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A Grateful Panamanian

Below is a letter that was sent to one of the doctors who attended the recent CREW chiropractic mission to Panama. We wanted to share it with you. Dear Dr. Swingen et al: On behalf of all of us who benefited from your expertise, your humanity and dedication during your recent Mission to Panama in

Read More »

Psst… Wanna Buy Some Ritalin?

12:00 p.m. in the local school yard. For some it’s time for lunch, for others it’s time to get high. And just what do you get high on when your a ten-year old? You got it mom, your little boys riding high on ritalin. Not only are your kids being drugged by school nurses and

Read More »

Page 4 – October 2000 Chiropractic Mission to Panama

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. This is page 4 of photos from the October 2000 Chiropractic Mission to Panama. Here are links to all the related photo pages. Page 1 – Page 2 – Page 3 – Page 4 Photos from Panama, click each image to see it full size Chiropractic Mission to Panama – October

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October 2000 Chiropractic Mission to Panama

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Photos from the October 2000 Chiropractic Mission to Panama Page 1 – Page 2 – Page 3 – Page 4 Here are photos from the Panama Chiropractic Mission, click each image to see it full size. Chiropractic Mission to Panama – October 14 – 25, 2000 Page 1 – Page 2

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Something You Just Don’t See Enough

Below is a photo of Dr. James Stucky adjusting a child while on a recent chiropractic mission to Panama. You may notice that the photo was taken inside the classroom of an elementary school. Chiropractors attended to the children (and teachers) at this particular location daily while they were in Panama. Take a look at

Read More »

FDA Plans To Ban Poultry Antibiotics

Both the Washington Post and the Associated Press reported today that the FDA will ban two widely used antibiotics used by poultry farmers due to the risks the drugs pose to humans. According to the reports, this will be the first time that the government has stepped in to pull a drug “to combat infections

Read More »

Polio Vaccine Pulled Due To Mad Cow Disease

Three articles recently crossed the news wire related to Mad Cow disease (BSE) and a Polio Vaccine recall. Click the links below for the source articles. From the Electronic Telegraph: Polio vaccine withdrawn after mad cow contamination fears According to the article, “Eleven million doses of polio vaccine containing material from British cattle have been

Read More »

Halloween and Life Decay

By Dr. Rick Wren Dear Colleagues and Friends, we have a party every few weeks or so to promote the practice and to break the monotony. Any time we have a party we schedule every patient on that day for an extra visit just for the health of it. If it is scheduled as an

Read More »

Needles Or Not – Flu Debate

Authored by Dawson WinchesterReprinted with permissionSt. Thomas Times-Journal October 7, 2000 Time again for the annual ‘needles or not’ flu debate. If it weren’t such a damn serious subject it could be considered a silly and immature debate. But it is serious. Deadly serious for your children, loved ones, and yourself if you make the

Read More »

Got Diabetes?

A recent Yahoo News article titled “Cow’s Milk May Raise Diabetes Risk in Some Children” takes a look at a controversial link between drinking cows milk in infancy and the increased risk of developing diabetes. According to the article, “exposure early in life to cow’s milk may increase the lifetime risk of developing diabetes in

Read More »

A Little Bit of Poison

You may not hear about it much in the press, but the painkiller for those hell bent on killing themselves is the same painkiller hospitals recommend most. According to a recent article featured on Yahoo News, intentional overdoses from Acetaminophen in the UK are continuing despite the measures to reduce deaths. Acetaminophen is the active

Read More »

Wrapping It Up And Letting It Flow

We are into the final days of the mission down here in Panama. Today the many helpers that assisted the chiropractors throughout the week joked that no one ever stopped to get anything to eat. About 18 chiropractors adjusted virtually non-stop from 9 am past 2 pm when the locations closed for the day. A

Read More »

What happened on Thursday?

What happened to Thursday’s chiropractic news coverage from Panama? Our apologies for not having news of the day posted, it was an interesting day to say the least. As you may have heard, CNN was coming to cover news of the chiropractic mission in Panama. Cameras and reporters from CNN arrived at the main adjusting

Read More »

Doing Good Things For Others

Today began with the crew having breakfast with Juan Carlos Navarro Q., the Mayor of Panama City. All of the chiropractors received a certificate of recognition from the government of Panama. It was very exciting start of the day. That was followed by adjusting the entire staff of the hotel before leaving for our three morning locations.

