Not too long ago, the Eighth Joint National Committee (originally commissioned by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) released a new set of evidence-based guidelines for evaluation and treatment of hypertension (high blood pressure). The guidelines committee, comprised of 17 academics, spent
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Making Sense of Guidelines for Care
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Making the Grade
Category: Newsletter Library, Breaking Bad Habits
The recent school year has long been over, but the echoes of learning, striving, and achieving persist. We may, if we choose, apply these remembrances of ourselves when we were in school to the circumstances of our health and well-being. We all want good health for ourselves and the members of our families,
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Man and Machine
Category: Newsletter Library, Mind-Body Connection
Is a computer like a human brain or is a human brain like a computer? When machines allow us to extend our abilities, are we enhancing our humanness or becoming more machine-like? What are the meaningful distinctions between humans and machines and how do these impact our daily pursuits of health, well-being,
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Managing Your Symptoms
Category: Newsletter Library, Illness Prevention
Most of us are procrastinators. We let things go until the last minute. Papers, magazines, and books pile up on the desk until the process of finding what we're looking for resembles an archeological dig. Our garages look like our desks. Stuff fills the garage just like stuff covers the desk. Eventually,
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Manual Technique
Category: Therapies & Techniques, Techniques
Manual therapy, also known as manipulative therapy, is a physical treatment primarily used by chiropractors to treat musculoskeletal pain and debility. How Does Manual Therapy Work? This form of physical therapy takes a hands-on approach rather than using devices or machines. When a chiropractor uses
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March Newsletter: Chiropractic Care for Neuropathy
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Do you have neuropathy? Chiropractic could have the answer to your pain.
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March Newsletter: Chiropractic Care for Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (Runner's Knee)
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Struggling with runner's knee pain? Chiropractic care can ease your kneecap pain.
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March Newsletter: How Chiropractic Helps Patients with Scoliosis
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Could chiropractic treatment help your scoliosis pain?
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March Newsletter: The Key Differences between Chiropractors and Osteopaths
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Not sure if you should see an osteopath or chiropractor?
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May Newsletter: Does Chiropractic Care Improve Athletic Performance?
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Frustrated by athletic setbacks? Chiropractic care could help you succeed.
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May Newsletter: Is Your Spine Ready for Summer?
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Would you like to avoid back pain this summer?
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May Newsletter: Long-Term Benefits of Chiropractic Adjustments
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Do you know about the long-term advantages of chiropractic care?
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May Newsletter: Your Chiropractor Can Help You Recover from Sports Injuries
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Suffering from a sports injury? Find out how chiropractic can help.
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May is National Correct Posture Month
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Could poor posture be the source of your back pain? Making a few changes during National Correct Posture Month could help ease your pain.
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Meditation and Me
Category: Newsletter Library, Wellness
For many of us, the practice of meditation seems like a totally foreign notion. In an era of full-time, morning-to-night distractions and distractibility, the concept of quietly sitting with nothing else to do seems impossibly ridiculous. Why would anyone do that, we ask, as we text message with one
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Migraine Headaches
Category: Common Conditions Treated, Chronic Condition Relief, Headaches
About 36 million Americans suffer from the debilitating headaches known as migraines, according to the Migraine Research Foundation. Women between the ages of 25 and 55 are the likeliest victims. Migraine headaches can last anywhere from a few hours to three days, drastically compromising individuals’
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