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safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Vitamin D Spray as Good as Oral Tablets in Raising Levels For individuals who cannot or prefer not to take oral capsules, the same increase in vitamin D levels in the blood can be achieved with a sublingual spray, suggest the results of a small UK randomized controlled trial. Nutritionist Claire E. Williams,… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Is That Statin Doing Anything Good For You? Many people who take cholesterol-lowering statins may not benefit from them, researchers say. Drugs like atorvastatin (Lipitor) and fluvastatin (Lescol) provide little value to people without heart disease, new research shows. Yet these heart-healthy folks represent a sizable number of statin users. While statins… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Blood pressure pills ‘work better at bedtime’ To get the best out of your daily blood pressure medication, take it just before you go to bed, say researchers. It’s a simple tip that could save lives, they say in the European Heart Journal. The pills offer more protection against heart attacks and… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Heart’s Best Friend? Dog Owners Have Longer Life Expectancy After Coronary Events A dog is not only man’s best friend. Companionship from a dog may also have a positive effect on an owner’s cardiovascular health, even lengthening their life span, according to research. This is the essence of a prospective study… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Marriage Tied to Longer Life Span, New Data Shows Married folks not only live longer than singles, but the longevity gap between the two groups is growing, U.S. government health statisticians report. The age-adjusted death rate for the married declined by 7% between 2010 and 2017, according to a new study… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK http://bit.ly/1DCt06V A protein in the brain may link smoking and diabetes Smokers develop type 2 diabetes 30–40% more often than nonsmokers, and new research suggests that nicotine’s actions in the brain may be to blame. Experiments in rats suggest that nicotine may needlessly turn on part of the body’s fight-or- flight mechanism, flooding it… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Simple Blood Test Highly Accurate in Detecting Alzheimer’s Biomarker A highly accurate blood test detects amyloid, a key biomarker of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), potentially eliminating the need for a lumbar puncture, new research suggests. The study shows “that plasma Aβ42/Aβ40 accurately identifies individuals with brain amyloidosis, whether they are cognitively normal or cognitively impaired,” study… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK http://bit.ly/1DCt06V Corticosteroid injection pain treatment may be more harmful than thought A common therapy for joint pain may not be as safe as experts believed, according to a new report published Tuesday. Corticosteroid injections are often given to reduce pain and inflammation from osteoarthritis. But these injections may do more harm than good: The report… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK http://bit.ly/1DCt06V High-Fiber Diet Tied to Lower CV Risk in Diabetes, Hypertension “A high-fiber diet is important to be prescribed in cases of diabetes and hypertension for future cardiovascular disease prevention, and this type of diet, in combination with medical treatment, can improve dyslipidemia, pulse wave velocity, waist-to-hip ratio, and hypertension High-fiber diets… Read more »

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com NEWARK http://bit.ly/1DCt06V THE LONGEST-LIVING PEOPLE IN THE WORLD : 9 THINGS IN COMMON In the US, the average life expectancy is 78 years. But there are a few places in the world—specifically Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia, Italy; Nicoya, Costa Rica; and Icaria, Greece—where living to be over 100 isn’t uncommon at all. In these regions,… Read more »