UPDATE 5/23/20: As the pandemic progresses, more research emerges providing information about risk factors and treatment protocols. In summary, this is what has been published in medical journals (none of this update negates my article below that was published on4/2/20—it is still relevant). 1. Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, with or without the additional antibiotics, is not […]
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There are chronic diseases we associate with older age persons—heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, COPD, and dementia. These are the leading causes of death in our country and each has lifestyle factors that can place an individual at greater risk for that disease. The worst and most prevalent dementia is Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). It is […]
Beyond regular home exercises, there are several other actions that will reduce the chances of low back/hip/sciatic pain of ruining your week, month, or even the rest of your life. Unfortunately, sometimes injuries of this sort do lead to serious debilitation, dependence on dangerous drugs such as prescription NSAIDS and opioids, or eventual surgeries that […]
Low back pain is common in US people. 80% of us have had it or will have it to a degree that most activities are impossible. Like all other injuries and diseases, there are conditions that can prevent the great majority of low back and hip and sciatic pain down the leg. My initial visit […]
Click here to Download PDF, 4 pages Cancer is the 2nd leading cause of death in the US, near equal to cardiovascular disease. Breast cancer (BC) is the leading cause of cancer death in women, prostate cancer (PC) is number 2 cancer death in men. Both are possibly 90% preventable for a population; an individual […]
Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s and stroke are common in our elderly population, more common than in earlier decades, and now in younger people than the very old. An increased percentage of persons of advanced age is partly to blame. The major causes are more likely poor health habits—overweight, lack of exercise, poor food choices of […]
By Dr. Robert Travis D.C. Prostate gland cancer (PC) is common in men older than 60 and becomes more prevalent as age increases. Approximately 250,000 American men will be diagnosed with PC this year, but the great majority will not die from PC. Most PC tumors are slow growing and not aggressive. The number of […]
October has been “Breast Cancer Awareness Month” for a number of years. It seems impossible for an average American to be unaware of breast cancer. All have had a friend or relative with breast cancer, and far too many of them have died. Those that lived suffered from the effects of surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiation therapy. […]