There is probably no better advocate for chiropractic care than a patient whose life has been changed by it. Geri Carlson is just such an individual who was so moved by her life changing experience, that she decided to write about it. Her book, “I Stand Amazed: How Chiropractic Saved My Life” chronicles her journey
read moreThe above headline comes from a March 16, 2007 article on WebMD. The article is based on a study done at the Hypertension centre at the University of Chicago Medical centre and published in the March 2, 2007 issue of the Journal of Human Hypertension. In this study, 50 patients with hypertension were divided into
read moreA 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
read moreSeveral 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
read moreFor 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
read moreThe 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
read moreThe 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
read moreThe 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
read moreIn 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
read moreThe 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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