Read More »

CNN To Cover CREW Chiropractic Mission To Panama

We received news today that CNN crews will be filming the chiropractors adjusting here in Panama on Thursday, October 19th. How about that! CNN UPDATE October 27thThe news people from CNN stayed much longer than we had expected and filmed for several hours on Thursday. They captured lots of footage of chiropractors adjusting, interviewed Luis

Read More »

A Message From Sigafoose

From the beginning chiropractors searched for a miracle, that guarantees a high level of success in everything they wanted to do. Something that would ensure personal happiness, in a simple way to make all hopes and dreams come true. If you want more health, get health consciousness, more power, get power consciousness, happiness, get happiness

Read More »

Who Said Life Was Good?

Whoever said “life is good” certainly underestimated the power of chiropractic. With chiropractic, life is not simply good, life is great! Hello everyone. We are into the second day of the mission and let me tell you things are incredible here. As has become typical for the chiropractic missions to this country, today was the

Read More »

Seventh Heaven in Panama

The seventh chiropractic mission to Panama officially adjusted into gear today. Chiropractors arrived from as far as Toronto, Canada and from as near as Panama’s northern neighboring country Costa Rica. The day began with Doctor Luis Ocon as a guest on the 6:00 am morning news. At 8 am, the doctors were coordinated into three

Read More »

Chiropractors Arrive For Panama Mission

Twenty-six chiropractors arrived in Panama City, Panama, during the past few days. The chiropractors are here to participate in the 8th CREW chiropractic mission (the 7th in Panama) which officially begins at 9 am on Monday, October 16th, 2000. (The ladies shown to the right, are natives of Panama and were adjusted today.) Many of

Read More »

Injury Risk Prompts Medical Doctor Recall

Here’s the scoop. A recent Reuters Health news headline reads “Injury Risk Prompts Lawn Mower Recall” and states that more than 100,000 lawn-mowers are being recalled because the blades can apparently crack off and cause injury to the operator or others nearby. (reminds me of Monty Python…It’s just a flesh wound) Oh my, there must

Read More »

ICA Pediatrics Council’s 10th Annual Conference

Orlando Event Receives Rave Reviews (submitted by ICA) “It was one of the best conferences I have ever attended,” said a doctor from Colorado about the 10th Annual Conference of the ICA Council on Chiropractic & Pediatrics held recently at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. Her sentiments were echoed by other doctors who

Read More »

My Fellow Travelers On The Red Road

From: Stew Bittman My pen has lain quiet for months. After finally getting my anthology together, it seemed as if there was nothing left to say. Indeed I find myself wondering where all those words came from to begin with! I read through my book and the words are only vaguely familiar. They make me

Read More »

Drugs and Flying Pigs

On September 25th, we reported on a USA today article which found that more than 50% of supposed independent drug studying experts had a direct financial interest in the drug or topic they were asked to evaluate. As USA Today stated, “these conflicts include helping a pharmaceutical company develop a medicine, then serving on an

Read More »

A message from Dr. Douglas Di Siena

Orange County Chiropractic Philosophy Dear fellow ChiropracTORS, This month we are proud to have Dr. Robert A. Schuller as our very special guest. He is an immense and devoted supporter of chiropractic. He believes so much in the chiropractic principle that he provides chiropractic care for every employee of the Crystal Cathedral Ministry on a

Read More »

Transition from Traditional Medicine to Modern Wellness

From the O.C.C.P. comes a special Quote of the Month There has been a lot of talk about the book Possibility Living. It is in it’s first months release and sales are steadily increasing. Dr. Robert A Schuller will be the guest speaker for the Orange County Chiropractic Philosophy Society on October 24, 2000 in

Read More »

How about some chiropractic audio?

Have you dipped yourself digitally in some great chiropractic philosophical audio recently? Today, we have just what you need. Thanks to the giving spirit at New Beginnings, we are happy to bring you some streaming audio recorded at the September 2000 New Beginnings Philosophy Weekend in Eatontown, New Jersey.

