http://www.myhealthmax.com Align the Spine for Lasting Maximum Health Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:01:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Excessive internet use, or internet addiction (IA), is linked with an elevated risk of depression, according to a report in the journal Psychopathology. Investigators pooled survey data on 1,319 people, between the ages of 16 and 51 years. According to the report, “three scales were included: the IA Test, the Internet ... http://www.myhealthmax.com/chiropractic-health-research-information/excessive-internet-use-tied-with-depression/ A new study of 8,550 children suggests that regularly engaging in one or more of three household routines significantly cut a pre-schooler’s risk of obesity. These routines are: 1) eating dinner as a family more than five times a week, 2) sleeping least 10.5 hours a night and 3) limiting ... http://www.myhealthmax.com/chiropractic-health-research-information/family-meals-adequate-sleep-and-limited-tv-prevent-childhood-obesity/ Drinking as little as two sugar-sweetened soft drinks per week may nearly double the risk of developing pancreatic cancer, say scientists. Mark Pereira, Ph.D., senior author on the study, explains that “the high levels of sugar in soft drinks may be increasing the level of insulin in the body, which we ... http://www.myhealthmax.com/chiropractic-health-research-information/soft-drinks-linked-with-pancreatic-cancer/ Slow breathing may lessen pain, according to a report in the journal Pain, which compared 27 women with fibromyalgia with 25 healthy women. According to the article, participants “were exposed to low and moderate thermal pain pulses during paced breathing at their normal rate and one-half their normal rate. Thermal pain ... http://www.myhealthmax.com/chiropractic-health-research-information/slow-breathing-eases-pain/ A new investigation sheds light on how heavy backpacks impact children’s spines. According to the study’s authors “this is the first upright MRI study to document reduced disc height and greater lumbar asymmetry for common backpack loads in children.” Dr. Timothy Neuschwander of University of California , San Diego , used ... http://www.myhealthmax.com/chiropractic-health-research-information/researchers-use-mris-to-detect-effects-of-backpacks-on-childrens-spines/ When care for back pain extends beyond primary care, chiropractic is far less expensive than medical care. These findings are from a study that examined the costs of managing low-back pain (LBP) in a managed care organization in northeast Wisconsin. Investigators compared the expense of managing LBP by medical providers (both ... http://www.myhealthmax.com/chiropractic-health-research-information/chiropractic-60-less-expensive-than-medical-care-for-complex-cases-of-lbp/ One in 110 American 8-year-olds has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a 57% jump in four years. “This is a dramatic increase in the number of kids classified as autistic or documented on the spectrum of similar disorders,” explains study co-author Beverly Mulvihill, PhD. “It is not entirely clear what is ... http://www.myhealthmax.com/chiropractic-health-research-information/autism-rates-continue-to-rise/ A mere 8% of high school students get adequate sleep on school nights, according to a study in the Journal of Adolescent Health, which surveyed 12,000 students in grades 9 through 12. The authors found that 10% of adolescents sleep only five hours and 23% sleep only six hours on an ... http://www.myhealthmax.com/chiropractic-health-research-information/almost-all-high-school-stuents-may-be-sleep-deprived/ Drinking coffee significantly reduces the risk of advanced prostate cancer, according to Harvard researchers. “Coffee has effects on insulin and glucose metabolism as well as sex hormone levels, all of which play a role in prostate cancer,” explains lead author Kathryn M. Wilson, Ph.D. In a prospective investigation of nearly 50,000 men, ... http://www.myhealthmax.com/chiropractic-health-research-information/drinking-coffee-may-reduce-risk-of-prostate-cancer/ Two ounces of pistachios a day may help reduce the risk of lung and other cancers, according to data presented this week at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference. “It is known that vitamin E provides a degree of protection against certain forms of cancer. ... http://www.myhealthmax.com/chiropractic-health-research-information/pistachios-may-ward-off-cancer/