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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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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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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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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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 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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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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In the May 2003 issue of the peer reviewed scientific publication, Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, is a case study report of a patient with Bells Palsy and the response with chiropractic care. Bell’s palsy is a common condition that results in weakness or total paralysis of one half of the face. Bell’s palsy
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A study published in the February 2000 issue of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, (JMPT), showed that people suffering with migraine headaches were helped with chiropractic care. The study was conducted in Australia at the Chiropractic Research centre of Macquarie University. In this research 177 volunteers were studied who had migraine headaches for
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A health minded program, “America on the Move” seems to fit the Chiropractic model of wellness. From an April 9, 2004 release on PRNewswire, the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) urges people to take an extra 2000 steps per day. America on the Move is a national initiative dedicated to helping individuals and communities make positive
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