New research is showing one of the reasons people who exercise, especially more vigorously, are less prone to heart attacks. They tend to form more stable plaques in their arteries which are less likely to break off and block an artery. If you have been told you have plaques in your arteries from a coronary calcium test, it is important to have them differentiate what type of plaques are present.
Monday, January 25, 2021
Friday, January 22, 2021
Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act
Great news for patients and providers!
H.R. 1418, bipartisan legislation repeals the McCarran-Ferguson Act, passed in 1945, which allowed most health insurance companies to operate outside of federal antitrust laws established by the Sherman Act. Health insurers will now be subject to the same laws that other businesses are required to comply with and that prohibit unfair practices such as price fixing, price gouging, collusion and market allocations that hurt consumers.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
About the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) project
The WHO in collaboration with several research organizations including Harvard and John Hopkins have published a series of studies showing that musculoskeletal disorders are the number-one cause of disability worldwide with low back disorders #1 and neck disorders #4.
These studies provide indisputable evidence that musculoskeletal conditions are an enormous problem in all parts of the world and need to be given the same priority for policy and resources as other major conditions like cancer, mental health and cardiovascular disease.
Monday, June 29, 2020
Arthroscopic Knee Surgery is Usually Useless
Good article from sports medical physician Dr. Gabe Mirkin, describing research studies showing that except for acute injuries or cases with locking and/or giving out of the knee, most cartilage surgery is useless.
With this amount of evidence, why do you think the medical physicians continue to perform 2 million of these procedures at a cost of $3 billion dollars per year?
Arthroscopic Knee Surgery is Usually Useless
With this amount of evidence, why do you think the medical physicians continue to perform 2 million of these procedures at a cost of $3 billion dollars per year?
Arthroscopic Knee Surgery is Usually Useless
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
The Nordic Maintenance Care program
These results from the recently published Nordic Maintenance Care study showed that patients that received regular chiropractic maintenance care had less days with bothersome low back pain over 52 weeks pain than patients who were just treated when they had pain episodes.
The Nordic Maintenance Care program
The Nordic Maintenance Care program
Monday, April 13, 2020
Exercising During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sports medicine physician Dr. Gabe Mirkin writes on the immune enhancing benefits of exercise. He cites research showing benefits while cautioning against exercising with symptoms of COVID.
Remember the newer research shows that small amounts of exercise can have large benefits.
Should You Exercise During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Remember the newer research shows that small amounts of exercise can have large benefits.
Should You Exercise During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
How Your Mental Health Reaps the Benefits of Exercise
My last post concerned that beneficial effects of exercise on physical functioning. Research also shows large benefits for mental health. Studies are now showing that exercise appears to be as good as existing drug treatments across a range of conditions, such as mild to moderate depression, anxiety, and dementia.
We do not have to do marathons. Just about any amount is beneficial. Below is a great article from Psychology Today on this issue.
We do not have to do marathons. Just about any amount is beneficial. Below is a great article from Psychology Today on this issue.
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