It’s a good idea to gather information via intake forms, asking how much sugary, energy drinks, your teen patients are using. A Canadian study where teens were given sugar-free, 5- hour caffeinated drinks with...
Post-prandial glucose metabolism was shown to improve when sedentary workers stood up for five minutes of every 30 for 7.5 hours. Adding 5 minutes of walking every 30 minutes, produced an even better result....
The FDA is now requiring a stronger warning on over-the-counter NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) to inform users of the increased risk of stroke and heart complications. There is increasing evidence that this family of...
Testing our servicemen and women for physical fitness has long included the sit-up as a measuring stick for core strength. This despite the fact that the evidence indicates the forward-bending or flexion movement of...
Vitamin D both decreases auto-immune response and increases myelin sheath regeneration in MS patients. Auto-immune disorders trick the body into attacking its’ own cells. In the case of MS, the myelin sheath is slowly...
In a study headed by David Katz of Yale University Prevention Research Center and reported on in the BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care Journal, subjects ranging in age from 25-75 had both improved vascular...
In a study of 18-45 year olds with untreated mild hypertension combined with ‘moderate coffee use’ (1-3 espressos a day) were three times as likely to have a cardiovascular event (mostly a heart attack) within...
Fred Kummerow, a professor emeritus at University of Illinois, has been warning of the dangers of trans fat for almost six decades. He began publishing study outcomes in 1957 about the dangers of artery...
Research from the 2003-2013 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health recently published in The Journal of the American Medical Association indicates that while non-medical use of prescription opioids has decreased slightly in recent...