Medicine | - Part 6

"Pills with million side effects, Take them when the pain's felt. Wash them down with diet soda, killing off your brain cells" -Lupe Fiasco

A quote from a rapper – on a Health Blog? Lupe Fiasco is a rapper from Chicago whose words from the song, Words I Never Said just happen to fit perfectly for this post. Two recently published studies show how some of the seemingly innocent everyday choices we make (diet soda, aspirin) can have a tremendous impact on our health.

In the first study, published in the Journal of National Cancer Institute, researchers recently evaluated data on 114,000 women ages 22-85. The women were free from breast cancer when they enrolled in the study a decade ago. At that time, the women informed researchers how often and how long they used aspirin and ibuprofen. During a follow up period, some 2,400 women were diagnosed with breast cancer. Continue reading “Diet Soda, Aspirin, & Your Health”

An interesting comparison between the Natural Health approach and the Pharmaceutical Medical approach. It comes from a study entitled A Comparative study of the Health Status of Children Raised Under the Health Care Models of Chiropractic and Allopathic Medicine.

Chiropractic VS. Allopathic(Medical) Care for Kids

1. There is a “definite correlation between chiropractic care and superior health”.

2. 69% of the chiropractic children have never had otitis media (middle ear infection), while only 20% of the medical children never had otitis media.

3. Chiropractors contend that chiropractic care improves quality of life, stimulates the immune system, and confers superior health.

4. 95% of the chiropractors considered that chiropractic has a “positive effect on their children’s health.” Continue reading “True Health for Your Child”