Read More »

Nothing is better than aspirin

Even though aspirin is often hailed as a wonder drug, some health care experts say you are better off without it. A recent Fox News article titled “Aspirin: More Harm than Good?” points out that some sports medicine experts are concerned about the use of aspirin and ibuprofen in the care and management of sports

Read More »

More Antibiotic Misuse

A Yahoo News headline reads “Emergency Doctors Often Misuse Antibiotics” According to the article, emergency room doctors are “inappropriately prescribing antibiotics” leading to even greater risks of drug-resistant infections. A national survey revealed that during a one year period, one quarter of patients receiving antibiotics from emergency doctors had nothing more than a common cold,

Read More »

NVIC Friends and Supporters

Forwarded from: The National Vaccine Information Center Two bills were introduced in the House of Representatives on September 28-29,2000. These bills are nearly identical, but a Republican, Congressman Dave Weldon of Florida introduced one (HR5327) and Congressman Jerrold Nadler, a Democrat from New York, introduced the other (HR5330). Early consideration and passage of one or

Read More »

Less Drugs, More Health For Seniors

If you have been watching the presidential debates you are aware of the issue regarding prescription drug benefits for seniors. Both parties want more drugs but is that what is really needed to improve the health of the elderly? More drugs for the elderly, better access to those drugs, and cheaper drug prices. What about

Read More »

Youthful Tendency Disorder a Hoax?

Since we ran the “YTD – A Global Epidemic!” article on Monday, we have been getting faxes, phone calls, emails, and even a request from someone wanting to know if they plan to make Juvenol for dogs! We have been asked numerous times, “is this real?” Many just can’t believe that anyone would actually subject

Read More »

Anthrax Shot’s and Death – Yes or No

The Anthrax vaccine has been back in the news since the recent report of a death possibly related to the vaccine. ( See the article: Death Connected To Anthrax Vaccine ) Two news feeds recently appeared within moments of each other and they give a great example of how the media differs in their views

Read More »

The Over Diagnosis of ADHD

Several articles appeared on our outside-in newsfeeds yesterday regarding the overprescibing of Ritalin and other psychoactive drugs. Now that the heat is on, everyone is beginning to look for someone to blame for the senseless drugging of our children. From Yahoo news comes the headline “Subcommittee Told of Overdiagnosis of ADHD in Schools” and from

Read More »

A Grateful Panamanian

Below is a letter that was sent to one of the doctors who attended the recent CREW chiropractic mission to Panama. We wanted to share it with you. Dear Dr. Swingen et al: On behalf of all of us who benefited from your expertise, your humanity and dedication during your recent Mission to Panama in

Read More »

Psst… Wanna Buy Some Ritalin?

12:00 p.m. in the local school yard. For some it’s time for lunch, for others it’s time to get high. And just what do you get high on when your a ten-year old? You got it mom, your little boys riding high on ritalin. Not only are your kids being drugged by school nurses and

Read More »

Page 4 – October 2000 Chiropractic Mission to Panama

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. This is page 4 of photos from the October 2000 Chiropractic Mission to Panama. Here are links to all the related photo pages. Page 1 – Page 2 – Page 3 – Page 4 Photos from Panama, click each image to see it full size Chiropractic Mission to Panama – October

Read More »

October 2000 Chiropractic Mission to Panama

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Photos from the October 2000 Chiropractic Mission to Panama Page 1 – Page 2 – Page 3 – Page 4 Here are photos from the Panama Chiropractic Mission, click each image to see it full size. Chiropractic Mission to Panama – October 14 – 25, 2000 Page 1 – Page 2

Read More »

Something You Just Don’t See Enough

Below is a photo of Dr. James Stucky adjusting a child while on a recent chiropractic mission to Panama. You may notice that the photo was taken inside the classroom of an elementary school. Chiropractors attended to the children (and teachers) at this particular location daily while they were in Panama. Take a look at

Read More »

FDA Plans To Ban Poultry Antibiotics

Both the Washington Post and the Associated Press reported today that the FDA will ban two widely used antibiotics used by poultry farmers due to the risks the drugs pose to humans. According to the reports, this will be the first time that the government has stepped in to pull a drug “to combat infections

Read More »

Polio Vaccine Pulled Due To Mad Cow Disease

Three articles recently crossed the news wire related to Mad Cow disease (BSE) and a Polio Vaccine recall. Click the links below for the source articles. From the Electronic Telegraph: Polio vaccine withdrawn after mad cow contamination fears According to the article, “Eleven million doses of polio vaccine containing material from British cattle have been

