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The Master System

The nervous system is made up of two parts: the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The brain and spinal cord comprise the CNS. The spinal cord transmits sensory messages to the brain and motor messages from the brain. Sensory nerves carry messages to the brain. If you touch a hot [...]

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Women and High Blood Pressure

Besides reducing the risk of having a baby born with spina bifida, new research suggests that women who increase their daily intake of folic acid can also reduce their risk of high blood pressure. The results of two studies presented at a hypertension conference of the American Heart Association examined the health consequences of over [...]

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Why We Love Comfort Food

As a child, do you remember the foods your mother served you when you were sick? Or on holidays or your birthday? You came to associate warm and comforting feelings to these foods because they made you feel good. Maybe it was ice cream, macaroni and cheese, homemade chicken or pea soup, an apple pie [...]

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Reduce Stress

Ultimately, it is our ability to adapt and respond to stress that determines our overall health. Physical Stress Physical stress can range from dressing improperly when it’s cold to not getting enough sleep. Try to avoid over-exertion, repetitive motion, micro-traumas, poor posture, car accidents and other forms of physical stress. Chemical Stress Chemical stress includes [...]

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What Causes Dysmenorrhea?

Why do some women experience severe pain with their monthly periods, while others do not even experience a twinge? Painful periods, or dysmenorrhea, may have several causes, including: chemical imbalance infection tumors pelvic inflammatory disease fibroids in the uterus nerve compromise Certain women seem more prone than others to this condition, in part due to [...]

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Understanding the Unified Theory Video 3 of 3

Doctors, Patients and Chiropractors Must Work as a Team for Optimum Injury Recovery It’s a fact: the average patient doesn’t know who to go to for treatment. Typically, the chiropractic patient enters the office with some kind of pain. Back pain, neck pain, hip pain, leg pain, arm pain, shoulder pain, etc. comes in all [...]

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Understanding the Unified Theory Video 2 of 3

Are You Treating the Symptoms or Treating the Real Cause of Your Problems? Picture this scenario:  The water is overflowing from the bathtub. The bathroom floor is flooding. There’s a woman with a mop in her hand. She’s mopping up the water as fast as she can and squeezing it into a bucket. The faster [...]

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Understanding the Unified Theory Video 1 of 3

Discussions About Treatment of Injuries to Muscles, Joints, Bones or Nerves & NMS -Neuromusculoskeletal Disorder Chiropractic is the science which is concerned with the relationship between STRUCTURE, primarily the spine, and FUNCTION, primarily the nervous system, of the human body, as that relationship may affect the restoration and preservation of health. Many people today feel [...]

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What an Adjustment!

At first, it may appear to be coincidental. You are having trouble becoming pregnant and you also have a problem with low back pain. Are they related? Can low back pain actually cause infertility? The answer to the first question may be “yes,” while the answer to the second question is more along the lines [...]

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Olive Oil: Decoded

People in Mediterranean countries (such as Greece and Italy) eat a rather high 40 percent of their calories as unsaturated fats, mostly in the form of olive oil. If you’re committed to cooking with an unsaturated oil and you stand in the supermarket aisle eying the olive oils, it’s easy to become confused. You see [...]

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