Mission Viejo Chiropractic News

Interesting article showing that consumption of fish has a very significant effect on preservation of brain function as you age. This suggests that we should indeed continue to supplement our diets with Omega-3 fatty acid fish oils and eat fish on some regular basis as part of our healthy lifestyles. Medical News: RSNA: A Fish [...]

  Supplements linked to riskier behavior http://tinyurl.com/6oh63z6    I posted recently about the FDA’s interest in handing the supplement industry over to the pharmaceutical industry’s capable hands and the risk that posed for the consumers.   What I pointed out was the relentless news coming out about all the dangers of supplement use, essentially priming [...]

Quite some time ago, I posted about the use of a sound activated voice recorder application in the iphone App Store called Night Recorder to determine snoring, grinding, sleep apnea events during sleep.  I was frustrated that I couldn’t find such an application in the Android Marketplace. See the post here: http://missionviejochiropractic.com/?p=349 Well, I just [...]

You  Can Actually Do Something to PREVENT Breast Cancer It is important to be vigilant in detecting breast cancer because early treatment correlates with a greater chance of beating it.  But some simple lifestyle changes will go a long way to avoiding cancer of all types. Things we all can do include: Things to avoid: [...]

Recent study finds that diet changes correlate with changes in mental health in all age groups.  Also, considering many mental health issues first appear in adolescence and young adulthood, establishing good dietary intake in youth is incredibly improtant in reducing subsequent mental health  problems later in life.

I have been hearing a drum beat of negative supplement news in the popular media lately.  Make no mistake… This is a thoughtful planned attack an the herbal and nutritional supplement industry. News release after news release is coming out stating that this or that supplement isn’t just worthless… it is getting in the way [...]

Not all sources of fiber are equal. If you are getting enough healthy fiber, you ar probably doing better than most Americans, but here is a healthy tip to help your body on many levels: nutrition, bowel function, inflammatory response mediator, cardiovascular, etc… =========== As published in Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD, 2011 [...]

According to a recently published large study of the effect of Selenium and/or Vitamin E on prostate cancer risk, supplementing with Vitamin E alone actually increased the risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer within the following 10 years. Different people will spin this news in different directions, of course, but I’d like to point [...]

Isn’t it interesting that when an adjustment involves significant expense in orthopedic involvement, in anaesthesia, etc.,  the medical community gets all excited?.  Try to do it in a way that is more preventive, less expensive,  and involves less risk… Well, that is approach is surely suspect.  Typical… follow the money…  LOL This study looked at outcomes of the use [...]

Dr. Harriott’s Comments:   Apparently, All I have to do to determine if a person is at risk of becoming diabetic in tthe next five years is ta ask 3 questions: 1)  How much do you weigh? 2) How old are you? 3) Do you have any relatives who have diabetes? This sounds real.  But [...]

It should come as no surprise that prescription drug abuse now causes more fatalities than traffic accidents.  Properly prescribed pain relievers alone cause more deaths than heroin and cocaine combined. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/17/local/la-me-drugs-epidemic-20110918 If you are having neck or back pain, schedule a consultation at Mission Viejo Chiropractic to learn about natural non-prescription methods to reduce pain [...]

According to a recent article in MedPage Today, “Probiotics May Be Effective Cold Remedy”,  http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/URItheFlu/28576 By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, probiotics help to keep colds at bay and decrease their potential to contribute to bacterial infection which can eventually require antibiotic therapy. Peaple who eat yogurt were seen to have 12% fewer colds and [...]

Originally published in MedPage Today, 9/8/201 review written by Nancy Walsh, shortened by Ed Harriott for this blog ================================= Chondroitin Eases Pain in Arthritic Hands In a recently published study , patients received 800 mg oral chondroitin or placebo once daily for six months, with rescue acetaminophen allowed in doses up to 4 g/day. Benefits [...]

  UPI just reported on a protein that they discovered has a policing function over immune cells, but which are deficient in people with rheumatoid arthritis. They depict the protein as acting like a bouncer in a bar… “The bouncer molecule stopped the immune cells from going crazy,” lead author Harris Perlman, associate professor of [...]

If your MD is recommending adenoid removal, press him as to the justification for this costly, invasive procedure before you agree to it. In the U.S., in 12% of cases in which adenoids are surgically removed, this procedure is undertaken because of excessive upper respiratory infections (colds). But a Norwegian study just published in the [...]

