A prophetic article appeared in the December 21, 2006 online Channel 9 News website out of Chattanooga, Tennessee. The story reported on Dr. Thomas Langley reaching his 100 birthday while still practicing chiropractic. According to the report, Dr. Langley of Dalton, Georgia became the world’s oldest practicing chiropractor. His actual 100th birthday was December 28,
read moreA study published in the October 3, 2006 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine shows a correlation between doctor errors and incorrect diagnoses that lead to patient harm. This study differs from others in that it does not focus on errors in treatment, but rather errors in diagnosis that then lead to wrong care
read moreFrom the May 8, 2002 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association ( JAMA) reports a study that suggests that the longer an infant breast feeds, the more likely their intelligence level will be higher when they become an adult. According to the study the results showed that the duration of breastfeeding was
read moreA study published in the December 5, 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), and reported on in a December 4, 2007 article from CNN noted that treating routine sinus infections with antibiotics or topical steroids does not help. The study, conducted at the Department of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton,
read moreA feel-good story appeared in the October 7, 2005 issue of the Edmonton Sun about a woman whose life was changed by chiropractic. Forty seven year oldMiaen Khullar had suffered severe migraine headaches for over a decade. She reported that she hadn’t had a pain-free day since 1990, when she was in a car accident.
read moreA feature article from drkoop.com covers the benefits of breast feeding babies. The article by Carole A. Stashwick, M.D. covers a variety of reasons why breast feeding is far superior to bottle feeding a baby when possible. Some of the reasons according to the article are: Breast milk from healthy mothers supplies all the nutrients
read moreIn the Medical Tribune June 24, 1999 is an article reporting that New York Researchers have found that women who smoke during pregnancy may increase the chance of their children having certain behavioral disorders. For years there has been a well-established connection between low birth-weight and mothers who smoke. But this new evidence shows the
read moreAn article in the March 2007 issue of the scientific periodical, the Journal of Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics, presents three documented case studies of chiropractic care helping new mothers who were unable to produce adequate mother’s milk. A reduction in mothers milk, known as “Hypolactation” can be a serious problem that can create health issues for
read moreAccording to the American Chiropractic Association 14% of the public who see chiropractors presently go for headaches. For these patients the good news has gotten even better. Researchers at Northwestern College of Chiropractic in Minnesota, compared chiropractic care to certain drug therapies used for tension and migraine headaches. The study, published in the Journal of
read moreFrom the March 11, 2008, issue of the the scientific periodical, the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research (JVSR), comes a case study involving a pregnant women who was suffering from back pain and therefore sought out chiropractic care. This was her third pregnancy and the previous two pregnancies resulted in cesarean births. The 29 year
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