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House Directs Defense Department to Restore Chiropractic to Military Bases

by Shari Barbanel | September 15, 2025

On Sept. 10, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve a plan to restore chiropractic services at more than a dozen U.S. military bases where services have been arbitrarily discontinued. The action is consistent with the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) ongoing concern over the use of opioids by active-duty members of the military and ...

Research Shows Therapeutic Virtual Yoga Program Can Be Effective For Chronic Low Back Pain

by Shari Barbanel | December 2, 2024

Cleveland Clinic researchers found that a 12-week therapeutic virtual yoga program for chronic low back pain can be a feasible, safe and effective treatment option. The findings are published in JAMA Network Open. Chronic low back pain is common—up to 20 percent of adults worldwide have long-lasting or recurrent lower back pain. In severe cases, ...

Prostate Cancer Study: More Health Benefits From Plant-based Diet

by Shari Barbanel | May 22, 2024

Men with prostate cancer could significantly reduce the chances of the disease worsening by eating more fruits, vegetables, nuts and olive oil, according to new research by University of California San Francisco (UCSF). A study of more than 2,000 men with localized prostate cancer found that eating a primarily plant-based diet was associated with a ...

Vitamin D Benefits and Metabolism May Depend on Body Weight

by Shari Barbanel | January 23, 2023

Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, MA), a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, have found new evidence that vitamin D may be metabolized differently in people with an elevated body mass index (BMI). The study, appearing in JAMA Network Open, is a new analysis of data from the VITAL trial, a ...

Meta-analysis Reports New Findings on How Many Daily Steps Needed For Longevity Benefit

by Shari Barbanel | March 7, 2022

A meta-analysis of 15 studies involving nearly 50,000 people from four continents offers new insights into identifying the amount of daily walking steps that will optimally improve adults’ health and longevity—and whether the number of steps is different for people of different ages. The analysis represents an effort to develop an evidence-based public health message ...

High Lead Levels During Pregnancy Linked to Child Obesity

by Shari Barbanel | October 14, 2019

Children born to women who have high blood levels of lead are more likely be overweight or obese, compared to those whose mothers have low levels of lead in their blood, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)  and Health Resources and Services Administration. The study was conducted by Xiaobin ...

Addition of Chiropractic Care to Usual Medical Care Provides Greater Relief for Low-back Pain

by Shari Barbanel | May 21, 2018

A new study led by investigators at the Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research, in conjunction with the RAND Corporation and the Samueli Institute, found that patients suffering from low-back pain who received chiropractic care in addition to usual medical care had better short-term improvements in low-back pain intensity and pain-related disability when compared to those ...

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