A news story on February 13, 2007 appeared on CBS-11 News out of Dallas – Fort Worth as well as on their website, that chronicled chiropractic helping children with ear infections. This story reported on a mother, Susan Lekborg who says her son Cooper had suffered from chronic ear infections for years. During this time
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Several News agencies have reported that The centres for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Office of the Actuary has released a report detailing “National Health Expenditure Projections 2006-2016. The study published in the February 2007 journal Health Affairs was conducted by economists at the National Health Statistics Group of the U.S. centres for Medicare and
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For the 15th consecutive year, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California was once again the star at the International Chiropractors Association’s (ICA) 15th Annual Symposium on Natural Fitness held March 2-3, 2007 in Columbus, Ohio. Crediting chiropractic for keeping him going as a bodybuilder when injuries would have sidelined any other competitor, and then through his
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The above is a headline from the March 07, 2007 edition of the Star-Ledger out of New Jersey. This article, and several others in other publications, was based on a report released by United States Pharmacopeia, an independent organization that sets quality standards for prescription and over-the-counter medicines sold in the United States. An article
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The above is a headline from a January 20, 2007 article published in the online Medical News Today. The story, and a similar one dated January 18th published by United Press International, is based on research that came out January 15, 2007 in the scientific periodical The Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research (JVSR). The study
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The above headline appeared in USA Today from the April 17, 2006, issue. The story by Robert Davis, starts off by noting that although there have been years of patient-safety efforts, “an increasing number of health care facilities have reported mistakenly removing the wrong limbs or organs, slicing into the wrong side of bodies and
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In a Reuters Health, October 31, 2001 release is a warning from the United Nations’ World Health Organization (WHO) against taking antibiotics without any need. In the wake of recent Anthrax reports more people have been taking the popular antibiotic Cipro without any real need for it. The warning is against the blanket use of
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The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a warning June 12, 2000 that the present use of antibiotics is creating a dangerous situation by increasing drug resistant infections. According to the report, which was picked up by the Associated Press and most other news agencies, “drug-resistant infections in rich and developing nations alike are threatening to
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The above headline is from a November 15, 2005 InteliHealth article reporting on 2 recent studies that show that on average people who regularly exercise can add up to three years to their lives. The study, performed at the Erasmus Medical centre in Rotterdam, Netherlands, noted that something as simple as brisk walking a half-hour
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June 30, 2005 report from the Seattle Times reports that a large portion of doctors diagnoses may well be influenced by large drug companies looking to improve their bottom line. The expose, authored by Susan Kelleher and Duff Wilson points out that many of the criteria used for making a diagnosis have been changed in
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