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The dire state of the U.S. healthcare system is no secret. Our medicine focuses on covering up symptoms rather than preventing them; our food system is fueling widespread diabetes and obesity; our sedentary jobs and car culture makes being active the exception rather than the rule; and our economy leaves many people unable to access [...]
A new study shows that joint manipulation and exercise can alleviate pain in patients with pelvic anteversion. Both treatments are regularly used by chiropractors to relieve symptoms in patients suffering from pelvic pain, and the findings confirms the efficacy this approach. The study included seven patients with pelvic anteversion and low-back pain who were treated [...]
When it comes to back pain, self-perception matters. A new study showed that women who perceived themselves as having low physical capacity had higher rates of back pain than woman who saw themselves as more physically capable. Researchers asked a group of female health workers to assess their physical capacity and pain. Those with low [...]
Do women suffer more than men when it comes to back and neck pain? A new study of nearly 4,000 patients with back and neck pain found that women reported significantly higher levels of pain than men. For patients receiving chiropractic care, although both men and women experienced improvements in pain, women consistently had higher [...]
An estimated 15% of women suffer from chronic pelvic pain, and for many, pain relief is elusive. A recent article from the American Chiropractic Association highlights the cases of two women with persistent pelvic pain who failed to respond to typical treatments and medications, and describes how spinal manipulations successfully provided relief. Often women with [...]
Yet another headline in this week’s flurry of studies on smoking: a new study suggests that women’s pre-pregnancy smoking and weight status plays a role in whether their future child is overweight. Researchers from England found that women who smoked or were overweight prior to becoming pregnant were 47% more likely to have an overweight [...]
Putting the cigarettes down can lead to a number of health benefits, and a new study suggests that smoking cessation could extend women’s lives up to ten years. The study, published this weekend in the journal The Lancet, found that women who nixed the habit before they were 40 years old may have avoided 90% [...]
Headaches may be an ancient tool in the battle between the sexes, but increasingly, medical research is proving that there are significant differences in the way women and men experience pain. In a speech to the American Psychological Association yesterday, Dr. Jennifer Kelly of the Atlanta Center for Behavioral Medicine outlined some of the most [...]
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