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Reducing Stress Lowers Risk of Cardiovascular Problems
A Review in The Lancet reveals the importance of healthy lifestyle choices to reduce stressors related to cardiovascular risk factors. Researchers from John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore examined records between 1990 to 2006. They observed how stress affects the sympathetic nervous system, impacts physiology, and the effect it has on the cardiovascular system. Lead author, Daniel Brotman, claims "Acute physical stressors such as sugery, trauma, and intense physical exertion are well known triggers of cardiovascular events. Emotional stressors are increasingly recognized as precipitants of such events."
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Rapid Rise in "Complementary" Medical Services
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Rapid Rise in "Complementary" Medical Services
Have you been to a practitioner besides your family physician? Whether chiropractic care, acupuncture, yoga or homeopathy, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) has become increasingly common in the United States, and 72% of adults use some form of CAM therapies according to the US National Centers for Disease Control and US National Center for Health Statistics.
A recent cover story in The New York Times Magazine highlighted how chronic pain tends to be under treated because doctors worry about over prescribing medications, and being liable for malpractice or even criminal penalties. Many doctors fear entering the field of pain management at all. Many patients are also concerned about becoming dependant on medication or about the invasiveness and dangers of surgery and anesthesia. CAM therapies, which are able to treat pain and help manage diseases without medication or surgery, are rapidly growing services as people search out better, safer approaches.
So how effective are Complementary and Alternative Medicine therapies?
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An Alternative to Back Surgery Is Waiting
Ambien Follow Up
Last week we heard the reports surrounding the dangers of the sleep medicine ambien—that it caused those taking the drug to sleep walk and sleep eat.
But was all the hubub much ado about nothing?
That’s what many experts are saying, along with the pharma that makes the medicine.
You’d think that there has been an explosion of sleep walkers and sleep eaters from the sleeping pill Ambien.
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TV AND SLEEP PROBLEMS
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INSOMNIA - WRONG SLEEPING PILLS
If you spend sleepless nights tossing and turning, and have ever considered or used a sleeping pill, there’s important new research that may cause you to rethink how you and your doctor address your insomnia problem.
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TV AND SLEEP PROBLEMS
There has been a flurry of new research on the dangers of TV watching, particularly in terms of it contributing to the obesity problem in America. New research shows teenagers watching too much TV are at a higher risk for significant sleep problems. This study is really the first to look at the long term effects on sleep of watching too much television. Why exactly sleep is lost or disturbed is not exactly clear, but what is clear is limiting television viewing can help.
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