In this 2021‑dated video, Dr. Dave (Dr. David Koivuranta) delivers a concise daily health update for the Toronto Neck and Back Pain Clinic. He outlines six recent research findings and translates them into practical wellness advice. The topics include: (1) the link between vitamin C deficiency and bleeding gums, (2) how excessive social‑media use can diminish quality of life, (3) an occupational study suggesting outdoor work may lower breast‑cancer risk, (4) evidence that early‑life exposure to air pollution predicts later cognitive decline and may influence dementia and fertility risk, (5) Harvard‑endorsed tips for turning exercise into a daily habit, and (6) a Frontiers in Neurology study showing chronic low back pain and aging reduce proprioception, increasing fall risk. Dr. Dave emphasizes early detection, consistent exercise, balanced nutrition, sleep, and environmental awareness as preventive strategies, while noting the video is informational—not a medical diagnosis or treatment. He encourages viewers to request a written copy of the six topics and promises a follow‑up update the next day.
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Hello everyone, it's Dr. Dave. Hopefully you're all doing well. You had a wonderful weekend in March once again, and you're looking forward to your Monday today. Coming at you on behalf of the Toronto Neck and Back Pain Clinic with your daily health update. It is Monday, March 22nd, 2021. I'm going to share with you 6 areas of health and wellness. Somewhere around this video, you can read through all 6 areas. If you'd like a copy to read through, you can DM us on social, send us an email here at the clinic, or give us a call. We'll be sure to get that to you. Not going to treat diagnose, prevent, or cure any illness or disease with our time together today. However, we will share with you the latest and greatest from the research and literature in those 6 areas of health and wellness that might just influence your thoughts, decisions, choices, and actions today with your own health and wellness and those around you. And when you keep health and wellness on the front of your mind each day, you can create an upward spiral of health that will support you with good quality and quantity of life going forward, which is what we all strive for to some degree. So bleeding gums Deficiencies in vitamin C. Vitamin C is an important precursor, important ingredient to taking care of all the tissues in your body, most of them. So the Nutrition Reviews report, February 2021, talks about the link between vitamin C and bleeding gums. Social media addiction, according to the Frontiers in Public Health, January 2021, can reduce the quality of life. So there may be some amount, type, and use of social media that's positive, and then maybe some ways that we use it that are less positive, and you can touch on that in that report. And the Occupational and Environmental Medicine, February 2021, had an interesting perspective on working outdoors and lowering the risk of breast cancer. So an interesting correlation there you can read through. The Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, February 2021, uh, talks about cognitive assessments they looked at being done by over 500 individuals at various stages of life. And it found that those who grew up in areas with greater exposure to air pollution experienced more severe cognitive decline than participants from less polluted neighborhoods. So for the first time, they've shown the effect that exposure to air pollution very early in life could have problems affecting the brain later on in life. This is the first step towards understanding the harmful effects of air pollution on the brain and could reduce the risk of dementia for future generations. And of course, the environment, potentially air pollution as a part of that, is one of the leading theories and causes behind and inability to conceive. So, um, uh, that is a concern. We want to keep our environments clean but also help our bodies best to interact with those environments, even if they may be somewhat toxic on occasion. So staying healthy and allowing your body to filter and deal with that exposure as best it can is very valuable, okay, for different parts. And now showing also for your brain or cognitive function over time. Exercise should and could be a daily habit. Harvard University supports that. February 2021, they provide the following tips for making that happen. Piece your workout together, such as getting 10 minutes in the morning, noon, and night. Doesn't have to be all at once necessarily. Exercise with a friend. Take a walk during lunch. Use a pedometer to track the number of steps and record your daily totals. Turn off the TV, computer, and smartphone to reduce sitting time. Break up sedentary time with stretching breaks. Sign up for a fitness class class and plan exercise into your daily schedule. Whatever it takes to get that movement into your life, um, will allow you to keep your life moving well, right? Um, so Frontiers in Neurology, finally, December 2020, looks at impaired balance and how that can come with age and low back pain. So proprioception is the fancy word for balance, and it's the body's ability to sense where its various parts are in relation to one another for purposes of movement and balance. Examinations of 151 adults of varying ages with or without chronic low back pain revealed that chronic low back pain and advancing age are both conditions— sorry, are both risk factors for reduced proprioception, feeding into that movement and balance ability. So having that diagnosed and managed, that low back pain, could help with stability and function, that movement and balance over time. And it's actually one of the leading causes to decrease quality quality of life later on are those falls and injuries. So a good way to prevent that is to maintain the function in the body. You can't stop the age, but hopefully you can improve the low back pain and thereby improve that balance and proprioception. So there's hope, and it starts with preservation. So get out there, exercise, get your sleep, eat well, go get your health concerns checked and improved as early on in life as you can. There's sometimes no immediate gratification, especially if you're trying to prevent and preserve health and function, But you'll be glad you did, 'cause it's one of the best investments in life, of course, our health and wellness. So to start your Monday, have a focus this week. Keep your health and wellness on your mind. Keep making those decisions that support that. Don't have to be perfect, but it would be good to shoot for some moderation in terms of taking care of ourselves, all right? We'll be back tomorrow, Tuesday, with your next daily health update. Help you make it a wonderful week. Get out there, enjoy yourselves, get some stuff done, and share some smiles, be supportive of each other, and we'll catch up with you tomorrow. Take care.
