Risks

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 safety-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com High Sodium “fizzy” Medicines = Heart Risks Millions of patients worldwide taking effervescent, dispersible and soluble medicines have an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes because of the high salt content of such drugs, scientists said on Wednesday. Researchers from Britain’s University of Dundee and University College London found that… Read more »

9 Nourishing Foods to Eat This Fall

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 safety-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com9 Nourishing Foods to Eat This Fall The fall season is in full swing now, ushering in cooler weather and shorter days. The cool, succulent produce of summer has transitioned to the heartier roots and squashes of the fall harvest.  This time of year offers many foods with the nutrients we need… Read more »

Mental Illness in Youth Either Untreated or Undertreated

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 safety-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Mental Illness in Youth Either Untreated or UndertreatedThe majority of US teens with psychiatric disorders go untreated, and when treatment is provided, it is rarely delivered by a mental health specialist, new research shows.Results from a national survey of teens’ mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders and service use shows that fewer… Read more »

Exercise Cuts CVD Death in Diabetes

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 safety-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Exercise Cuts CVD Death in Diabetes It is never too late to start to exercise to prevent cardiovascular disease.Patients with type 2 diabetes who fail to exercise regularly show a 70% greater risk for cardiovascular death than those who exercise at least 3 times a week, new research shows. In particular, the… Read more »

JAMA Study: Weight Loss Decreases Atrial Fibrillation Burden, Severity

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 safety-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Weight Loss Decreases Atrial Fibrillation Burden, SeverityWeight loss combined with close management of hypertension and other risk factors results in fewer atrial fibrillation (AF) events and less symptom burden in highly symptomatic patients with AF versus risk factor management alone, a new study shows.The new findings are important because no previous… Read more »

Factors in Recovery from Low Back Pain

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 safety-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Factors in Recovery from Low Back pain A recent study about low back pain noted the following as factors in how quickly a person recovered.  The authors found seven factors impacted on the speed of recovering: Older age  higher pain intensity longer duration of pain before consultation a compensation case,  more… Read more »

More Food Additives Banned Outside the United States

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 safety-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com More Food Additives Banned Outside the United States1. Ractopamine: This beta-agonist is used to increase meatiness in 30 percent to 50 percent of cows, hogs and turkeys raised in North America. Russia stopped imports of North American meats because of ractopamine residue, and 160 countries ban its use in livestock. Why?… Read more »