In the October 16, 1998 issue of the USA Today, was an article that featured Emmitt Smith, a football star from the Dallas Cowboys. Emmitt Smith is one of the best players in the game and in his ninth season as a professional. The article discusses his healthy lifestyle which includes regular chiropractic care. “I
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The July 14, 2006 issue of the Psychology Today Online carried a story with the subtitle ” Beating addiction may take an extra nudge from the chiropractor.” This article, in a mainstream psychological publication, starts off by following the success story of one individual enrolled in the Exodus addiction treatment centre of South Florida. The
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A case study published in the December 7, 2006 issue of the scientific periodical, the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, followed a case of a 48-year-old man who had undergone recent blood and urine tests that indicated the early onset of diabetes mellitus as confirmed by his medical physician. This patient sought chiropractic care to
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In the Volume 6, No. 3, 2005 issue of the peer reviewed Journal of Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics is a scientifically reported case study of an infant suffering from seizures who was helped by chiropractic. The child in this case study was a 5 month old boy who, according to his parents, cried continuously, slept minimally,
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A pair of media stories recently have shown chiropractic in a favorable light. The first story appeared on October 28, 2002 on a California television news show. The station, “Action News 8” is out of Salinas, Monterey and Santa Cruz. The story’s title is “Chiropractors Offer Relief For Moms-To-Be”. This news feature tells the story
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From the Chicago Tribune comes an article dated November 26, 2000 entitled, “New Respect Boosts Chiropractic as a Mainstream Therapy”. In this article are various chiropractic success stories from patients. The story then discusses an HMO company, Alternative Medicine Inc. This HMO, headquartered in Highland Park, is the first insurance company in the country to
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A four-year study conducted by researchers from American Specialty Health and Health Benchmarks, Inc showed that when chiropractic care is included in managed care plans, those plans actually save money. These results were reported in papers presented at the Research Agenda Conference held in March 2003. The basis of the study was to see whether
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In a report from the Feb. 21, 2002 PRNewswire comes a story of a national telephone survey conducted by Media General Research in December 2001, in which it was revealed that consumers rely most on chiropractic as the number one natural, non-drug choice for most pains and injuries. The survey found for example, that 42
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As reported in the March 9, 2001 PRNewswire, Representative Wes Watkins, of Oklahoma, has introduced legislation that would require Medicare to reimburse doctors of chiropractic for the full scope of services they are licensed to provide under state law. The bill has been named the “Chiropractic Patients’ Freedom of Choice Act.” Currently US Medicare only
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Appearing in the March 2004 issue of the peer-reviewed Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, was a documented case study of a life changing case. The subject of the study was a previously healthy 17 year old who was involved in high school sports. On one particular occasion he was competing as a pole vaulter
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