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Emergency Room Bill Study, Surprises & What to Look Out For
This article originally appeared in vox.com, Dec 18, 2018 By Sarah Kliff A $5,571 bill to sit in a waiting room, $238 eyedrops, and a $60 ibuprofen tell the story of how emergency room visits are squeezing patients. For the past 15 months, I’ve asked Vox readers to...
Why Americans Love Chiropractic
If you're suffering from neck and/or back pain, do you take pain medication from your local pharmacy, consult with a medical doctor, or just endure the pain for as long as you can? A recent Gallup / Palmer College of Chiropractic survey of American adults conducted...
The Unhealthy Holidays are Upon Us: Here’s the 5 Worst Things You Can Do
Another year winding down means another string of holidays to test our health will. The last two months of the year bring seemingly endless trips to visit relatives, malls and other hectic locales far from the comfort of your regular exercise and fitness routine....
5 Common Mental Errors That Sway You From Making Good Decisions
By James Clear I like to think of myself as a rational person, but I’m not one. The good news is it’s not just me — or you. We are all irrational, and we all make mental errors. For a long time, researchers and economists believed that humans made logical,...
3 Overlooked Causes of Stress and How to Eliminate Them
Stress is a buzzword in health and wellness circles these days, as research and experience provide increasing evidence of the profound life and health consequences. Whether work-, home-, relationship- or just plain life-related, stress can weigh us down and impact...
How to Cope with Holiday Panic
This article originally appeared in Extra Crispy by Kat Kinsman No pie for crumb bums If I suddenly had trillions of dollars, after I'd solved the bottom slab of Maslow's hierarchy of needs for all mankind, I'd buy a blimp. Not for wacky steampunk travels, but rather...
This is why you can’t get anything done at the end of the workday
The brain science behind the 3 p.m. slump. This article first appeared in Fast Company by Art Markman Chances are, you start each workday with high hopes and energy. You get to the office ready to take on the world. Your energy may ebb and flow, but you reach a point...
Secrets of people who stay happy in the worst circumstances
this article first appeared in Fast Company by Art Markman In the face of setbacks, some people seem to fall apart, while others find ways to move forward and continue to get things done. Are there things you can do to be resilient? Bad things happen both...
The 3 Most Important Things to Know if You Get Hurt Abroad
this article first appeared on thrillist.com By Matt Meltzer Let’s say you’re taking a nice, relaxing vacation. Maybe riding a motorcycle through the mountains of Peru on a rainy night with your special someone, enjoying the breathtaking vistas of the Andes as the...
Why Would You Visit A Chiropractor When You’re Not in Pain?
Why visit your doctor of chiropractic periodically – even when you're not experiencing pain or other symptoms? Here's why. The latest study on maintenance care for low back health suggests receiving chiropractic care periodically dramatically reduces the number of...