The Real Difference Between MD’s and DC’s

The difference between Medical Doctors and Doctors of Chiropractic is something like this: Say you have a short circuit in your house. It starts a fire. An MD would show up, put the fire out, and tell you to call if it happens again. A DC would show up, put the fire out, and figure out what caused the fire in the first place so it never happens again.

In one situation, you’re always at risk. In the other, your risk has been eliminated. Read more

Relief for Aching Backs

 

About 80 percent of U.S. adults have at some point been bothered by back pain. The Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center recently surveyed more than 14,000 subscribers who had lower-back pain in the past year but had never had back surgery. More than half said pain severely limited their daily routine for a week or longer, and 88 percent said it recurred through the year. Many said the pain interfered with sleep, sex and efforts to maintain a healthy weight.

Back pain can be tough to treat. Most of the respondents had tried five or six different treatments. They rated the helpfulness of those treatments and their satisfaction with the health-care professionals they visited.

Hands-on therapies – chiropractic manipulation, massage and physical therapy – were among the top-rated. Read more

Resveratrol in Wine Kills Cancer Cells

Resveratrol, a natural substance found in wine and in the skin of grapes, may prove effective in treating neuroblastoma, a nervous-system cancer affecting mostly babies and children. After successful animal studies, researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health say their new treatment is ready for clinical trials.

Resveratrol is already familiar to many as the substance cited in what has been called the “French Miracle” in regard to helping hearts stay healthy by drinking red wine. Dr. Arthur Polans, the leader of the Wisconsin research group, saw the possibility that resveratrol might also be useful in fighting cancer. “Resveratrol is a promising treatment for young children because it’s not toxic to healthy cells, only to cancer cells,” Polans said in a statement released by the University of Wisconsin.

Polans is also studying the use of resveratrol in treating uveal melanoma, a cancer of the eye. “What neuroblastoma and uveal melanoma have in common is the factor of time,” Polans said. “Ideally, you’d like to be able to treat them aggressively at first, and then treat them with lower doses of a non-toxic compound over time. Otherwise, you run the risk of damage to vital organs or an increase in secondary tumors.”

In addition, there is hope for resveratrol helping treat other cancers as well, because the researchers have demonstrated that it also kills cancer cells and shrinks tumors in three other forms of cancer—retinoblastoma, skin melanoma, and breast cancer.

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B12 The Newest Energy Booster?

I have just recently been introduced to B12 shots; shots that are apparently becoming more and more popular these days with actors, politicians and people on the go opting for them over lattes and cappuccinos. I myself have started to get a weekly shot. Yesterday was the third week for me so far. Read more

Common Chemicals Linked to Infertility

Your cookware and cleaning supplies could make it harder for you to have a baby.

Researchers have found chemicals called perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) might be linked to delays in getting pregnant. PFCs are everywhere — in Teflon cookware, shampoos, floor wax, food wrapping, carpet treatments and other cleaning products. PFCs are also present in air and water in the form of industrial waste from chemical plants.

The new study looked at more than 1,200 women when they were six to 12 weeks pregnant. If they reported that it took them longer than 12 months to get pregnant or if they used drugs designed to increase their chances of conceiving, they were considered to have infertility — this is a generally accepted definition of infertility by experts in the field. Read more

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