October 16th 2007 is “World Spine Day” as declared by the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC), and observed by numerous chiropractic organizations around the world. According to the WFC “World Spine Day is specifically designed to create leverage for spinal health advocacy and increased public awareness regarding the burden of spinal disorders.” World Spine Day
read moreThe above is the headline from a September 6, 2007 NewsMax article reporting on a pilot study, published in the August 23, 2007 Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research. The preliminary study showed that chiropractic care helped test subjects with adult ADHD. In this study 9 patients ranging in age from 22 58 years were evaluated
read moreMultiple news stories dated on July 18-19, 2007 report on a voluntary pledge by eleven of the biggest food and drink companies to limit junk food advertisements geared toward children. The voluntary agreement or pledge was announced by the US Federal Trade Commission on July 18, 2007. An article on this by the LA Times
read moreThe above headline comes from the online June 10, and print June 18, 2007 issues of the US News and World Report. The article by Adam Voiland points out that the removal of trans fats from our food source may be a good thing, but we need to be aware of what may be taking
read moreThe above is a headline from a May 8, 2007, Reuters UK news story. The same story also appeared in articles in USA Today and United Press International on the same day. These articles initiated from a study published in the May/June 2007 issue of the Journal Health Affairs. This new study shows that those
read moreWhite-Coat Hypertension is the name given to a phenomenon whereby people visiting a doctor, and having their blood pressure checked, experience an abnormally high blood pressure reading only while at the doctor’s office. An article discussing this condition appeared in the March 25, 2003 edition of the Atlanta Journal Constitution. In the article, William B.
read moreThe above title came from the March 11, 2002 issue of the American Medical News. This story reports on several studies and programs where corporate wellness programs are having a positive effect on reducing health care costs on their employees. “There’s a growing body of data indicating that corporate wellness programs lower medical costs for
read moreIn the May 2001 issue of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT) is a case report of how chiropractic helped a patient with Spinal Stenosis. In this study a 78-year-old man had low back pain and severe bilateral leg pains. Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a condition resulting in narrowing of the spinal
read moreFrom the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT) comes a case study of a 35-year-old woman with cauda equina syndrome helped by chiropractic care. The case study was published in the November-December 2004 Issue of the peer-reviewed research periodical. In this evidence-based case report, the woman presented with complaints of midback pain, low-back pain,
read moreA cute little news feature that aired in March of 2004 on the TV station KSFY from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, followed the story of Heidi, an eight-year-old Miniature Dachshund who had suffered major lower back problems. Heidi’s owner Darla Kempf, recalled, ” Initially she had been lifting one back leg for quite a while
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