Wellness Library

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Baseball Superstar Barry Larkin Headline Chiropractic Event

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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Medication Errors Hurt Kids the Most

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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Wrong Site Surgery on the Rise

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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World Health Organization Issues Warning About Antibiotic Overuse

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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