Help from Friends and Family

Home ** Menu Of Services ** CONSUMER WARNINGS & RECALLS ** Recommended Reading Material ** Contact ** Frequency of Care ** Children, Backpack Pain and Booster Seats ** MORE ARTICLES ** Favorite LInks ** Lords Valley Office Pictures ** Asthma: Solutions You May NOT Have Considered ** Autism and Vitamin D ** Autism, Mercury and High Fructose Corn Syrup ** Cell Phones and Brain Tumors ** Dietary Salt Reduction ** GENETICALLY ALTERED FOODS VIDEO ** Probiotics: Good for So Many Things ** The Power of Pistachio Nuts ** SIT LESS, LIVE LONGER ** Vitamin D: The Versatile Nutrient ** Vitamin D for the FLU ** Vitamin E ** Tocotrienols For Cholesterol ** WARNING - Acid Suppressants Linked to Fracture Risk ** WARNING - INFANT & CHILDRENS PRODUCTS RECALL ** WARNING - LIPITOR RECALL ** WARNING FOR OSTEOPOROSIS DRUG USERS ** ASPARTAME IS A KILLER **



5/6/06

Commonsense Chiropractic Care
Dr. Lee DeBlon


Friends, Family and Chiropractic: The Ideal Health Care Team
People often underestimate the value of having a strong network of friends, family members and associates. In general, previous studies have shown that people who have large, healthy social networks live longer, are less likely to contract certain diseases, and are more likely to survive a serious condition such as cancer or a heart attack. A new study published in The Lancet Neurology shows that having a strong social network may also pay off by protecting against the onset of Alzheimer's disease.

In the study, researchers conducted brain autopsies of 89 people without known dementia who had been participating in an annual memory and aging project in Illinois. Each year, the participants underwent a series of clinical exams and cognitive performance tests. In addition, the researchers asked about the number of children, close friends and relatives they had, and how many of those people the participant saw at least once per month. The people in this group constituted the participants' social network.

The researchers determined that a large social network helped to protect against the effects of the fibrous "tangles" and amyloid plaque formations associated with Alzheimer's disease. For people with small amounts of plaque and tangles, the size of a person's social network had little effect on their cognitive abilities. However, as the number of tangles and plaques increased, cognitive function and memory skills remained higher for people who had larger social networks.

The importance of having a good group of family and friends to support you cannot be overlooked - much as the importance of having a health care provider who is concerned about your overall health and well-being cannot be overestimated. To enjoy the patient-focused benefits of chiropractic care, you can make an appointment with either of our offices. The Honesdale office can be reached @ 253-0904, and the Lords Valley office can be reached @ 775-6656. We still offer a No Obligation Examination and Consultation as we have for the past  24 years.