Courtesy of: Your Rio Vista Chiropractor Dr. Joseph T. Megna
Health Alert: Narcolepsy Linked to Elevated Cardiovascular Disease Risk. Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder that disrupts the brain's ability to regulate sleep-wake cycles, causing excessive daytime sleepiness and sudden, uncontrollable episodes of sleep. An analysis of data that included 22,293 narcolepsy patients revealed the condition ...
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WEEKLY HEALTH UPDATE for Monday, May 19th, 2025
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Health Alert: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked to Metabolic Syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions—obesity, high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol, impaired metabolic function, and excessive waist circumference—that occur together and elevate the risk of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. A recent metaanalysis of data f...
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WEEKLY HEALTH UPDATE for Monday, May 12th, 2025
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Health Alert: Microplastics Detected in IV Bags. Experiments conducted by researchers from Fudan University revealed that a standard 8.4-ounce intravenous (IV) fluid bag could deliver about 7,500 microplastic particles— mainly polypropylene from the bags themselves—into a patient’s bloodstream. Microplastic exposure has been
linked to several poor ...
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WEEKLY HEALTH UPDATE for Monday, May 5th, 2025
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Health Alert: A Third of Kids Have Chronic Illness. Researchers from University of California, Los Angeles report that a third of children aged 5 to 17 have one or more chronic illnesses, up from 23% in 1999. The research team attributes this increase to the increased prevalence of poor metabolic and mental health in the youth population.
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