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Long-term Fitness Reduces Risk of Diabetes, Prediabetes

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Long-term Fitness Reduces Risk of Diabetes, Prediabetes Higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness maintained or increased from early adulthood to middle age significantly reduce an individual’s risk of developing prediabetes and diabetes, a new analysis of data from a long-term prospective study suggests. Crucially, Lisa S Chow, MD, from the division of… Read more »

Tai Chi May Be as Good as PT for Knee Arthritis Pain

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Tai Chi May Be as Good as PT for Knee Arthritis Pain The first randomized head-to-head comparison of tai chi and conventional physical therapy (PT) in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) shows equally good pain relief with either intervention, researchers report in an article published online. May 17 in the Annals of Internal Medicine…. Read more »

Chlamydia and Heart Disease

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Chlamydia and Heart Disease How secure should you feel if your doctor tells you that your cholesterol levels are normal? Are you immune to heart disease just because you have been informed you have normal cholesterol levels? If you have been a reader of my weekly articles for any length of… Read more »

Breast Cancer: Teen Fruit Consumption Linked to Lower Risk

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Breast Cancer: Teen Fruit Consumption Linked to Lower Risk An apple a day may do more than keep the doctor away: A new study looking at fruit and vegetable consumption in teenagers and young adults links higher fruit intake with a lower risk for breast cancer. In an analysis of prospective… Read more »

Metformin and Insulin Combo Cuts Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Metformin and Insulin Combo Cuts Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes A new retrospective study indicates that, in type 2 diabetes, treatment with insulin is safer when it is used together with metformin. In the research, recently published in PLoS One, a team from Cardiff University, Wales, showed that patients on insulin and metformin were… Read more »

Exercise Cuts the Risk for 13 Cancers

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Exercise Cuts the Risk for 13 Cancers Higher levels of leisure-time physical activity are associated with a significantly lower risk of developing a number of cancers, the results of a pooled analysis of data from more than a million Europeans and Americans reveal. The findings, published online May 16 in JAMA Internal Medicine, indicate… Read more »

Vitamin B12 May Slow Brain Aging

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Vitamin B12 May Slow Brain Aging Individuals with increased levels of circulating homocysteine have faster rates of brain changes associated with aging than other people, whereas higher levels of vitamin B12 are associated with slower rates of brain aging, new research suggests. Babak Hooshmand, MD, PhD, Center for Alzheimer Research–Aging Research… Read more »

Pesticides, Other Toxins Again Linked to Increased ALS

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Pesticides, Other Toxins Again Linked to Increased ALS Researchers have provided more evidence that exposure to toxic environmental pollutants raises the risk for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Unlike previous research, the new study used both surveys and measurement of toxic chemicals in blood. “This is not going to alter treatment at… Read more »

Long-term Testosterone May Decrease Cardiovascular Risk

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Long-term Testosterone May Decrease Cardiovascular Risk Long-term testosterone replacement therapy is associated with a decreased — not increased — risk for cardiovascular disease in men, according to a large population-based cohort study. This finding “answers the controversy” fueled by recent warnings from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suggesting that… Read more »

People eat less after harder workouts

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK  http://bit.ly/1DCt06V People eat less after harder workouts: small study High intensity workouts may curb people’s appetite shortly afterward, according to a small study. The researchers found that overweight men ate about 200 fewer calories following a vigorous workout than after rest. Some studies have shown that high intensity exercise is tied to appetite… Read more »