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"The great use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.""
James Truslow Adams
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30 minutes a day may keep strokes away
As little as half an hour a day of moderate exercise may reduce your risk of suffering a stroke, say researchers at the University of South Carolina's Prevention Research
Center. That's good news because stroke is the United States third leading cause
of death.
The research was presented recently at the International Stroke Conference in New
Orleans. Researchers studied more than 61,000 adults at the Cooper Aerobics Center
in Dallas. After taking an initial treadmill test to assess fitness, study participants
periodically answered health surveys. The study divided subjects into four levels
of fitness and then looked at how many of them suffered strokes, following them
for an average of 18 years. Overall, there were 863 stroke events during the study:
692 in men and 171 in women.
The study found that the most fit men had a 40 percent lower risk of stroke than
the least fit men, while the most fit women had a 43 percent reduction in their risk of stroke compared with women in the least fit group. For moderate levels of
fitness, the risk reduction ranged from 15 percent to 30 percent for men and 23
percent to 57 percent in women. These risk reductions held true even
when considering
other known risk factors for stroke, such as smoking, weight, high blood pressure,
diabetes and family history.
Many people think they don't have the time to exercise regularly, but all it takes
is 30 minutes a day, five days a week - definitely worth it, considering the health
and wellness benefits. Your Chiropractor can help outline an exercise program appropriate
to your fitness goals.
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Chiropractic & Alternative Care for Children Rapidly Becoming Popular
On December 1, 2008 the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued a clinical report on the use of what they call "complementary and alternative medicine" (CAM) in children. This report was published in the December issue of the AAP journal, Pediatrics. Dr. Kathi J. Kemper, MD, and her colleagues from the Task Force on Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the Provisional Section on Complementary, Holistic, and Integrative Medicine, clarifies CAM by noting, "The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) defines...CAM as a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional Western medicine."
In the abstract of the published report, the AAP noted, "The American Academy of Pediatrics recognizes the increasing use of complementary and alternative medicine in children and, as a result, the need to provide information and support for pediatricians." In response to the increased usage, the AAP formed the, "Task Force on Complementary and Alternative Medicine to address issues related to the use of complementary and alternative medicine in children and to develop resources to educate physicians, patients, and families."
Although a good portion of the chiropractic profession would not use the term CAM to describe chiropractic, the AAP study did note that chiropractic was probably the most well used CAM by children. The report stated, "Chiropractic care is one of the most common professionally provided CAM practices. It focuses on the relationship between body structure (primarily that of the spine) and bodily function and how that relationship affects health. With more than 50,000 chiropractors licensed in the United States, the number of children visiting chiropractors is substantial and increasing. Recent studies have confirmed that up to 14% of all chiropractic visits were for pediatric patients and that chiropractors were the most common CAM providers visited by children and adolescents."
The author's conclusion suggests that there may be an increase in cooperation and referrals from pediatricians to chiropractors. They concluded, "Pediatricians and other clinicians who care for children have the responsibility to advise and counsel patients and families about relevant, safe, effective, and age-appropriate health services and therapies regardless of whether they are considered mainstream or CAM."
The increased usage of chiropractic and other forms of non-medical care is not much of a surprise to the chiropractic profession. "This new study shows what we in chiropractic have been seeing in our offices. People are turning toward more natural forms of healthcare such as chiropractic," stated Dr. John Maltby, President of the International Chiropractors Association. Dr. Maltby continued, "This study especially points out the increased usage of chiropractic in the care of children. And as the study points out this care is not only for the chronically ill, but also is playing a growing role in wellness care for children."
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