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Chiropractic is my life. It is my mission, my path to serve. Its principle is my road map for life. Its practice is my purest way to express love. Through chiropractic I have experienced Innate, my connection to God. I have witnessed “miracles”, which were simply Universal Intelligence expressing itself from above down, inside out….
A February 28th report from Associated Press states that cases of drug-resistant “super bacteria” are on the rise in Los Angeles and have began infecting “healthy” people which is baffling medical doctors. The AP report mentions that although bacteria do develop a resistance to antibiotic treatment over time, overuse and inappropriate use of antibiotics has…
The week’s March 6th issue of U.S. News & World Report features a report on the use of psychiatric drugs in children. The article is available on this weeks news stands or by visiting http://www.usnews.com (save the pages for offline viewing as they will probably be removed next week.) Although the article is written from…
The ICA 6th annual California/Western region membership convention was held this weekend in Los Angeles, California. For the past 6 years, Drs. Ron Oberstein and Mark Kimes have been hosting the west coast’s premiere chiropractic event. This year’s event was no exception with featured speakers including Drs. Joe Accurso, James Sigafoose, and Sid Williams. Drs….
The New England Journal of Medicine has published an apology in this week’s issue, admitting to violating its own conflict-of-interest policy. According to the journal, they have violated their own conflict-of-interest policy 19 times over the past three years. The journal is considered one of the most prestigious of medical publications. A review of the…
PRNewswire reported today that the Bill and Melinda Gates children’s vaccine program has partnered with other pro-vaccine groups to “fight misinformation on the web.” Four “science-based vaccine websites” have announced the launch of a “web ring” that has been created to “make it easier to access reliable, independent, science-based information about vaccines and immunization.” The…
It’s all over today’s news; toddlers are being given medications not approved for their use. Planet Chiropractic has been reporting about the increase in the use of psychiatric drugs among children for some time now, the news we report today is quite disturbing and should concern everyone. Several news feeds are reporting on a study…
You may not see it on your local news but it comes across global news feeds daily – As many as 98,000 Americans each year are dying in US hospitals. What is often not mentioned is who is behind the news. There are massive opportunities for lawmakers and politicians to find a “solution” to this…
Nando Times Media reported yesterday on the struggles hospitals are facing in attempts to decrease the number of deaths from medical error. The report highlights “health care’s dirty little secret: Medical mistakes kill somewhere between 44,000 and 98,000 hospitalized Americans a year.” As we have reported here in the past, when we compare the numbers…
The February 14th issue of the Los Angeles Times featured a two-page article about major medical and scientific journals and their role in mass media. This was an in depth article regarding the methods used by major medical journals to get their stories into headline news. The article points out the fact that medical journals…
Reuters reported yesterday that hospital infections might be killing 5,000 patients a year in the United Kingdom. The report sheds light on a huge problem occurring in hospitals; infections that develop while patients are in the hospital and then result in death. According to the report, it is estimated that hospital-acquired infections in the UK…
For our Canadian and international readers, this just gives you one more reason to point fingers at those of us in the U.S. It was reported today that retail pharmaceutical sales were up 10% worldwide for 1999, driven by a rise in drug use in the United States. To top that off, the fastest growing…
Associated Press reported yesterday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have changed their policy on a vaccine given to treat ear infections. It is interesting to see the level of press that the vaccine issue is getting. One may wonder if the CDC would be making public reports of changes in vaccine policy…
Associated Press reports today on the military’s program to vaccinate all troops in the U.S. against anthrax. The policy has come into question from a house panel and there has been a request to suspend the program. We have all been following the news on the anthrax debate for several months now, and it is interesting to see what an impact has resulted from it. There should be a lot more news to come.
A new book has recently been published titled Pills a Go Go : Fiendish Investigation into Pill Marketing, Art, History, and Consumption by Jim Hogshire. This is posted here as a news article so that we could bring it to your attention for the reasons mentioned below.
Last week the Los Angeles Times reported that AIDS researchers are finding that gaps in drug therapy have helped some AIDS patients. The approach is called structured treatment interruption or STI. The theory behind STI is to stop giving drugs and allow the immune system an opportunity to comprehend and adapt to its environment, which will allow the body to mount an immune response against the virus.
Here are several headlines from the National Stroke Association that appeared in today’s news. Follow the links for complete articles. Inflammation linked to stroke risk Yahoo’s Health News Number of strokes and mini-strokes rising Yahoo’s Health News Stroke warning signs too often ignored Yahoo’s Health News Many stroke patients experience depression Yahoo’s Health News planetc1.com-news…
by Dr. Stew Bittman Mahatma Gandhi once said, “You must be the change you wish to see in the world”. These are very wise words that are vividly applicable to our environmental crisis. We will never care for the planet any better than we care for ourselves. We will never heal Mother Earth’s wounds until…
A new report published in the February issue of the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggests that a positive mental outlook leads to a longer life. The report suggests that “individuals who profess pessimistic explanations for life events have poorer physical health,” according to researchers led by Dr. Toshihiko Maruta of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
On Sunday, the front page of the business section of the Los Angeles Times featured an article about a Medical Doctor looking for a career makeover. The headline read: “Career Make-Over – He Wants to Hang Up Stethoscope”. The article talks about an individual who for the past 20 years has been practicing as an emergency-room physician and internist.
Hamsters developing severe destructive arthritis, is the Lyme vaccine safe? What the vaccine maker has to say. The following headlines came across the wire recently. We have included them here so that you could easily locate and use them in educating others.
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Monday, February 7, 2000Herbert Ross Reaver, D.C., a longtime chiropractic warrior and the profession’s “most jailed chiropractor” died this morning. Dr. Reaver had been a chiropractor for more than 70 years and was still practicing chiropractic in Cincinnati, Ohio as recently as this past Friday. He was chiropractic, through and through….
By Super CA Jackie Do You Believe Your Body Has the Ability to Heal Itself? For many people who walk into a Chiropractor’s office the first time, they really don’t know what to expect. We hear from time to time: “I don’t think this is going to work, but I’ll give it a couple of…
The General Accounting Office is the investigative arm of Congress. GAO’s mission is to help the Congress oversee federal programs and operations to assure accountability to the American people. A two-year study by the U.S. GAO has concluded that adverse drug events, complications or even deaths due to mistakes in the prescribing or use of drugs, is a serious problem, but is impossible to measure because of a lack of information.
On January 31, 2000, an Alaska Airline commercial plane crashed off the coast of California. 88 persons are feared dead in the jetliner crash. Within hours of the crash, news stations across the planet where reporting on the tragedy. There is probably not a single person reading this article that has not already seen several reports of the crash on television, in print, and on the internet. So why are we telling you about it now?