WEEKLY HEALTH UPDATE
Week of: Monday, August 3rd, 2015
Belleview Chiropractic 303-771-3102
“You never really
understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.”
- Harper Lee
Mental Attitude: Childhood Trauma May
Result in Migraines Later in Life. Canadian researchers say that witnessing
domestic violence during childhood may raise an individual's risk for
developing migraines in adulthood. The study which included nearly 23,000 men
and women found that boys and girls who had witnessed parental domestic
violence had a 52-64% greater risk for migraines after age 18 when compared
with those with no such history. Headache, June 2015
Health Alert: Is Codeine Safe for
Kids? Due
to the potential for serious complications such as slowed or difficult
breathing, experts at the Food and Drug Administration are investigating
whether it is safe for children to consume medicines containing codeine to
treat cough and colds. Codeine is converted into morphine in the body, but some
individuals process codeine more quickly than normal, which leads to high
morphine levels in the blood that can lead to breathing problems. In the
meantime, parents are advised to stop giving their child codeine-containing
medicines and to seek medical care if they notice any warning signs of slow or
shallow breathing, difficult or noisy breathing, confusion, or unusual
sleepiness. Medscape Medical News, July 2015
Diet: Restaurant Meals May
Be as Bad for Your Waistline as Fast Food. A new study finds that when Americans dine
out, whether at a full-service or fast-foot outlet, they consume nearly 200
more calories than when they eat at home. The investigators also found that
restaurant goers consume more fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium than
those who eat meals prepared at home. Lead investigator Dr. Ruopeng An writes,
"These findings reveal that eating at a full-service restaurant is not
necessarily healthier than eating at a fast-food outlet… My advice to those
hoping to consume a healthy diet and not overeat is that it is healthier to
prepare your own foods, and to avoid eating outside the home whenever
possible." European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, July 2015
Exercise: Leg Strengthening. Are you looking for a
new way to work your legs? Try the Flamingo Balance. To perform this exercise,
hold a dumbbell in your right hand while standing with the left hand on your
hip. Lean forward while lifting your left leg/foot behind you up to the level
of your hip. Now, bring your right arm in front of you and perform a quarter
squat on your right leg. Perform a bicep curl by turning the palm to face the
ceiling. Touch your left toe down and repeat this exercise at least twelve
times before switching to the opposite side.MD Health, July 2015
Chiropractic: Spinal Manipulation
Helps Patients with Thoracic Spinal Pain! A review of the existing literature
related to the non-invasive, non-drug treatment of thoracic spinal pain found
that spinal manipulation, a treatment performed by doctors of the chiropractic,
is the only treatment with critically appraised and relevant research
demonstrating that it results in statistically significant reductions in
thoracic spinal pain.Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, July 2015
Wellness/Prevention: Weight Loss Plus
Vitamin D Reduces Inflammation. Chronic inflammation is known to contribute to
the onset of several diseases, including cancer. Weight loss is known to help
reduce inflammation levels in the body and thus reduce the risk of such
diseases. Researchers have found that weight loss, when combined with vitamin D
supplementation, has even a greater effect on reducing chronic inflammation
than just weight reduction alone. Lead author Dr. Catherine Duggan writes,
"Weight loss reduces inflammation, and thus represents another mechanism
for reducing cancer risk. If ensuring that vitamin D levels are replete, or at
an optimum level, can decrease inflammation over and above that of weight loss
alone, that can be an important addition to the tools people can use to reduce
their cancer risk."Cancer Prevention Research, July 2015