A very informative article on chiropractic appeared in the May 5, 2007 issue of the Manila Bulletin, from the Philippines. What is unusual about this article is the quality of the information being presented to the Philippine population, who for the most part, are unfamiliar with chiropractic care. The article, written by Leo Ortega Laparan,
read moreA literature review of existing studies shows that chiropractic care is effective for patients suffering from chronic neck pain. The study, published in the scientific periodical, the March 2007 issue of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, looked at 16 prior studies and put the data from these studies together to get a larger
read moreThe above headline comes from a March 15, 2007 PRNewswire and USNewswire release. The original release from the American Chiropractic Association expresses safety concerns both for the children who use them and others who must dodge children skating in crowded shopping centres and parks. These sneakers, commonly known as Heelys are very popular but have
read moreA case study report documented in the March 19, 2007 issue of the scientific periodical, the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, reported on the case of a 37 year old male who suffered from persistent low back and leg pain following a L4-L5 surgical laminectomy. The surgery was performed 6 months prior to this case
read moreFrom the April 1, 2007 issue of the Monterey Herald in California comes an article with a story of a woman who was having trouble with her pregnancy. Jennifer Hernandez was 36 years of age, and 32 weeks pregnant when her obstetrician told her she was facing a Caesarean delivery because the baby in her
read moreJennifer Mee became famous because of her relentless case of hiccups that lasted 37 days. During that time many health professionals came forward and offered to help. Two publications, the March 2, 2007 St. Petersburg Times and the March 4, 2007 Buffalo News, reported that help also came to Jennifer from chiropractic care. After not
read moreA study published in the February 2007 issue of the scientific periodical, The Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, (JMPT) shows some amazing results for patients with sudden painful lower back pain with chiropractic care. The study was conducted at the Department of Orthopedics, Central Hospital of Sogn and Fjordane, Frde, Norway. The study was
read moreUnder the category of, a step in the right direction, comes a story from the Washington PRNewswire that reports on President Clinton signing a bill into US law that mandates the Veterans Administration to develop a policy regarding utilization of chiropractic care. One of the bills supporters, Rep. Bob Filner, was quoted during the debate
read moreAn interesting and odd series of stories appearing from July 4th to the 6th, 2003 in a number of papers reported that medical students are starting to work with horses in an attempt to improve their human bedside manner. The story from Arizona AFP News starts by saying, “A group of US medical students have
read moreA video published on December 23, 2007, on the popular website YouTube, shows Montel Williams testifying about the great results he got under chiropractic care. The daytime television personality was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). His personal experience has caught the eye of many in chiropractic and in the MS community. On the video, Montel
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