June 2010 [Volume 9, Issue 6]

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In this issue of To Your Health:

• Self-Care for Back Pain: Exercises to Help the Healing Process
• The Human Hand: An Engineering Marvel
• Nutrition for Autism

Self-Care for Back Pain: Exercises to Help the Healing Process

When it comes to back pain, your first thoughts may be to take over-the-counter pain medication and rest whenever possible. Two bad options. First, medication is only going to temporarily relieve the pain, if at all, and may be accompanied by various unpleasant side effects attributable to drugs. Second, rest may actually hurt more than help. However, there are a few things you can do at home to help the healing process. Believe it or not, it's based on the simple principle of movement.

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The Human Hand: An Engineering Marvel

The human hand is critical to our daily activities. Yet, rarely do we stop and consider what an engineering marvel the hand actually is. The human hand is capable of fine precision movements, as well as generating large forces during grasping activities. The skeletal structure of the hand and fingers is a set of rigid bones. Consequently, it takes great muscular control to perform the fine movements of the hand. Without this highly specialized level of control, we would have serious challenges performing all kinds of activities from simply grasping an object to the detailed motor control required to play a musical instrument or perform surgery.

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Nutrition for Autism

Autism is already an epidemic, and what's worse, it's on the rise. The most recent statistics, courtesy of a study published in Pediatrics, suggest one out of 91 children are on the autism spectrum, with one in 58 boys affected. That's almost 2 percent of boys. Compare those statistics to 1 in 15,000 children with type 1 diabetes and 1 in 15,000 with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. In short, when it comes to autism, these numbers are staggering, so much so that many of us have or know someone with an autistic child.

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