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HEALTHBEAT SHOW NOTES .... Episode #106 - Recorded July 20, 2007

Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of HealthBeat, Chiropractic OnLine Today’s Health, News and informational Podcast.

In this week’s news:  We’ll Look At –

• Neck Muscle Endurance and Neck Pain

• Obesity and Cardiomyopathies

• Early Weight Management Reduces Risk of Diabetes

• And Finally, Discussion of a new Chiropractic Stamp

For HealthBeat, This is Dr. Todd Eglow.

Welcome to HealthBeat Podcast #106, recorded July 20, 2007.  HealthBeat is Chiropractic OnLine Today’s radio program, providing current news and commentary about Chiropractic and Health.

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Neck Muscle Endurance and Neck Pain

A study in the June 2007 issue of JMPT, Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, published a study whose purpose was to investigate differences in ventral and dorsal neck muscle endurance (NME) among men and women with nonspecific neck pain (NP) or cervical disk disease (who had anterior cervical decompression and fusion [ACDF]) and healthy controls (C). Another purpose was to investigate changes in neck muscle endurance after intervention.

Many patients had impairment in neck muscle endurance before and after treatment. This suggests that additional exercise of specific training for neck muscle endurance should be incorporated into the rehabilitation program, which may improve treatment outcome.

Surf to our Show Notes for a link to this study - http://www.jmptonline.org/article/PIIS0161475407001297/abstract?browse_volume=30&issue_key=TOC%40%40JOURNALS%40YJMPT%400030%400005&issue_preview=no&select1=no&select1=no&vol=

Obesity and Cardiomyopathies

The link between obesity and insulin resistance and atherosclerosis has been well established in modern literature. Researchers have recognized the relationship between obesity driven low-grade inflammation and cytokine (cellular secretions) dysfunction and alteration.

These pathophysiological changes explain why metabolic and heart disease manifest rapidly in obese persons, particularly when the level of visceral fat dominates or heavily contributes to adiposity. Obesity related changes in cytokine concentration are known to increase risk for diabetes and atherosclerosis.

Interestingly, further connections between the pro-inflammatory secretion of cellular chemicals and premature disease and death have been made related to heart dysfunction. Clinical trials analyzing the relationship between obesity and cardiomyopathy have demonstrated direct association between visceral fat levels and changes in heart function in otherwise healthy normotensive obese persons.

Obesity-related low-grade inflammation is identifiable by changes in chemical indicators associated with the inflammatory process including C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF). These measurable inflammatory chemicals are elevated in obese individuals with the most dramatic increases in persons with central girth measures above 40 inches.

It seems apparent that obesity, particularly associated with high visceral fat content, has deleterious effects on cardiac tissue and function. This further supports the importance of reducing levels of body fat in obese individuals with and without the presence of metabolic disease and hypertension.

Physical activity has also demonstrated a positive effect on cytokine and receptor activity. Following four weeks of physical activity improvements in cytokine expression were evident. Even a single bout of exercise showed positive enhancement to muscle cell receptor and enzyme activity. These findings support diet and exercise strategies both for weight loss and improved tissue function to reduce or prevent the consequences of obesity related inflammation. Preventing obesity before it occurs is still the best method for avoiding the onset of disease and physiological changes that lead to premature disease and death.

As always, all Exercise and Nutritional recommendations need to be discussed with a Qualified Healthcare Provider.

Surf to our Show Notes for a link to this article - http://www.ncsf.org/enew/articles/articles-ObesityandCardiomyopathy.aspx

Early Weight Management Reduces Risk of Diabetes

It has been said that to slow the effects of aging and maintain good health one should try to establish a healthy lifestyle, prior to the onset of age-related declines in health.

Australian researchers suggest that people carrying excess pounds who aim to ward off diabetes should try to lose the weight before they reach middle age.

According to this article, for women in their 40s one of the strongest predictors of risk for developing diabetes over the next eight years is body mass index (BMI).

Investigators followed 7,239 women for 8 years. Participants were 45 to 50 years old when the study began, and they completed surveys on their health at the study’s outset in 1996 and in 1998, 2001 and 2004.

Researchers found that those with BMI’s of 25 or greater, indicating they were overweight or obese in 1996, were at the highest risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 2004. Women with BMIs of 35 or above, considered very obese, were 12 times more likely than their normal-weight peers to become diabetic.

As always, all Exercise and Nutritional recommendations need to be discussed with a Qualified Healthcare Provider.

Chiropractic Stamp

Chiropractic has a postage stamp. Although it is not officially launched by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), the stamp is legal and available in quantity from the World Chiropractic Alliance (WCA), which facilitated the printing of the stamp.

The commemorative chiropractic stamp is produced through PC Postage. The 41-cent stamps are legitimate first-class postage. They are available in sheets of 20. The price of the stamps depends upon the quantity ordered.

For more information or to place an order, go to www.worldchiropracticalliance.org/stamp

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