Caren Ziady Biokineticist

04/10/2022

If you asked which is my favourite back stretch? My patients would unanimously chorus 'Cat and Cow'. It's Back Care Awareness Week and this is one great way to take care of your spine. If you have back, SI joint or neck pain give it a try.

21/09/2022

There is a growing amount of research connecting two common aging diseases - Type II diabetes and Alzheimer's disease. One of the links between these two disease is insulin resistance and the effect thereof in the brain.

Research done by Wang et al. in 2013 the incidence of AD was found to be 1.45 times higher in diabetics compared to non-diabetics. 2004 Arvanitakis and co-workers showed a 65% increase in the risk of development of AD in patients with diabetes.

19/09/2022

This caught my attention this morning. So often we site the 'global' statistics for obesity. But what is the situation in our country? Half of our adult population is overweight and obese. click on the link and read the article written by Micheal Boachie, Senior Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand.

Lowering obesity and overweight rates will lift the burden on healthcare spending.