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HEALTHBEAT SHOW NOTES .... Episode #39 - Recorded April 7, 2006

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 –  

• Health and Sleep

• Promising Nutritional Studies

• Heart Disease and Dental Health

• Nerve Regeneration and Stem Cells

• NYCC Offers Masters in Applied Clinical Nutrition

• Trigger Points and Tension Type Headache

• And Finally, Chiropractic Corner looks at Senate Bill S1955

For HealthBeat, This is Dr. Todd Eglow. 

Welcome to HealthBeat Podcast #39, recorded April 7, 2006.  HealthBeat is Chiropractic OnLine Today’s radio program, providing current news and commentary about Chiropractic and Health.

This week’s Episode is sponsored by DaVinci Laboratories.  Please surf to our web site at ChiropracticRadio.com and click on the DaVinci link for your Health and Nutritional needs.

This is an important edition of Healthbeat, as an Interview with the American Chiropractic Associations’ Dr. Lou Bazakos will discuss the potential devastating bill currently before the US Senate, that may literally wipe out any State Mandated Insurance law.  More on this shortly.

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And Now for some news ….

Health and Sleep

According to the Dr. Ken Cooper Email newsletter, Sleep is an integral part of everyone’s overall health.

There are several sleep-associated problems including snoring, sleep apnea, and restless legs syndrome but by far the most common sleep problem is insomnia.

Following are some of the recommendations the newsletter listed, for good sleep hygiene:

1. Keep regular hours.

2. Allow adequate hours for sleep. Most adults need 7-8 hours per night.

3. Avoid excessive caffeine, especially after lunch.

4. Avoid alcohol in the 2-3 hours before bed (especially if you snore or suffer from sleep apnea).

5. Avoid large meals within 2 hours of bedtime.

6. Exercise helps sleep, but not too close to bedtime.

7. Take time to wind down before going to bed.

8. Keep the bedroom cool, comfortable, and quiet.

Promising Nutritional Studies

The DrKoop.com web site had a recent article reporting on some promising studies for common nutritional supplements.

In the March 2006 edition of the prestigious journal Neurology, researchers from Columbia University reported on a phase II randomized placebo-controlled, double-blinded, multi-center clinical trial using high-dose CoQ10 in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.   A previous article in Neurology from December 2005 noted that CoQ10 was safe and well-tolerated in 31 subjects treated with doses as high as 3,000 mg a day for eight months.

Another interesting study was published in the British journal Diabetic Medicine in March 2006.  Half the group received vitamin C 1,000 mg daily for two days prior to retesting with the fatty meal, while the other group received placebo. It was found that those who supplemented with vitamin C had significant improvement in blood flow after the fatty meal compared to the placebo group. The effect lasted for at least eight hours after the fatty meal. It's not uncommon for individuals to suffer heart attacks after a fatty meal because of alterations in blood flow through arteries from effects of lipids in the bloodstream.

As always, all nutritional recommendations need to be discussed with a Qualified Healthcare professional.

Surf to our Show Notes for more information about these studies.

http://www.vitacost.com/newsletter/newsletter.cfm?nl=269&csrc=SITEREF-KOOP20060329http://www.vitacost.com/newsletter/newsletter.cfm?nl=269&csrc=SITEREF-KOOP20060329

Heart Disease and Dental Health

Patients with periodontitis, especially infections causing a high concentration of pathogens in the blood, have an increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), according to findings published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

According to the Authors of the study, chronic inflammation from any source is associated with increased cardiovascular risk.” "Periodontitis is a possible trigger of chronic inflammation."

Periodontitis refers to inflammation of the supporting structures of the teeth, also known as the periodontium.

For more information, surf to our Show Notes - http://heart.healthcentersonline.com/newsstories/periodontitislinkedcoronaryheartdisease.cfm?general=nl_heart

Nerve Regeneration and Stem Cells

Scientists at Toronto University and the Toronto Western Research Institute of Canada managed to reduce some of the paralysis of rats with spinal cord injury with cells transplanted from adult mice brain cells. This could eventually lead to treatment for humans with paralysis as a result of spinal cord injury.

