The Best Time to Fall Asleep to Lower Cardiovascular Problems
The link between sleep and a healthy heart has been well established, a new study reveals there may be an optimal time for falling asleep. Collecting data from 103, 712 UK Biobank participants (in majority white people between 43 to 79 years old) over a period of 7 days they...
Light-to-Moderate Coffee Drinking Associated With Reduced Stroke and Cardiovascular Risks
A report from the 2021 Congress of the European Society of Cardiology showed that drinking up to three cups of coffee a day can help decrease the risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease. Researchers followed up for 10 to 15 years 468,629 participants of the UK Biobank, average age...
What To Know About Compression Sleeves For Edema
A compression sleeve for lymphedema is a tube-shaped elasticized garment that a person wears on the arm. By putting pressure on the arm, it keeps lymph flowing through the lymphatic system. Lymph is a colorless fluid containing white blood cells. It bathes tissues and flows through the lymphatic system...
Cancer & Resident Memory T-Cells
Metastasis is a significant cause of cancer fatality. Lymph nodes are the most common sites of early metastasis. T cells act as protectors against early cancer spreading. Researchers found that two types of CD8+ T cells exist with a distinct genomic profile: – Tumor-fighting T cells can freely travel...
How Highly Processed Foods Harm Memory in The Aging Brain of Rats
Researchers from the Ohio State University Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research found that older rats on a 4 weeks diet of highly processed food led to a strong inflammatory response in the brains of aging rats with some type of memory loss. Highly processed diets are known to be...
Human Brain Vs. Animal Brain
Neurons communicate with each other via electrical impulses, which are produced by ion channels. A team of scientists from MIT compared layer 5 pyramidal neurons in the cortex of 9 mammalian species and in humans. In 9 of the 10 species they observe conserved conductance of ions channels (calcium,...
Insula and Psychosomatic Diseases
The insula is a structure we study in Brain 1 (B1), deeply folded on the side of the brain cortex, that is known to have many functions including supporting the body’s homeostasis, ANS regulation, interception, emotions modulation, etc… In a new interesting study researchers induced inflammation in mice (colitis/peritonitis),...
Our Healthcare Workers and First Responders Need Care Too – Now More Than Ever!
Written by Michelle Gilbert, RMT, LDT, Paediatric and Infant Massage Therapist Throughout the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, our healthcare workers and first responders have been pushed to the brink of severe and unprecedented physical and psychological exhaustion. Extended times of stress can have long lasting damaging effects on...
The Importance of the Initial Intake
Written By Lindsey Kunz When someone is told that Lymph Balance Center specializes in Lymph Drainage Therapy, it throws them off. This is completely understandable since it is an unfamiliar treatment, and therefore most people do not know what it entails. When someone becomes aware of the lymphatic system,...
Transformational Breath For Everyone
By Siobhan O’Sullivan I like to describe Breathwork, specifically Transformational Breath, as a bullet train to self-awareness and emotional integration. Through our struggles of being human, we have a tendency to repress and suppress our emotions, we push aside our physical and our emotional pain, we overwhelm ourselves with...
