Health-E-Newsletter,
February 11, 2004
Dear Wellness Members:
Thank you for your encouragement of our newsletters. Many of you are sharing with your friends and family. This is great! Feel free to share our newsletters with whomever you wish, they are for you and our community. We now have an email sign-up on our website so that anyone can simply enter their email address to receive the newsletters. Another thank you to all those who have referred someone to our office in the last few weeks. You still have time to be entered to win in our Valentine’s Day drawing. Simply refer someone in to see us and when they come in your name will be entered into a drawing to win a Valentines gift package.
Many people have been eager to attend wellness classes and
yoga. Our first class on yoga will be next Tuesday, February 17th at noon. Cindy Schneider, OTR/L will be leading the classes every Tuesday at noon. You can purchase 5 classes for $25 to be used
on any Tuesday.
As for our wellness classes, let us know what information you are looking for and we will do a class on it! We are planning to have wellness classes offered at 7pm in the office on Wednesdays. Our first class will be on Wednesday February 25th at 7pm. The topic will be “strategies for achieving a wellness lifestyle” – chiropractic, exercise, nutrition and more! Dr. Dean will present and there will be no charge, so bring your friends and family to learn about living wellness.
Lots of brand-new health research has been coming out about issues such as risks of hormone replacement therapy, birth, beneficial effects of fever on allergies, low back pain, and more…check out the news items below with links to full articles.
HEALTH NEWS
Are you afraid of Fevers? Research
shows fevers might protect against allergies.
The hygiene hypothesis suggests that early infections might protect against later allergic sensitization.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether fevers before age 1 year were associated with allergic sensitization at age 6 to 7 years. After adjusting for potential confounders, each febrile episode in the first year was associated with reduced odds for allergic sensitization (adjusted odds ratio, 0.69; 95% CI, 0.47-1.00). Febrile upper respiratory tract infections, in particular, were associated with lower odds of allergic sensitization (adjusted odds ratio, 0.55; 95% CI, 0.31-0.97) per episode.
Conclusions
1. This study provides direct support for the hygiene hypothesis because children with fevers before age 1 year were less likely to demonstrate allergic sensitivity at age 6 to 7 years.
2. Read more
about this study.
3. Parents have many misconceptions about fevers, read
an article by Dr. Dean Smith that addresses common
questions and misconceptions of fevers. (Requires Adobe
Acrobat)
Vaginal delivery makes future vaginal delivery more likely
Instrumental vaginal delivery is better than caesarean section for future delivery outcomes. Three years after the delivery, Bahl and colleagues
surveyed 283 women who had had instrumental delivery or caesarean section. They found that subsequent spontaneous vaginal delivery was more likely after an instrumental delivery than after a caesarean section, that fear of childbirth was common after all types of operative delivery, and that difficulty conceiving was more likely after caesarean section. Operative delivery in the second stage of
labor has important implications for future delivery outcomes, the authors say, and its psychological impact needs urgent attention.
Read more
about this study.
Hormone Replacement Therapy study
shows "unacceptably high risk" of recurrent or new breast cancer
Another trial of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been stopped early by researchers after preliminary findings showed an "unacceptably high risk" of recurrent or new breast cancer associated with the treatment.
The Swedish HABITS (hormonal replacement therapy after breast cancer diagnosis—is it safe?) study was intended to follow 1300 women previously treated successfully for breast cancer. Only 434 women had been randomised when it was stopped on 17 December 2003, two years into its planned five year course. By that stage, 26 participants had developed breast cancer out of 174 women assigned to HRT with at least one follow up. Eight women in the 171 strong control group had a new breast cancer event. Eighty nine women were not included in the analysis. This represented a relative hazard for the treatment group of 3.3 (95% confidence interval 1.5 to 7.4). The study was published this week on the Lancet 's website (www.thelancet.com ).
The study's lead investigator, Lars Holmberg, from University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden, said:
"The HABITS trial was terminated because women with a history of breast cancer allocated to receive HRT for menopausal symptoms experienced an unacceptably high risk of breast cancer compared with breast cancer survivors allocated to best symptomatic treatment without hormones. Women on active treatment have been advised to discontinue."
The first strong evidence of a link between HRT and breast cancer came in 2002, when the women's health initiative study, an American investigation involving 16 000 women, was stopped three years early after running for five years (JAMA 2002;288: 321-33). Preliminary results suggested that taking a combined HRT pill increased the risk of breast cancer, heart attack, and stroke.
Want to know more?
1. Read more
about this study.
2. Read an article about HRT
and natural alternatives by Dr. James Meschino
Low Back Pain, Disability and Quality of Life
Clinically relevant improvements in pain may lead to almost unnoticeable changes in disability and quality of life. Therefore, these variables should be assessed separately when evaluating the effect of any form of treatment for low back pain. The influence of pain and disability on quality of life progresses while they last, and doubles in 14 days. In acute and subacute patients, this increase is not dependent on the previous duration of
pain.
Conclusions:
1. Read more
about this study.
2. Don't let pain and disability get worse!!! Get a
chiropractic check-up! We have computerized
instrumentation and technology to assess for the other
variables mentioned in this study. It is best to get
seen right away rather than to let things progress. This
general rule also goes for any injury or trauma.
Forward this email to your friends and family. Let's get
the word out about chiropractic, wellness and better living.
Sincerely,
Dr. Jane Smith
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