Technological advances have helped us in areas like communication, the gathering of information, in saving memories (pictures), and in staying in touch with eachother (social networks- Facebook).
As a Chiropractor, I see those benefits, and I also see how these technologies can interfere with your health. They can actually take years off of your life. We know that in an emergency situation, medical technology can save a life. Please realize that medical technology can only save you when you have an emergency or when you let your health decline so severely that you need medical intervention.
The problem with technologies like iPhones, iPads, Blackberrys, and portable gaming devices is that they cause a cascade of health issues stemming from forward head translation.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Sore Throats Unnecessarily Treated With Antibiotics
The above headline is from the September 12, 2001 issue of Intelihealth. The first sentence of the report then goes on to say, "Primary-care doctors are still unnecessarily prescribing antibiotics to adults who come to their office complaining of a sore throat." This report was based on a study from a retrospective study carried out by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and at Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention in Palo Alto, Calif.
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