Health Alert: Drug-Related Accident Fatalities Up 60% in Five Years!
According to a recent study, the number of unintentional deaths involving drug use rose 60% between 2018 and 2023, with drugs playing a role in roughly a third of the 534,000 accidental deaths during this time frame. Lead study author Christina Shin adds, “The bottom line is that drug use is reshaping the pattern of accidental injury death. Public health efforts need to address not only overdoses but also the rising role of drugs in accidental injuries, bridging addiction medicine and trauma care.”
American College of Surgeons, October 2025

Diet: Diet As Part of Chronic Low Back Pain Management.
A recent literature review found that individuals under treatment for chronic low back pain should adopt an anti-inflammatory eating pattern—such as the Mediterranean diet—rich in antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids.
American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, September 2025

Exercise: Dynamic Stretching Reduces Low Back Pain Among Golfers.
Low back pain is a common complaint among golfers because of the repeated, forceful rotation of the swing. In a twelve-week randomized trial, high-school golfers who did a golf-specific warm-up that included dynamic drills to improve lead-hip internal rotation and trunk mobility had far fewer low back pain episodes (16 vs 100) than golfers who performed a sham warm-up.
Translational Sports Medicine, August 2025

Chiropractic: Smoking-Related Low Back Pain Still a Global Burden.
Past research has established smoking as a risk factor for low back pain. Using data from the Global Burden of Disease study, researchers found that the total number of years people spent living with disability from smoking-related low back pain increased by about 30% between 1990 and 2021.
Frontiers in Public Health, July 2025

Mental Attitude: Somatic Symptoms May Hint at Depression Risk.
An analysis of 2,268 adolescents found that reporting one somatic symptom (such as headache, stomachache, back pain, or dizziness) at least once a month was associated with about a 2.7-fold greater risk of depressive symptoms, whereas adolescents reporting four symptoms or more had about a 16-fold increased risk compared with peers reporting none.
European Journal of Pediatrics, August 2025

Wellness/Prevention: Healthier Lifestyle After Bowel Screening May Prevent Bowel Cancer.
Following an analysis of data from three large cohort studies, researchers from the University of Oslo and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health report that individuals who improved their lifestyle after colonoscopy screening were significantly less likely to develop bowel cancer; on the other hand, those whose lifestyle habits deteriorated had up to a 70% higher risk of the disease.
American Journal of Gastroenterology, October 2025