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Health Alert: Is Poor Sleep Linked to Elevated Risk of Organ Failure? Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome is an interconnected cluster of conditions—including heart disease, chronic kidney disease, and metabolic disorders like diabetes and obesity—that collectively increase the risk of organ failure and premature death. An analysis of data concerning more than 10,600 adults revealed an association between poor sleep quality and advanced stages of CKM syndrome. The findings suggest that poor sleep hygiene may hasten the progression of CKM syndrome, though further studies are needed to better understand the relationship.
Journal of the American Heart Association, March 2025
Diet: Time-Restricted Eating May Improve Benefits of Exercise. New research suggests that combining time restricted eating—such as only eating during an eight-hour window, for example—with exercise provides greater results with respect to fat loss and reduced body fat percentage than exercise alone, without a loss of lean muscle mass. International Journal of Obesity, April 2025
Exercise: Exercise Has Role in Cancer Treatment. An umbrella reviews that pooled findings from 80 previously published articles found that exercise not only reduces harmful side effects of cancer treatments like heart and nerve damage, brain fog, and fatigue, but it also provides benefits such as improved sleep, mood, social functioning, and overall quality of life. British Journal of Sports Medicine, April 2025
Chiropractic: Text Neck Syndrome Common Among Medical Students. Text neck syndrome is a repetitive strain injury caused by prolonged forward head posture—typically from looking down at phones or screens—which leads to neck pain, stiffness, and sometimes headaches or shoulder discomfort. Questionnaires completed by 555
medical students revealed about 1 in 4 suffer from text neck syndrome, and the condition is associated with using digital devices in excess of four hours a day, especially among those who are overweight and sedentary.
Work, March 2025
Mental Attitude: Liver Disease Linked to Dementia? Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MAFLD) is a form of liver disease caused by poor metabolic health rather than excessive alcohol consumption. Using data from the UK Biobank study, researchers report that MAFLD is associated with a 52% elevated risk of
dementia. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, March 2025
Wellness/Prevention: School-Based Asthma Programs Improve Kids’ Health. A pilot program conducted in two Ohio school districts found that students with asthma who received daily medication from school nurses had better asthma control and were approximately 50% less likely to visit the emergency room for breathing-related issues.
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global, May 2025
Quote: “Nothing is harder than to accept oneself.” ~ Max Frisch
Your Rio Vista Chiropractor Dr. Joseph T. Megna