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Mental Attitude: Your Speaking Skills May Be the
Key to Making Things Happen.
Investigators at
the University of Chicago report
that your voice may be instrumental in advancing your career.
In the
study, researchers found that evaluators were more moved to
action by well-spoken pitches than well-written submissions.
Journal
of Psychological
Science, February 2015
Health
Alert:
New Data on E-Cigarette Use Among College Students.
Surveys completed by nearly 1,400 college
students show that 30% have at least tried e-cigarettes. Among current
e-cigarette users, 87% previously used another nicotine
product and nearly 35% used other non-cigarette
tobacco products during the previous
month. The data also show that students who use e-cigarettes
tend to have average or below-average
grades.
Drug and
Alcohol Dependence, April 2015
Diet: Salt Intake May Affect More Than Your Blood Pressure.
A new
study warns that eating too much
salt may damage your
blood vessels, heart, kidneys, and brain, even if you don’t develop high blood pressure. Researchers say that even
if people do not develop high
blood pressure, excessive salt consumption can lead
to reduced function
of the inner lining of blood vessels, enlargement of the left ventricle of the heart, kidney function
issues, and damage to the sympathetic
nervous system.
Journal
of the
American College of Cardiology, March 2015
Exercise: Can Exercise Improve Your Child's Math
Grades?
After performing
physical fitness tests on 273 elementary school students,
Indian researchers found that
those with the greatest levels of aerobic fitness scored
8-11% higher on math
tests than their least
fit peers, even after adjusting for gender, socioeconomic status,
and weight status. Because physical
fitness could elevate a student's grade from a
C to a B or a B to an A, the researchers
recommend educators and policymakers look
for opportunities to promote physical
activity during the school
day.
PLOS ONE,
March 2015
Chiropractic: Sitting Increases Back Pain Risk?
While most people
think of back pain as resulting from strenuous physical
activity, a new study finds that the more time
an individual spends sitting
each day at both home and work, the
greater their risk for
a back injury. In the study, researchers
found that among a group
of 201 blue-collar workers, those
who spent the most time sitting on their average day were three
times more likely to experience back pain when compared
with those who sit the fewest
hours on a
given day.
PLOS ONE, March 2015
Wellness/Prevention:
Insufficient Sleep Linked to
Overnight Increases in Blood Pressure.
Mayo Clinic
researchers have found
that individuals who don't
sleep enough hours experience a rise in blood pressure
and an elevated heart rate when they do sleep, the opposite of what occurs in those who get sufficient
quality sleep. Researcher Dr. Naima Covassin
explains, "We know high
blood pressure, particularly during the night, is one of the major risk factors for heart disease,
and Americans typically do not get enough sleep.
For the first time, we demonstrated
that insufficient sleep causes
increases in nighttime blood pressure and nocturnal blood pressure dipping by using a controlled
study that mimics the
sleep loss experienced by many
people."
Mayo
Clinic, March 2015
This
information should not be substituted for medical or chiropractic advice. Any
and all health care concerns, decisions, and actions must be done through the
advice and counsel of a health care professional who is familiar with your
updated medical history.
