Day: April 18, 2018

Sitting Really is the New Smoking

Preliminary research out of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA is linking prolonged sitting in middle-age to the thinning of the medial temporal lobe of the brain.

Opioids Not Best Option for Back Pain, Arthritis, Study Finds

As opioids continue to build to a bad word even doctors are hesitant to utter, evidence is also mounting that indicates they’re not the panacea of relief they’ve long been thought to be. For example, consider back pain and chronic arthritis. Opioids have become a standard treatment for symptoms involving lumbar pain, or the ongoing […]

How I Overcome College Student Sleep Struggles

Turning 18, heading off to college, starting your journey into figuring out who you are as an adult; it’s a big task. Not only is there a lot to do, a lot to think about, but there’s a lot of stress involved in these choices. And in the things that help teach and mature you […]