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September 23, 2019
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Why older people have trouble healing broken bones

Broken bones are a bigger deal the older you are: even after they've healed, the bones of older people are weaker and more likely to re-fracture.


Nearly 1,500 die from opioid overdoses last year in Ontario, up from 2017

Newly released numbers show nearly 1,500 Ontarians died from opioid overdoses last year, a fact some harm-reduction workers are attributing to an increasingly tainted supply of street drugs.


Persistent headache or back pain 'twice as likely' in the presence of the other

People with persistent back pain or persistent headaches are twice as likely to suffer from both disorders, a new study from the University of Warwick has revealed.
 
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Chiropractic Trends Survey

More of the same? Results of the 4th annual Chiropractic Trends Survey

Although we can’t by any means extrapolate these survey results from the couple hundred responses we obtained to the entirety of the profession, survey results like these can help facilitate discussion, moving chiropractic forward. Here’s what we learned from this year’s survey. » Read more...
 
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