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Mediterranean Diet Reverses Metabolic Syndrome

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Mediterranean Diet Reverses Metabolic Syndrome in PREDIMED Eating a Mediterranean diet supplemented with either nuts or extra-virgin olive oil as opposed to eating a low-fat diet was more likely to reverse metabolic syndrome 5 years later, in a new study.  This was largely due to a greater likelihood of having a smaller… Read more »

Genes, Environment Carry Equal Weight in Mental Resilience

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Genes, Environment Carry Equal Weight in Mental Resilience Both genes and environment influence psychiatric resilience to stressful life events, and both are largely stable over time, results of a large, long-term study of twins suggests. Investigators at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond found that individual experiences and situational factors are equally important… Read more »

12 Ways to Reduce Your Risk for Cancer

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com 12 Ways to Reduce Your Risk for Cancer The new European Code Against Cancer, launched today, outlines 12 things that individuals can do to reduce their risk for cancer. Top of the list is tobacco, followed by healthy body weight, avoiding too much sun and alcohol, but there are also several new recommendations —… Read more »

Strength Training Boosts Memory in a Single Session

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Strength Training Boosts Memory in a Single Session A single, brief session of resistance exercise done immediately after a visual learning task enhances episodic memory by about 10%, new research shows. Lisa Weinberg, a psychology graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, and colleagues found that a resistance workout… Read more »

Healthy Lifestyle Cuts Women’s Stroke Risk in Half

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Healthy Lifestyle Cuts Women’s Stroke Risk in HalfA combination of low-risk lifestyle factors substantially reduces the risk for stroke, particularly cerebral infarction, in women. In addition, there appears to be a progressive reduction in risk with more low-risk lifestyle factors adopted, new research suggests.The authors, led by Susanna C. Larsson, PhD, Karolinska… Read more »

How To to Be a Better Runner: 10 Ways

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com How To to Be a Better Runner: 10 WaysIf you want to be a better runner, the answer is simple, right? After all, the more you run, the easier it’ll become. But what you do off the course can really affect your time and distance as well. Whether you’re trying to improve your running… Read more »

Spinal Stenosis

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Spinal Stenosis Approximately 250,000-500,000 US residents have symptoms of spinal stenosis. This represents about 1 per 1000 persons older than 65 years and about 5 of every 1000 persons older than 50 years. About 70 million Americans are older than 50 years, and this number is estimated to grow by 18 million… Read more »

What is Disc Pain?

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com What is Disc Pain? Some 80 million Americans have back pain each year. Much of this occurs in the low back and involves the disc, which is located between the vertebra or the bones of your spine. The inside of the disc is a jelly-like material while the outer surface is tough… Read more »

Genetics Explains Why You Drink So Much Coffee

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Genetics Explains Why You Drink So Much CoffeeIf your favorite order at Starbucks is the “red-eye,” you can thank genetics for your ability to slog down all that caffeine without the shakes.In a new study, scientists identified eight genetic variants that could partly explain why some people drink coffee by the pot,… Read more »

Nature NOT Nurture When It Comes To Academic Achievement

safety-lane.com 07105 chiropractic-lane.com chiropractic-lane.blogspot.com Nature NOT Nurture When It Comes To Academic Achievement In an idealized world, which factors would influence a student’s likelihood of academic achievement, and how do nature and nurture conspire to dictate those outcomes? A new study confirms the well-established finding that intelligence — a highly heritable trait — reins supreme in… Read more »