Monthly Archives: May 2015

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK  http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Hispanic Subgroups Have Different Health Risks, CDC Says Health risks in Hispanics vary by their country or region of origin, and by whether they were born in the United States or not, according to a report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Kenneth Dominguez, MD, MPH, from the National Center… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK  http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Walking Instead of Sitting Prolongs Life, Even in Small Doses Trading 2 minutes/hour of sedentary activity with light-intensity activity was linked to 33% lower mortality in the general population and 41% lower mortality in those with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to an observational analysis published online April 30 in the Clinical Journal of… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK  http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Metformin Underused in Patients With Prediabetes Metformin was prescribed for only 3.7% of patients with prediabetes, even though it can help prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes, according to a new retrospective cohort analysis. “We were surprised to see just how low the [prescription] rates were, particularly among the highest-risk… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK  http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Air Pollution Tied to Brain Atrophy Long-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution may lead to structural changes in the brain, new research suggests. The researchers found that exposure to high levels of fine particulate matter smaller than 2.5 μm in diameter (PM2.5) was associated with smaller total cerebral brain volume,… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK  http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Inadequate Training Linked to Groin Injury Groin injuries are common in sports requiring quick direction changes, acceleration and deceleration – and they’re even more common when athletes have less sport-specific training or weaker inner thigh muscles, researchers say. Groin injuries are common in soccer, ice hockey, rugby, Australian rules football, Gaelic… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK  http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Increase Your Meat or Lose Your Beef It is a simple fact. As we age we lose muscle and strength. There’s even a medical term for this — sarcopenia. It’s derived from the Greek words “sarcos” (flesh) and “penia” (lack of). Estimates of how much muscle is lost with age vary… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK  http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Air Pollution Tied to Brain Aging Air pollution is known to increase the risk for stroke and other cerebrovascular disorders. But now researchers have found it is also linked to premature aging of the brain. The study, in the May issue of Stroke, used data on 943 men and women over… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK  http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Tight Control Over HbA1c in Type 1 Diabetes Reduces Eye Surgery Young patients with type 1 diabetes who received several years of tight glycemic control vs conventional glycemic control were much less likely to need ocular surgery decades later, new data from the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications(DCCT/EDIC) studies… Read more »