| The healthcare business is a money machine. The | | | | analysis and nanotechnology has brought us the |
| media is constantly reporting big breakthroughs in | | | | very real possibility of very early detection. |
| healthcare, with the main focus being on the | | | | Research into this technology has brought |
| producer's expected increase in revenues and | | | | scientists closer to analyzing even tiny quantities |
| sharp rises in share price. What these | | | | of specialized proteins, called biomarkers, which |
| breakthroughs mean to the general public almost | | | | could point out the existence of certain diseases |
| appears to be an afterthought. | | | | in blood samples or even single cells. There is |
| It's unfortunate that healthcare companies seem | | | | much more testing to be done before these |
| to have lost sight of their initial purpose: helping | | | | tests can be made available to the public but the |
| sick people to get better and healthy people to | | | | gap between 'someday' and 'today' is getting |
| stay that way. But that doesn't mean that the | | | | smaller. Regardless of profits to any chemical |
| benefits to individuals don't exist. There are many | | | | company, this is an awe-inspiring idea and it's |
| new technologies in process that could mean | | | | within our grasp. |
| more personalized care in treatments for cancer, | | | | But what can we do in the 'now'? Even when this |
| heart disease, asthma and many others. | | | | technology becomes available, it doesn't mean we |
| One such technology, the ability to transport | | | | should stop taking care of ourselves. Most of the |
| cancer treatment drugs directly to a tumor, has | | | | diseases that concern the American public, such |
| been undergoing research in universities for years. | | | | as obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer can |
| If this method of treatment can be completely | | | | be greatly attributed to poor lifestyles. |
| worked out, it could mean the end of the toxic | | | | A nutritious diet, a good exercise regimen, plenty |
| and painful current cancer treatments for many | | | | of sleep and a good outlook on life are the keys |
| people. | | | | to a healthy lifestyle. A body that functions as it |
| Targeted cancer therapy would mean attaching | | | | should and is generally free of pain is the best |
| the drug to tiny nano-particles which have been | | | | way to ensure that all of these things work |
| specifically programmed to find and adhere to a | | | | together to give you the best possible health. |
| malignant tumor in the body. The drug would only | | | | Your chiropractor is a good place to start to |
| affect the cells of the tumor and not the human | | | | achieve these goals. Chiropractic care can help |
| body. That means that the toxins in the drug | | | | your body in attaining - and maintaining - optimal |
| could kill off the tumor without harming the | | | | performance. In addition to gentle spinal |
| person undergoing treatment. Amazing! | | | | adjustments and diagnosis of structural problems, |
| One of the most important aspects of successful | | | | your chiropractor can also help you to design a |
| treatment for almost any disease is, of course, | | | | balanced diet that will provide you with a good |
| early detection. The research in DNA, protein | | | | chance at a healthy, happy lifestyle. |