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A Noisy Night Time Environment Can Send Blood Pressure Rising


If you are thinking of living near an airport or a busy highway and have any concerns about your blood pressure, you may want to give this decision a second thought. Recent research reveals that loud noises heard in the night-time can cause a person’s blood pressure to rise. And, believe it or not, this [...]

Two Studies Further Validate Safety and Value of Cervical Adjustments


Two recently completed surveys bring more good news for the Chiropractic commu­nity. One had to do with the overall safety of Chiropractic adjustments to the neck region. The second showed the very positive effects of cervical adjustments in reducing high blood pressure. The results of both studies were published in October 2007.
The first study took [...]

What is Metabolic Syndrome


This very serious, yet not widely known, condition affects a whopping 7 million adults in the United States (almost 25 percent) and may even overtake smoking as the leading risk fac­tor for heart disease in the near future.
So what is this condition? Not all doctors agree on the definition or cause of metabolic syn­drome. The [...]