Courtesy of: Your Rio Vista Chiropractor Dr. Joseph T. Megna Health Alert: A-Fib May Be More Common Than Thought. Atrial fibrillation (A-Fib) is a common heart rhythm disorder that can lead to stroke, heart failure, and other cardiovascular complications. According to a recent study by University of California, San Francisco researchers, the condition may affect three times more people than current estimates—...

Courtesy of: Your Rio Vista Chiropractor Dr. Joseph T. Megna Health Alert: Asthma and Type 2 Diabetes May Be Linked. According to a recent study, type 2 diabetes and asthma may share underlying causes as having one condition raises an individual's risk for the other. More specifically, type 2 diabetics have an 83% elevated risk for asthma and the risk for type 2 diabetes is 28% higher among asthmatics—and the...

Courtesy of: Your Rio Vista Chiropractor Dr. Joseph T. Megna Health Alert: Asthma and Pregnancy. An analysis of data concerning nearly 777,000 women revealed that asthma is associated with a 12% increased likelihood of requiring fertility treatments to conceive and up to an 8% elevated risk for miscarriage. European Respiratory Society, September 2024 Diet: Ultra-Processed Foods Linked to Type...