Wellness Blog

Originally Written November 5, 2008 Last night as I was watching Barack Obama’s speech after winning the 2008 election I began to reflect on the past year and to look forward to the future. No matter what side you were on I think we all can agree that our nation is at a crossroads, and […]

One of the most unfortunate aspects of the drug culture we live in today is the law of unintended consequences: we take a medication to help a problem but it ends up causing us more problems. Once again we see this in action with antibiotics in some new research into stomach bacteria. Some new studies, […]

Thanksgiving is over and the holidays are approaching, I hope all of you are starting to have those warm, snuggle up to the fireplace moments, with hot chocolate and warm apple cider to boot! I’m sure you are hustling about, whether it is down Elston to visit Target, Home Depot, or Best Buy for some […]

As the uncertainty of the economic crisis continues, many of us are being forced to cut our expenditures and look for places to save money. For many people one of the first things to go are healthy lifestyle options such as gym memberships, trainers, fresh (organic) fruits and vegetables, well checks at the doctor, etc. […]

For our first look at ways to save money by preventing America’s Most Expensive Health Conditions we are going to take a look at number 9 on the list – Back Problems. It is estimated that 32 billion dollars was spent on the care of back problems last year including 17 billion on outpatient and […]

Welcome to the new McKinleyChiro.com! We have designed this new site as your online portal to both McKinley Chiropractic and the latest news in wellness. Please take a few minutes to explore our new features including: Wellness Blog – our thoughts and opinions on current topics in health and wellness. Wellness Bootcamp – the online […]

That’s what a new study published by the British Medical Journal states.  The authors performed an analysis of over 1400 studies concerning the drug. They concluded that “Because of the moderate effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors, we believe they should not be used in routine control of seasonal influenza.”  (it should be noted that in drug […]

I recently attended a conference on health and wellness where one of the presenters asked, “when was the last time you really challenged yourself?”  You know, something that if you truly committed to would make you feel uneasy because it’s hard or even potentially risky and/or scary.  Many of us, including myself,  have had these […]

Anyone who has sat through goes to the grocery or watches TV has no doubt been exposed to the alphabet soup of vitamins – A, B, E, D, K, not to mention the myriad of minerals, herbs, etc that are pushed on us by doctors, health guru, and the food industry. What should you be […]

Earlier this week, I had a patient in her 90’s who wanted to know if she should continue taking Fosamax, which is an osteoporosis drug.  It is the only medication she is on, which is probably why she is still alive.  According to the CDC, most Americans are on 8 prescription drugs per day.  Studies […]