Monthly Archives: February 2014

Miscarriage risk ‘reduced by lifestyle changes’

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 safety-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Miscarriage risk ‘reduced by lifestyle changes’More than a quarter of first-time miscarriages could be prevented by making a combination of lifestyle changes, research in Denmark suggests.Researchers said, lifting more than 20kg (44lbs) each day during pregnancy and being obese or underweight increased the risk of miscarriage.Women beyond their early 30s, who… Read more »

Average obese woman gets just 1 hour of exercise a year

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 safety-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Average obese woman gets just 1 hour of exercise a year A new study suggests that obese women get just one hour of vigorous exercise a year, while obese men don’t do much better in less than four hours. The findings startled the researchers, whose main focus was finding better ways… Read more »

How Inactivity Damages the Brain

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 safety-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com How Inactivity Damages the Brain Your Brain Craves Exercise Research has shown that regular exercise is good for your gray matter, causing the brain to form new connections, run more efficiently, and even produce new neurons. While hitting the gym gives the brain a boost, a recent study has shown that inactivity can change… Read more »

Drink Coffee, Protect Your Liver

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 safety-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Drink Coffee, Protect Your Liver For years, coffee got blamed for causing cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis, and more. Now doctors realize that those health troubles probably had more to do with coffee drinkers’ cigarette and jelly doughnut habits than their morning cups of Joe. In fact, more studies are now showinghttp://mjm.ag/MjnDAl that coffee… Read more »

Sitting = Disability Among Older Americans

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 safety-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Sitting = Disability Among Older AmericansRegardless of how much time older Americans spend being active, those who sit for more hours each day are more likely to be disabled, according to a new study.Researchers found that every hour people 60 years old and older spent sitting daily was tied to a… Read more »

CNN Studies You May Have Missed

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 safety-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Here’s a roundup of fiour medical studies published this week that might give you new insights into your health, mind and body. Remember, correlation is not causation – so if a study finds a connection between two things, it doesn’t mean that one causes the other. That car comes with an… Read more »

20 Interesting Facts About Love

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 safety-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com 20 Interesting Facts About Love We all know that love is pure, love is painful, love is sweet and love is dreadful (and all that stuff we all have been through). Still, “True Love” (I mean the stuff of the “Princess Bride” type) is overwhelming. Our lives depend on it and… Read more »

9 Ways to Improve Indoor Air Quality

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 safety-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com 9 Ways to Improve Indoor Air Quality The market is flooded with “air fresheners” touted to make your home smell like a citrus grove or bower of flowers. However, their fragrance creates a dangerous illusion. Instead of improving the indoor air quality of your home, they worsen it because they emit an array… Read more »

Osteoarthritis: Weight Loss Helps Preserve Knee Cartilage

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 safety-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Osteoarthritis: Weight Loss Helps Preserve Knee CartilageClinicians have long recommended losing weight to help ease the pain and discomfort of knee osteoarthritis (OA), and now there is evidence to back up that bit of medical wisdom.In a study of 112 obese adults, Australian investigators found that weight loss was associated with… Read more »

Poor Sleep Predicts Musculoskeletal Pain in Older Adults

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 safety-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Poor Sleep Predicts Musculoskeletal Pain in Older AdultsNew-onset widespread pain (WP) is common in older adults and is predicted by a number of factors, including baseline pain status, anxiety, and physical health–related quality of life. Nonrestorative sleep is the strongest predictor, however, for WP in this patient population, according to a… Read more »