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Walnut Creek Chiropractic Twitter Updates for 2009-10-10

  • NO TIME TO EXERCISE? Current recommendations are: 30min/day 5days/wk. There are 1440 min/day. So 30min is only 2% of your day! #
  • A cheerful heart is good medicine – Proverbs 17:22 #
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Walnut Creek Chiropractic Twitter Updates for 2009-09-19

  • Kids Over Medicated? 75% of MDs advised parents to give OTC meds for sleep. >50% had prescribed a sleep aid for insomnia – Ped. 5/03 #
  • Naps for the Hear – Those who napped 30 mins., 3X/w, were 37% less likely to die from a heart problem – Arch. of Int. Med 2/07 #
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Walnut Creek Chiropractic Twitter Updates for 2009-08-27

  • Sleep deprivation upsets the balance between 2 hormones: GHRELIN (promotes hunger) and LEPTIN (contributes to feeling of fullness) Ped. 07 #
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Walnut Creek Chiropractic Twitter Updates for 2009-08-26

  • For each extra hour a 3rd grader sleeps, the risk of obesity by the 6th grade decreases by 40%. Pediatrics 07 #
  • For school grade kids, irregular bedtimes, caffeine intake, & in-room TVs contribute to sleep deprivation. #
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Walnut Creek Chiropractic Twitter Updates for 2009-08-25

  • Sleepless Kids? Symptoms include irritability, easily frustrated, emotion/hyperactive, prone to accidents, poor school performance. AP 1/03 #
  • Optimum sleep for kids 7-11 yrs/old is 9 hrs. Sleeping more difficult due to increase in distraction: Internet, TV, email, Video Games AP03 #
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Walnut Creek Chiropractic Twitter Updates for 2009-08-24

  • Kids ages 10-19 increase use of sleep aids by 85%, with a 223% increase in sleep aid purchases. MSNBC 10/05 #
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Walnut Creek Chiropractic Twitter Updates for 2009-08-23

  • 42 million sleep aid meds were filled last yr, an increase in 60% in the last 5 yrs. Lunesta spent 200 million in 05 in ad costs. MSNBC 05 #
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Walnut Creek Chiropractic Twitter Updates for 2009-08-22

  • A 16 yr study of women sleeping 5 hrs or less/night were 32% more likely to gain at least 33lbs, compared to those who average at least 7hrs #
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Walnut Creek Chiropractic Twitter Updates for 2009-08-21

  • The idea that you need 8+ hours/night may be incorrect. The average healthy adult only needs 7-7.5+/- hrs of sleep/night. CBS News 10/08 #
  • People who sleep 9 or more hrs/night have significantly higher death rates. No specific reason determined. #
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Walnut Creek Chiropractic Twitter Updates for 2009-08-20

  • Heart Disease and Sleep? Women who sleep 9-11 hrs/night are 38% more likely to have coronary heart disease. #
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