by Sue Robbins | Mar 9, 2021 | Miscellaneous
A growing body of research suggests that the foods you eat can affect how well you sleep, and your sleep patterns can affect your dietary choices. This has not been a very good year for sleep. With the coronavirus pandemic, school and work disruptions and a...
by Sue Robbins | Mar 8, 2021 | Miscellaneous
When a person maintains good posture, their head aligns vertically with the spine. Forward head posture (FHP) occurs when a person is leaning their head forward, out of neutral alignment with their spine. When the alignment of the head is off, it can cause a variety...
by Sue Robbins | Feb 10, 2021 | Miscellaneous
The pandemic may prompt American medicine to become less expensive, more efficient and more effective at protecting people’s health. If there is a silver lining to the devastation wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, it likely lies in the glaring inadequacies and...
by Sue Robbins | Jan 26, 2021 | Miscellaneous
Researchers found that levels of a nerve growth factor were lower in people with depression or bipolar disorder than in healthy controls. Doctors could potentially use levels of the growth factor to monitor the effects of antidepressant treatment. In adults, a protein...
by Sue Robbins | Jan 25, 2021 | Miscellaneous
(CNN) — Whether winter makes you want to sleep all day, you experience a slight case of the “winter blues” or you’ve been diagnosed with seasonal affective disorder (SAD), you may have considered purchasing a light therapy lamp — or, as it’s often called, a SAD lamp...
by Sue Robbins | Jan 20, 2021 | Miscellaneous
In the first joint replacement surgery in 1890, the German surgeon Themistocles Gluck implanted “carved and machined pieces of ivory” into joints diseased by tuberculosis — starting with a knee replacement for a 17-year-old girl, according to the medical historian and...
