Detecting Ovarian Cancer Created inNewsletter Library,Chronic Conditions While women are learning more and more about cervical cancer and its prevention, another “silent killer” remains relatively mysterious among doctors and patients alike. Ovarian cancer is only the seventh most common cancer among women, but it causes more deaths than any other cancer of the female reproductive…

Dealing with Arthritis Created inNewsletter Library,Back, Body & Joint Pain We’ve all seen the TV ads nice-looking woman in her fifties, sitting on a nice sofa in a nice living room, rubbing her hands, in obvious pain. Of course, she’s not Lady Macbeth, trying to rub off the imagined blood of her murdered husband. She’s…

Could your lifestyle be making you sick? Created inNewsletter Library,Illness Prevention What is your lifestyle? Not whether you are married or where you live, but rather, how are you choosing to live your life? What choices are you making to keep yourself and your family healthy and well? It is startling to learn that some…

Conservation of Energy Created inNewsletter Library,Mind-Body Connection Renewability, sustainability, and energy conservation are all over the news. Every newspaper’s front page and every television nightly news program features sustainability daily. These are important issues, not only for the health of our planet, but also for our physical health and well-being. Our physical health depends on…

Coming Up for Air Created inNewsletter Library,Mind-Body Connection Both Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, and Charles Darwin, author of The Origin of Species and creator of the theory of natural selection, were born on February 12, 1809. Modern evolutionary theory, of course, is based on Darwin’s theory of natural selection. The evolutionary…

Common Questions About Neck Pain Relief Different types of neck pain can affect your daily life. No matter what the cause or type of neck pain, the chiropractors at Birmingham Wellness Center can provide the neck pain relief you need. What Causes Neck Pain? Neck pain can come from a variety of different causes. While…

Choosing the Right Diet for Me Created inNewsletter Library,Exercise & Fitness It seems as if every few months there’s a new diet whose rules and requirements we must follow if we’re going to reach the goal of good health. The “paleo” diet provides a great example of this phenomenon. We’re exhorted by paleo proponents to…

Chiropractic: The drugless solution to headaches Created inNewsletter Library,Chronic Conditions Headaches are an unfortunate and painful part of life for many Americans. In fact, an estimated five percent of adults in this country suffer from chronic migraines or severe headache pain. We spend billions of dollars each year on over-the-counter and prescription pain medication for…

Chiropractic Facts and Figures Created inNewsletter Library,Wellness As evidence supporting the effectivenessof chiropractic continues to emerge, consumers are turning in record numbersto chiropractic care — a preventive, non-surgical, drug-free treatmentoption. Just a few interesting facts on thisincreasingly popular form of health care: Chiropractic is the largest, mostregulated, and best recognized of the complementary and alternative…