Read More »

Halloween and Life Decay

By Dr. Rick Wren Dear Colleagues and Friends, we have a party every few weeks or so to promote the practice and to break the monotony. Any time we have a party we schedule every patient on that day for an extra visit just for the health of it. If it is scheduled as an

Read More »

Needles Or Not – Flu Debate

Authored by Dawson WinchesterReprinted with permissionSt. Thomas Times-Journal October 7, 2000 Time again for the annual ‘needles or not’ flu debate. If it weren’t such a damn serious subject it could be considered a silly and immature debate. But it is serious. Deadly serious for your children, loved ones, and yourself if you make the

Read More »

Got Diabetes?

A recent Yahoo News article titled “Cow’s Milk May Raise Diabetes Risk in Some Children” takes a look at a controversial link between drinking cows milk in infancy and the increased risk of developing diabetes. According to the article, “exposure early in life to cow’s milk may increase the lifetime risk of developing diabetes in

Read More »

A Little Bit of Poison

You may not hear about it much in the press, but the painkiller for those hell bent on killing themselves is the same painkiller hospitals recommend most. According to a recent article featured on Yahoo News, intentional overdoses from Acetaminophen in the UK are continuing despite the measures to reduce deaths. Acetaminophen is the active

Read More »

Wrapping It Up And Letting It Flow

We are into the final days of the mission down here in Panama. Today the many helpers that assisted the chiropractors throughout the week joked that no one ever stopped to get anything to eat. About 18 chiropractors adjusted virtually non-stop from 9 am past 2 pm when the locations closed for the day. A

Read More »

What happened on Thursday?

What happened to Thursday’s chiropractic news coverage from Panama? Our apologies for not having news of the day posted, it was an interesting day to say the least. As you may have heard, CNN was coming to cover news of the chiropractic mission in Panama. Cameras and reporters from CNN arrived at the main adjusting

Read More »

Doing Good Things For Others

Today began with the crew having breakfast with Juan Carlos Navarro Q., the Mayor of Panama City. All of the chiropractors received a certificate of recognition from the government of Panama. It was very exciting start of the day. That was followed by adjusting the entire staff of the hotel before leaving for our three morning locations.

Read More »

CNN To Cover CREW Chiropractic Mission To Panama

We received news today that CNN crews will be filming the chiropractors adjusting here in Panama on Thursday, October 19th. How about that! CNN UPDATE October 27thThe news people from CNN stayed much longer than we had expected and filmed for several hours on Thursday. They captured lots of footage of chiropractors adjusting, interviewed Luis

Read More »

A Message From Sigafoose

From the beginning chiropractors searched for a miracle, that guarantees a high level of success in everything they wanted to do. Something that would ensure personal happiness, in a simple way to make all hopes and dreams come true. If you want more health, get health consciousness, more power, get power consciousness, happiness, get happiness

Read More »

Who Said Life Was Good?

Whoever said “life is good” certainly underestimated the power of chiropractic. With chiropractic, life is not simply good, life is great! Hello everyone. We are into the second day of the mission and let me tell you things are incredible here. As has become typical for the chiropractic missions to this country, today was the

Read More »

Seventh Heaven in Panama

The seventh chiropractic mission to Panama officially adjusted into gear today. Chiropractors arrived from as far as Toronto, Canada and from as near as Panama’s northern neighboring country Costa Rica. The day began with Doctor Luis Ocon as a guest on the 6:00 am morning news. At 8 am, the doctors were coordinated into three

Read More »

Chiropractors Arrive For Panama Mission

Twenty-six chiropractors arrived in Panama City, Panama, during the past few days. The chiropractors are here to participate in the 8th CREW chiropractic mission (the 7th in Panama) which officially begins at 9 am on Monday, October 16th, 2000. (The ladies shown to the right, are natives of Panama and were adjusted today.) Many of

Read More »

Injury Risk Prompts Medical Doctor Recall

Here’s the scoop. A recent Reuters Health news headline reads “Injury Risk Prompts Lawn Mower Recall” and states that more than 100,000 lawn-mowers are being recalled because the blades can apparently crack off and cause injury to the operator or others nearby. (reminds me of Monty Python…It’s just a flesh wound) Oh my, there must

