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THE PSA Test May Not Be Necessary for Most Men

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com  THE PSA Test May Not Be Necessary for Most MenTurns out that a having a larger-than-average prostate, a urinary tract or prostate infection or a recent medical procedure can elevate PSA levels (normal PSA level are 4.0 ng/ml) leading to an unacceptable number of false positives. Those false positives often lead to… Read more »

Shorter Stature Linked to Heightened Dementia Risk

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com  Shorter Stature Linked to Heightened Dementia RiskThe risk for dementia-related death is increased in individuals of short physical stature, suggesting that early life circumstances may influence later dementia risk.A meta-analysis conducted by Tom Russ, MD, PhD, Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, and colleagues showed that dementia-related risk… Read more »

Back Pain Cured! (reprint from Bottomline publications)

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com  Back Pain Cured! by Jack Stern, MD, PhD No Drugs… No Surgery The ability to diagnose and treat the different types of back pain has improved tremendously over the years. A wide variety of conventional and complementary therapies has made this possible. The fortunate result is that the vast majority of patients don’t… Read more »

Granny Smith Delivers

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com  Granny Smith DeliversThis tart and juicy apple, the Granny Smith makes the microbes in your digestive tract happy, and that boosts your well-being, helping you maintain a healthy weight and much, much more! A recent study out of Washington state (where else? Like New York, Washington State is a large producer of apples)… Read more »

Back Pain: Safe, Effective Conservative Treatment

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Back Pain: Safe, Effective Conservative TreatmentAt some point, nearly everyone gets hit with back pain, especially lower-back pain. Such pain can feel sharp. Or it can be a dull ache with tingling, burning, or numbness. Back painis the second-most common reason  for a trip to a doctor and one of the major contributors to disability worldwide.Many… Read more »

Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Diabetes Risk

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Diabetes RiskWeight loss surgery can dramatically reduce the odds of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a major study.Doctors followed nearly 5,000 people as part of a trial to assess the health impact of the procedure.The results, published in the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology journal, showed an 80% reduction… Read more »

Loss of Chromosome Y Increases Men’s Risk for Cancer

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 http://goo.gl/U4Stxs safety-lane.com Loss of Chromosome Y Increases Men’s Risk for Cancer Men who lose chromosome Y in blood cells are more likely to get cancer and to die younger, a new study shows. The finding could lead to a new screening tool, said researcher Lars Forsberg, PhD, from Uppsala University in Sweden. “Our ultimate… Read more »

Shift Work Dulls Cognition

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Shift Work Dulls CognitionWorking antisocial hours can prematurely age the brain and dull intellectual ability, scientists warn. Their study, in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine, suggested a decade of shifts aged the brain by more than six years. There was some recovery after people stopped working antisocial shifts, but it took five years… Read more »

Cocoa Flavanols May Reverse Age-Related Memory Decline

chiropractic-lane.com 07105 http://goo.gl/U4Stxs safety-lane.com Cocoa Flavanols May Reverse Age-Related Memory Decline Age-related memory decline may be reversed with high doses of naturally occurring cocoa flavanols, US researchers have discovered in findings that establish the dentate gyrus as central to cognitive decline. “Together, these results provide evidence that age-related changes in the DG [dentate gyrus] observed in… Read more »

Overweight and Stressed

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Overweight and StressedDid you know that just being overweight makes stress magnified in your body?If you’re overweight, your system’s already compromised, so your body’s physical reaction to chronic stress becomes magnified. That reaction threatens your health much more than it would if you were at a healthy weight. Researchers now can assess how increased… Read more »