Dr Beecher’s May 20 Weekly Chiropractic Newsletter
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WEEKLY HEALTH NEWS UPDATE
Week of Monday, May 20th, 2013
Mental Attitude: Dementia Cost! Caring for people with dementia costs $157 billion a year in the United States
(US) — higher than the costs of treating heart disease ($102 billion) and cancer ($77 billion). 75-84% of dementia
costs are for nursing home care and care at home. 14.7% of people in the US aged 71+ years are affected by
dementia. New England Journal of Medicine, April 2013
Health Alert: Heart Drug and Cancer Risk! Amiodarone, a drug used to treat arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats),
may increase cancer risk. People taking a high dose of amiodarone had close to twice the risk of developing cancer
when compared with those taking a low dose of the drug. Cancer, April 2013
Diet: Diet and Exercise. While many experts advise to start eating a more healthy diet before starting an exercise
program, recent research points to doing both at the same time for optimal results. Participants were separated into
four groups: 1) Start exercise program first. 2) Start diet first. 3) Start both diet and exercise at same time. 4) Do
neither. Participants who started eating healthier at the same time they started an exercise routine were more likely to
exercise 150+ minutes a week, eat 5-9 servings of fruits/vegetables daily, and keep calories from saturated fats to
<10% of their daily caloric intake. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, April 2013
Exercise: Computer Exercises For Alzheimer’s Patients. A new technology using computer brain exercises may
help Alzheimer’s patients. The NeuroAD system has patients solve computer exercises ranging from identifying
colors, shapes, and letters to solving memory games. Simultaneously, the very same regions of the patient’s brain
responsible for memory and learning receive electromagnetic stimulation, which reactivates brain cell activity.
Harvard University, April 2013
Chiropractic: Effectiveness Of Chiropractic. 183 patients with neck pain were randomly allocated to manual
therapy (spinal mobilization), physiotherapy (mainly exercise), or general practitioner care (counseling, education,
and drugs) in a 52-week study. Manual therapy resulted in faster recovery than physiotherapy and general
practitioner care. Total costs of the manual therapy were about one-third of the costs of physiotherapy or general
practitioner care. British Medical Journal, 2003
Wellness/Prevention: Safer Teen Drivers. A new report on teen driver safety in the United States (US) shows
encouraging trends. There has been a 47% decline in teen driver-related fatalities over the past six years. In the past
three years, the number of teen passengers killed in crashes who were not wearing seatbelts decreased 23%, the
number of teens driven by a peer who had been drinking declined 14%, and 30% fewer teen passengers were killed
in crashes involving a teen driver. Despite this progress, auto accidents remain the leading cause of death for US
teens. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, April 2013
Quote: “Good health and good sense are two of life’s greatest blessings.” ~ Publilius Syrus
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Dr Beecher’s May 21 Weekly Chiropractic Newsletter
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Week of Monday, May 21st, 2012
Mental Attitude: Dementia! The number of people globally with dementia is set to rise from its current 35.6 million, to 65 million by 2030 and 115 million by 2050. Currently, $604 billion are spent each year worldwide on treating and caring for individuals with dementia. This toll includes the provision of health and social care, as well as loss of income of the dementia patients and their caregivers, as many caregivers have to give up their jobs to look after a person with dementia. World Health Organization, April 2012
Health Alert: America’s Obesity Epidemic. The scope of the obesity epidemic in the US has been greatly underestimated. Researchers found that the Body Mass Index (BMI) substantially under-diagnoses obesity when compared to the Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) scan, a direct simultaneous measure of body fat, muscle mass, and bone density. The study found 39% of Americans who are classified as overweight based on BMI are actually obese as measured by DXA. The BMI is an insensitive measure of obesity, prone to under-diagnosis, while direct fat measurements are superior because they show distribution of body fat. PLoS ONE, April 2012
Diet: How Should You Take It? For reversing damage and promoting repair to cartilage, the supplements Chondroitin Sulfate and Glucosamine have been shown to be more effective if taken together, as the mixture of the two allows them to act synergistically. Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 2006
Exercise: Caffeine & Exercise? According to a 14-week study conducted on mice, caffeine and exercise may cut the risk of developing skin cancers caused by sun exposure. Researchers found 62% fewer non-melanoma skin tumors and the size of tumors reduced by 85% in the caffeine and exercise group when compared to the control
group (no caffeine, no exercise). The results of the caffeine and exercise group also exceeded the other two groups in the study (caffeine, no exercise and exercise, no caffeine).
American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, April 2012
Chiropractic: Another Endorsement For Chiropractic! “I found the best way is to use Chiropractors, not only after injury, but also before injury.” ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger – Actor, Retired Body Builder and Former Governor
Wellness/Prevention: Still Smoke? 7,000 chemicals and chemical compounds are present in tobacco and tobacco smoke, including 93 HPHCs (harmful and potentially harmful constituents).
Food and Drug Administration, April 2012
Quote: “I look to the future because that’s where I’m spending the rest of my life.” ~ George Burns
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