Tendinitis, also known as tendonitis, is the inflammation of a tendon. Tendinitis is a type of tendinopathy – a disease of the tendon. Tendinosis is similar to tendinitis, but requires different treatment. Tendinitis refers to larger-scale acute (sudden, short-term) injuries with inflammation. Usually tendinitis is referred to by the body part involved, for example, Achilles [...]

Amidst a great deal of emotion and rhetoric coming out of Connecticut this week regarding the stroke issue The Foundation for Vertebral Subluxation has just released a very clear position statement on the issue of chiropractic and strokes. Atlanta, GA, January 07, 2010 –(PR.com)– According to the Foundation for Vertebral Subluxation there is no human [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Overweight middle-aged men may have a higher risk of heart problems and strokes and die earlier than their thinner peers — even in the absence of some traditional risk factors, a new study suggests. Some past research has suggested that when obese and overweight adults do not have the so-called [...]

What does the word, “vertigo, ” denote? Vertigo is the term for the dizzy disturbance that a person suffers within a fixed environment. The perception is that the outer world is tilting or perhaps spinning. Vertigo might be quick and short- lived or chronic. But bear in mind, in either case, the precise root of [...]