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Different Curve Pattern and Other Radiographic Characteristics in Male and Female Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.

ABSTRACT: Study design. Retrospective radiographic study.Objective. To compare the gender differences in curve patterns and radiographic characteristics in patients who have adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Summary of Background Data. Gender differences in AIS have been documented in the incidence of curve progression, response to bracing, and outcomes of surgical treatment. However, limited information is available [...]

By Dr. Morningstar|2012-03-16T18:16:09-04:00March 16th, 2012|Dr. Morningstar, Scoliosis|0 Comments

Strontium for low bone density

Strontium: Breakthrough Against Osteoporosis by Ward Dean, MD Mention strontium to most people, and they will almost always immediately think of strontium-90, a highly dangerous, radioactive component of nuclear fallout produced during atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons in the 1950s. As a result of above-ground nuclear testing, radioactive strontium spread throughout the environment and contaminated [...]

By webmaster|2012-03-16T18:03:23-04:00March 16th, 2012|Dr. Strauchman, Functional Medicine Therapies|0 Comments

This is what happens when you get in the way of profits

Do chiropractors know ‘secret’ ways to reverse diabetes? Back specialists’ claims of reversing diabetes are raising some eyebrows. By heather may | The Salt Lake Tribune First Published Mar 14 2012 07:36 am • Last Updated Mar 14 2012 11:47 pm Don Brown figured he’d be dead by now. His type II diabetes had [...]

By Dr. Morningstar|2012-03-18T11:40:20-04:00March 16th, 2012|Adrenal Fatigue, Bio-Identical Hormones, Food for Thought, Functional Medicine Therapies|0 Comments

Antibiotic Resistance Could Bring ‘End of Modern Medicine’

As bacteria evolve to evade antibiotics, common infections could become deadly, according to Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization. Speaking at a conference in Copenhagen, Chan said antibiotic resistance could bring about "the end of modern medicine as we know it." "We are losing our first-line antimicrobials," she said Wednesday in [...]

By webmaster|2012-03-16T17:35:40-04:00March 16th, 2012|Dr. Strauchman, Food for Thought|0 Comments

Scoliosis Bracing Causes More Emotional Stress Than the Scoliosis Itself

In a study out this month, researchers interviewed a group of patients with idiopathic scoliosis ages 10-17, as well as their parents, to assess the amount of added emotional stress imposed by scoliosis brace treatment. In both the parents and the patients, bracing tended to increase their emotional stress more than simply having the scoliosis. [...]

By Dr. Morningstar|2012-02-29T22:38:40-05:00February 29th, 2012|Dr. Morningstar, Scoliosis|0 Comments

Garlic keeps vampires AND candida away

Candida albicans is a typical gastrointestinal fungus that is a component of a normal GI environment that, when under certain conditions of GI stress or imbalance, can proliferate to the point of being pathogenic. One manifestation of this pathogenic overgrowth is the creation of barriers known as biofilms. Allicin, a powerful and active metabolite of [...]

By webmaster|2012-01-07T19:38:34-05:00January 7th, 2012|Dr. Strauchman, Food for Thought, Functional Medicine Therapies|0 Comments

Decreased sleep duration: A risk of progression of degenerative lumbar scoliosis.

Degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS) is a spinal deformity that develops after skeletal maturity with a Cobb angle of more than 10° in the coronal plane. As the life expectancy of our population increases, DLS becomes a prevalent health issue affecting the quality of life of the elderly. The degree of the scoliosis curvature affects not [...]

By Dr. Morningstar|2011-12-04T22:29:23-05:00December 4th, 2011|Dr. Morningstar, Scoliosis|0 Comments

Girls With Moderate Scoliosis Get Less Oxygen Intake

In a new study out in the European Spine Journal, researchers observed a significant decrease in the maximum oxygen intake in teenage girls with scoliosis curvatures between 25 and 40 degrees. Girls with a curvature including more than 9 vertebra in the curvature and those girls with a double curve scoliosis also demonstrated a significantly [...]

By Dr. Morningstar|2011-11-23T16:55:57-05:00November 23rd, 2011|Dr. Morningstar, Scoliosis|0 Comments

Does hormone replacement therapy prevent adult-onset scoliosis?

In a new study published in the European Spine Journal, researchers wanted to see if hormone deficiencies were a triggering event for adult degenerative scoliosis, a condition that commonly occurs in postmenopausal women. It is thought that menopausal hormone changes affect bone density, which sets off a cascade of events that leads to degenerative scoliosis. [...]

By webmaster|2011-11-06T13:15:38-05:00November 6th, 2011|Bio-Identical Hormones, Dr. Morningstar, Dr. Strauchman, Scoliosis|0 Comments

Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Surgery for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis 21 to 41 Years Later

Abstract ABSTRACT: Study Design. A case control study. Objective. To determine the clinical outcome of middle-aged patients surgically treated for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and compare their outcomes to assessments of age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Summary of Background Data. Several long-term follow-up studies have been published on the clinical outcomes of surgical treatment for adolescent [...]

By Dr. Morningstar|2011-11-01T17:30:56-04:00November 1st, 2011|Dr. Morningstar, Scoliosis|1 Comment