The scientists worked on 97 rats with spinal cord injuries. Brain cells from adult mice were implanted into the spinal cords of the rats at two and eight weeks after injury. The rats that received the brain cells two weeks after injury gained coordination on their hind legs and started to develop the ability to bear weight on their back legs – however, they did not start walking normally.

The rats that received the brain cells eight weeks after injury experienced no improvement in their paralysis. If this research eventually evolves into some kind of human treatment, it will have to be carried out soon after injury to the spinal cord.

Unlike previous experiments which managed to ease paralysis in laboratory animals, this research managed to do it with adult brain cells, rather than embryonic stem cells (or cells from fetuses). These adult brain cells, neural precursor cells, can only evolve into cells of the nervous system. Embryonic stem cells can turn into any kind of cell.

Surf to our Show Notes for a link to this story - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=40564

NYCC Offers Masters in Applied Clinical Nutrition

American dieters just got some new help in their battle of the bulge. New York Chiropractic College (NYCC) in Seneca Falls , New York , is instituting a nutritional program that will prepare experts to assist patients with their diet-related problems.

NYCC’s new program will enable matriculating healthcare professionals to blend clinical nutrition applications with existing preventative and treatment options. It is structured to provide comprehensive professional education to prepare graduates to practice in a wide range of clinical, consulting and industry settings.

It will emphasize an integrative approach to healthcare with the specific aim to provide a professionally oriented curriculum, focused on clinical nutrition and its application in prevention and disease management.

The program, which is a 36-credit hour six-trimester program, differs significantly from many nutrition curricula because of its focus on applied clinical nutrition and its application in prevention and disease management.

For more information, surf to our Show Notes or contact the office of Admissions at 1-800-234-6922 - http://www.nycc.edu/AcademicPrograms_MSACNprogram.htm

Trigger Points and Tension Type Headache

A study in the March 2006 issue of the Journal of Head and Face Pain assess the presence of trigger points in the suboccipital muscles and forward head posture in subjects with chronic tension-type headache and in healthy subjects, and to evaluate the relationship of Trigger Points and forward head posture with headache intensity, duration, and frequency.

Tension-type headache (TTH) is a prototypical headache in which myofascial Trigger Points in the cervical and pericranial musculature can play an important role.

The study concluded that Suboccipital active Trigger Points and forward head posture were associated with chronic tension-type headache.   Chronic tension-type headache subjects with active Trigger Points reported a greater headache intensity and frequency than those with latent Trigger Points. The degree of forward head posture correlated positively with headache duration, headache frequency, and the presence of suboccipital active Trigger Points.

For more information, surf to the March 2006 issue of the Journal of Head and Face Pain.

As always, please surf to our Podcast Show Notes at ChiropractiRadio.com for a full listing of web references mentioned in today’s show.

And remember - COT’s Healthbeat always recommends discussing any nutritional or exercise lifestyle modifications with a qualified healthcare professional.

Chiropractic Corner – As mentioned in HealthBeat episode #38, the US Congress is considering to pass Senate bill S.1955, the Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act,

sponsored by Michael Enzi (R-Wyo). If this legislation becomes law, patients enrolled in this small-business friendly plan will have limited, if any, access to chiropractic and other types of healthcare.

The American Chiropractic Association has actively begun a Grass-Roots campaign to alert the profession about this potential problem.

In this edition of HealthBeat’s Chiropractic Corner, we’ll hear an interview from the Kaiser Family Foundation.  This will be followed by a discussion I had with Dr. Lewis Bazakos, Chairman of the Board for the American Chiropractic Association.

Surf to our Show Notes for links to the ACA and also links to contact your State Senators:

http://acatoday.org/content_css.cfm?CID=1198

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/officials/

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