2013 – September Newsletter - Reef Chiropractic Care

2013 – September Newsletter

Posted on: September 1st, 2013

Reef Chiropractic Care

Dr. Brian C. Baker

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IN THIS ISSUE

8 Banned Foods

Obamacare
Beer Goggles

Prescription Use

Bohemian Gravity

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September 2013

The weather is looking good and the fall is a great time to get outside and exercise. Take advantage of the local harvest and buy some great veggies. September 21 and 22 is the Fairfield Kiwanis Fall Craft Fair at Town Hall Green, so if you’re looking for unique handcrafted items, lunch, fresh baked goods, mums and live music, come on over.

If you’re overdue for a visit (you know who you are) then use this opportunity to call or go to our website to request an appointment.

8 Foods we eat that are banned in other countries

Ever wonder if the food industry in the US has much political influence? Here’s a list of things that we eat that other countries don’t allow. 8 Foods

Obamacare explained:

Here is a very easy to understand video that explains the changes under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Video

Beauty is in the eye of the Beer Holder: Perception vs. Reality

Keep this in mind next time next time you’re out with the gang:

This ground breaking research examines the role of alcohol consumption on self-perceived attractiveness. Study 1, carried out in a barroom, showed that the more alcoholic drinks customers consumed, the more attractive they thought they were.

In Study 2, participants in a bogus taste-test study were given either an alcoholic beverage or a non-alcoholic beverage, with half of each group believing they had consumed alcohol and half believing they had not. After consuming beverages, they delivered a speech and rated how attractive, bright, original, and funny they thought they were. The speeches were videotaped and rated by 22 independent judges. Results showed that participants who thought they had consumed alcohol gave themselves more positive self-evaluations. However, ratings from independent judges showed that this boost in self-evaluation was unrelated to actual performance.

Prescription drug costs and provider checkup tool

Did you know that our small state of Connecticut spends $820 million dollars per year on prescription drugs? How about the number one costliest drug is Lipitor? Or, that the most prescribed drug is another cholesterol lowering drug called Simvastatin? About 385,000 prescriptions alone last year.

If you want to really delve into the prescription patterns of individual states as well as individual providers, even your own doctor, here is a tool from ProPublica Provider Checkup.

Here are Connecticut’s top 10 most expensive drugs and their number of prescriptions per year:

1. LIPITOR

Lowers high cholesterol … $44,716,572 262,287

2 PLAVIX

Used alone or together with… $27,632,270 127,343

3 SEROQUEL

Treats schizophrenia and … $26,242,609 94,574

4 ZYPREXA

Treats psychotic mental dis… $25,644,807 47,427

5 ARICEPT

Treats symptoms of Alzheime… $24,007,330 96,218

6 ABILIFY

Treats schizophrenia, bipol… $20,633,456 39,048

7 ADVAIR DISKUS

Prevents symptoms of asthma.. $19,950,331 80,717

8 NEXIUM

Treats heartburn, gastroeso… $19,693,552 84,357

9 ACTOS

Used together with proper d… $15,209,015 56,502

10 OXYCONTIN

Oxycontin is used to reliev… $15,055,174 31,852

I appreciate the appropriate use of medication, but these numbers have me thinking we might have a drug problem.

String theory and quantum physics

I don’t pretend to understand all the references in this video, but I applaud the use of Bohemian Rhapsody to spark my curiosity. Video