Neck manipulation dangerous?

A study published in the Neurologist showed that young stroke patients were five times more likely to have had neck manipulation within a week of their stroke. Yikes!

Perhaps it’s too soon to react to this. Just because one event occurs after another doesn’t imply a causal relationship. An alternate explanation could simply be that head and neck pain, which often precede strokes, cause the already stroke-prone patients to seek relief from chiropractors.

Red Bull give you more than wings

A study by the Cardiovascular Research Centre at the Royal Adelaide Hospital showed that even one can of Red Bull was enough to make the cardiovascular condition of university students similar to that of people with heart disease.

The caffeine content in a can is equal to that of a cup of coffee, certainly nothing to be concerned about. It’s the combination of the caffeine with taurine, an amino acid commonly found in energy drinks, that seems to be causing the adverse effects.

Although Red Bull is the product being picked on in the study, there’s no reason to absolve other energy drinks which use the same combination of caffeine and taurine. It’s probably a good idea to stay way from these energy drinks altogether.

Machine 1, woman 0

The assailant

The abductor machine is the one which gives you resistance as you open your legs, giving your outer thighs a workout. My guess is that she somehow locked the machine in the open position, and that when she tried to get off, the lock popped open and the legs swung shut. (For the machine to have flung such a large person so far, she must have loaded up a tremendous amount of weight.)

Foot-eating fish

Since razors are no longer a legal way for pedicurists to remove dead skin from callused feet, there hasn’t been a good alternative way to do the job… until now. In a spa in Alexandria, VA, customers can soak their feet in a tank of tiny carp, allowing the “doctor fish” to nibble away only at the dead skin, leaving the live, healthy skin behind.

Slightly nauseating but intriguing at the same time, this method has proven itself to be quite effective not only at giving people smooth feet but also at bringing attention to the Yvonne Hair and Nails Salon, the only place at the moment that offers this treatment.