Walnuts may help lower breast cancer risk This article cites a research study on mice that showed a lietime of walnut supplementation decreased breast cancer incidence by 50% and reduced the size and growth rate of tumors in the mice that did develop breast cancer. They noted that the human consumption equivalent was 2 oz. [...]

OK, I know what yau are going to say…  ”But Dr. Harriott, I thought you advocated not drinking milk…”. Well, not exactly.  What I object to is the misconception that media marketing campaigns leave us with that you can’t have a well rounded diet without milk.  I feel compelled to make sure my patients know [...]

Workplace Ergonomics – Things To Consider Lighting Ergonomic Assessment a. Natural – rays directed towards work space, ideally from behind  or more than 135 degrees from line of sight b. Synthetic – full spectrum – only valid = flourescent Mouse (wireless) Ergonomic Assessment a. Elbow close to body b. Alternate from left to right hand [...]

Here is another study from last year that I had up an my old website… ======================================= Effectiveness of manual therapies: the UK evidence report Chiropractic & Osteopathy 2010, 18:3 doi:10.1186/1746-1340-18-3 Gert Bronfort (gbronfort@nwhealth.edu), Mitchell Haas (Mhaas@wschiro.edu). Roni Evans (revans@nwhealth.edu), Brent Leiniger (bleininger@nwhealth.edu). John Triano (jtriano@cmcc.ca) Conclusions (in part): Spinal Manipulation: Clear Evidence For Chiropractic Effectiveness [...]

Dr. Harriott’s Comment: Wow!  There is something going on here.  So what are you going to try to do that is different? Because more of the same gets more of the same, right?  Look at your food…  look at your storage containers… vaccines… medicines… the cause is here somewhere. And the powers that be can’t [...]

Dr. Harriott’s Comments: Just another in the long list of studies that document the effectiveness of chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy for chronic non-specific low back pain.  What is that, you ask? That is when there is no medical pathological diagnosis, but the person’s back still hurts.  Often it goes away here and there, but it [...]

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/744361 June 10, 2011 — Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations in postmenopausal women are directly associated with weight loss, whether achieved through lower caloric intake or increased physical activity, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial reported online May 25 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. “Low concentrations of circulating vitamin D are common with obesity [...]

This was published in the AMA Journal of Ethics – a rare look at just how ugly the war on Chiropractic really was. http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2011/06/mhst1-1106.html So nice to have managed to get past most of that after all these years.

I don’t know who first wrote this, but I really like it. “Medication is great, because it’s easy –  Not necessarily healthy, but easy. Taking responsibility for your health is great, because it’s more certain. –  Not easy, but relatively certain. Most people are searching for a path that is both easy and certain. With [...]

This article is re-printed from the ACA Website, http://www.acatoday.org/content_css.cfm?CID=2205 Chiropractic is widely recognized as one of the safest drug-free, non-invasive therapies available for the treatment of back pain, neck pain, joint pain of the arms or legs, headaches, and other neuromusculoskeletal complaints. Although chiropractic has an excellent safety record, no health treatment is completely free [...]

Hi! I’m still putting this site together. You can schedule an appointment above, but for now, please go to my established site at http://www.mvchiro.com for any of the other regular features of my website.

“The Dr. Oz Show” recently touted new research that found chiropractic care is just as effective as over-the-counter pain relievers for back pain. Dr. Oz explained how the spine gets misaligned and what chiropractic care can do for patients. The episode even featured an adjustment right in the studio. Watch the segment now. Provided by Dr. Edward Harriott [...]

Well, if it shows up on Fox News, then it has to be true, right?  LOL… But really…  Chiropractors have been warning for years that trying to kill the bug is not the correct path to health.  Fortify the host!!!!  That is the secret to real health.  The contention is that simply trying to kill [...]

Dr. Harriott’s Comments: Chiropractic has a significant role in fall prevention as well…  Balance is a result of successful integration of accurate sensory inputs and muscular control.  Sensory inputs include middle ear vestibular feedback, visual signals, as well as neurological feedback of our position in space from the mechanoreceptors in our joints.  Joint dysfunction, which is [...]

The cure for cancer is in your refrigerator…”All the studies on cancer and nutrition point to eating plant-based foods for their phytonutrients and other special compounds,” says Richard Béliveau, PhD. Dr. Béliveau is a profressor at the University of Québec at Montreal and also the author of Foods to Fight Cancer.We should try to get five to [...]