Read More »

ICA Pediatrics Council’s 10th Annual Conference

Orlando Event Receives Rave Reviews (submitted by ICA) “It was one of the best conferences I have ever attended,” said a doctor from Colorado about the 10th Annual Conference of the ICA Council on Chiropractic & Pediatrics held recently at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. Her sentiments were echoed by other doctors who

Read More »

My Fellow Travelers On The Red Road

From: Stew Bittman My pen has lain quiet for months. After finally getting my anthology together, it seemed as if there was nothing left to say. Indeed I find myself wondering where all those words came from to begin with! I read through my book and the words are only vaguely familiar. They make me

Read More »

Drugs and Flying Pigs

On September 25th, we reported on a USA today article which found that more than 50% of supposed independent drug studying experts had a direct financial interest in the drug or topic they were asked to evaluate. As USA Today stated, “these conflicts include helping a pharmaceutical company develop a medicine, then serving on an

Read More »

A message from Dr. Douglas Di Siena

Orange County Chiropractic Philosophy Dear fellow ChiropracTORS, This month we are proud to have Dr. Robert A. Schuller as our very special guest. He is an immense and devoted supporter of chiropractic. He believes so much in the chiropractic principle that he provides chiropractic care for every employee of the Crystal Cathedral Ministry on a

Read More »

Transition from Traditional Medicine to Modern Wellness

From the O.C.C.P. comes a special Quote of the Month There has been a lot of talk about the book Possibility Living. It is in it’s first months release and sales are steadily increasing. Dr. Robert A Schuller will be the guest speaker for the Orange County Chiropractic Philosophy Society on October 24, 2000 in

Read More »

How about some chiropractic audio?

Have you dipped yourself digitally in some great chiropractic philosophical audio recently? Today, we have just what you need. Thanks to the giving spirit at New Beginnings, we are happy to bring you some streaming audio recorded at the September 2000 New Beginnings Philosophy Weekend in Eatontown, New Jersey.

Read More »

Nothing is better than aspirin

Even though aspirin is often hailed as a wonder drug, some health care experts say you are better off without it. A recent Fox News article titled “Aspirin: More Harm than Good?” points out that some sports medicine experts are concerned about the use of aspirin and ibuprofen in the care and management of sports

Read More »

More Antibiotic Misuse

A Yahoo News headline reads “Emergency Doctors Often Misuse Antibiotics” According to the article, emergency room doctors are “inappropriately prescribing antibiotics” leading to even greater risks of drug-resistant infections. A national survey revealed that during a one year period, one quarter of patients receiving antibiotics from emergency doctors had nothing more than a common cold,

Read More »

NVIC Friends and Supporters

Forwarded from: The National Vaccine Information Center Two bills were introduced in the House of Representatives on September 28-29,2000. These bills are nearly identical, but a Republican, Congressman Dave Weldon of Florida introduced one (HR5327) and Congressman Jerrold Nadler, a Democrat from New York, introduced the other (HR5330). Early consideration and passage of one or

Read More »

Less Drugs, More Health For Seniors

If you have been watching the presidential debates you are aware of the issue regarding prescription drug benefits for seniors. Both parties want more drugs but is that what is really needed to improve the health of the elderly? More drugs for the elderly, better access to those drugs, and cheaper drug prices. What about

Read More »

Youthful Tendency Disorder a Hoax?

Since we ran the “YTD – A Global Epidemic!” article on Monday, we have been getting faxes, phone calls, emails, and even a request from someone wanting to know if they plan to make Juvenol for dogs! We have been asked numerous times, “is this real?” Many just can’t believe that anyone would actually subject

Read More »

Anthrax Shot’s and Death – Yes or No

The Anthrax vaccine has been back in the news since the recent report of a death possibly related to the vaccine. ( See the article: Death Connected To Anthrax Vaccine ) Two news feeds recently appeared within moments of each other and they give a great example of how the media differs in their views

Read More »

The Over Diagnosis of ADHD

Several articles appeared on our outside-in newsfeeds yesterday regarding the overprescibing of Ritalin and other psychoactive drugs. Now that the heat is on, everyone is beginning to look for someone to blame for the senseless drugging of our children. From Yahoo news comes the headline “Subcommittee Told of Overdiagnosis of ADHD in Schools” and from

Read More »