WEEKLY HEALTH UPDATE

Week of: May 19th, 2008

Mental Attitude: Being Optimistic in middle age increases life span at least 7.5 years--even after accounting for age, gender, socioeconomic status and physical health. What's behing the hardiness? Being optimistic minimizes the destructive effects of stress. Yale University, 2007.

Diet: Dietary Changes have the potential to decrease the risk of death and illness. 365,000 deaths every year result from nutrition related diseases like heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity. Journal Watch Cardiology, May 2005

Exercise: Watching TV. Americans spend nearly 10 hours a day watching TV, surfing the Internet, reading and listening to music. 4.5 hours will be spent watching TV, more than 1500 hours per person in a year. US Census Bureau, 2007

Chiropractic: Health benefits of a chiropractic adjustment other than pain relief.

Studies reported improvements in neurocognitive function, visual field blind spot analysis, overall dance performance, visual acuity, salivary cortisol levels, muscle strength, health-related behaviors and savings in health care costs. JVSR, April 2004

Quote: "The doctor of the future will interest patients in the care of the human frame."

-Thomas Edison