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Statins Increase Diabetes Risk Nevada City A new meta-analysis of over 90,000 patients being treated with statin drugs showed that statin use increases the risk of developing diabetes by 9%. Currently, cholesterol levels out of the “normal range” are routinely treated with statins. These drugs have many problems including muscle pain, lever problems, increased risk…

Multivitamins and Breast Cancer Nevada City If you do a search on vitamin C on my site, or if you read my Antioxidant Article, you will find a great deal of evidence that high levels of supplemental vitamins can be harmful to your health. A new study adds to this evidence. The study followed 35,000…

Nevada City Headaches and Chiropractic Another study contributes to the body of literature supporting chiropractic care for headaches. The study divided patients into 3 groups–one group had 16 adjustments over 8 weeks, one group had 8 adjustments over 8 weeks, one group had 8 massages over 8 weeks, and one group had 16 massages over…

Chiropractic and Neck Pain Nevada City CA A new review published in Lancet reviewed data from 16 studies including 820 patients regarding the use of low level laser for neck pain. The authors concluded “We show that LLLT (low level laser therapy) reduces pain immediately after treatment in acute neck pain and up to 22…

Anxiety Treatments Nevada City A new study did something very interesting–it compared natural medicine (supplements, diet, lifestyle) to psychotherapy for the treatment of anxiety. The result was: “Both NC (naturopathic care) and PT (psychotherapy) led to significant improvements in patients’ anxiety. Group comparison demonstrated a significant decrease in anxiety levels in the NC group over…

Pneumonia and Statins Nevada City A new study demonstrates that older people are more likely to get pneumonia if they use statin drugs. Statin drugs are the current rage for treating people with “high cholesterol”. If you have not yet read my Cholesterol Article, please do–this article delineates why cholesterol is not a problem, it…