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Tea and coffee consumption and MRSA nasal carriage. Ann Fam Med. 2011; 9(4):299-304 (ISSN: 1544-1717) Matheson EM; Mainous AG; Everett CJ; King DE Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Matheson@musc.edu PURPOSE: Hot tea and coffee have been found to have antimicrobial properties. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the consumption [...]
Wed, September 28 2011 » Preventative Health Care » No Comments
Sacroiliac, or SI, joint injuries are painful and can undermine any runner’s training schedule. A large pair of joints located in the buttocks region on either side of the base of the spine, the SI complex includes much of the rear part of the pelvic girdle. Each SI joint is stabilized by an intricate set [...]
Fri, September 9 2011 » Conditions, Preventative Health Care » No Comments
Potassium plays a key role in all muscle contractions, including and most importantly the rhythmic contractions of the heart. It is also involved in maintaining normal blood pressure, pH and electrolyte balance. Large drops in serum potassium, called hypokalemia, can cause abnormal heart rhythms and paralysis. According to a 2002 study published in “Neurology,” low [...]
Fri, April 8 2011 » Preventative Health Care » No Comments
Stroke, or cerebrovascular accident, is the third leading cause of death in the United States, behind heart disease and cancer. It is the top cause of serious, long-term disability. More than 50% of strokes are preventable when contributing factors are addressed proactively. Sometimes called “brain attack,” stroke is caused by vascular dysfunction that occurs when [...]
Mon, March 7 2011 » Preventative Health Care » No Comments
Fri, January 28 2011 » Preventative Health Care » No Comments
A friend of mine from chiropractic school wrote this article. I thought it was excellent and, so, am sharing it here. She practices in Tewksberry, MA and is expecting her first child. Most expectant mothers will experience some degree of lower back pain during their pregnancy. In order to make room in the pelvis for [...]
Tue, March 23 2010 » Benefits of Exercise, Preventative Health Care » No Comments
Most people know that cardiovascular disease and cancer are the leading causes of death, by a large margin, in the United States [1]. It is also common knowledge that these conditions are highly preventable diseases of our modern lifestyles. Modes of prevention are simple and well known too. So, instead of waiting for that grave [...]
Tue, January 19 2010 » Preventative Health Care » No Comments
Did you know that female athletes who play popular competitive sports, such as soccer, basketball and volleyball, are at up to 8 times greater risk for injury of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of the knee than their male counterparts? Or that, while some of these injuries come about following an external impact, such as [...]
Mon, November 2 2009 » Preventative Health Care » No Comments
From Medscape Medical News News Author: Laurie Barclay, MD “Our 2007 Cochrane review showed that physical interventions (personal hygiene, barriers, and distancing) are highly effective,” write Tom Jefferson, MD, from the Acute Respiratory Infections Group, Cochrane Collaboration, in Rome, Italy, and colleagues. “However, the current mainstay of pandemic interventions still seems to be vaccines and [...]
Mon, September 28 2009 » Preventative Health Care » No Comments
As a small-framed female chiropractor, I’m often asked, “do you injure yourself at work a lot?” Between the physical nature of my job and my size compared to many of the people I treat, I can understand why this question comes up so frequently. My chances of disability due to practicing chiropractic are quite remote, [...]
Fri, July 24 2009 » Benefits of Exercise, Preventative Health Care » No Comments
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