Updates on legislation, industry shifts, and global news.
Por el Dr. Edwin Cordero Nuestro mundo está controlado atravez de una inteligencia llamada la Inteligencia Universal. Esta inteligencia está encargada de mantener harmonia y balance en todo el mundo incluyendo las plantas los animales y los séres humanos. Los séres humanos tambien tenmos una inteligencia interna que regula nuestro funcionamento llamado la Inteligencia Innata….
By Sid Mouk, D.C. So “the fight is joined” (the inner fight which is always the most important for all of us in this profession). We have met the enemy and he is us. Those few within this profession who would dictate to all of us how we should think and practice have fired the…
By Sharon Gorman, D.C. I’m sure I must have written several articles on Gratitude and I decided to write another one. I am practicing today and today is my birthday. Practicing on my birthday is a gift because I give the patients an opportunity to love me back a little. We are having a party…
ICA Chiropractic News Service In a highly significant and uncharacteristic move, the Provincial Government of Manitoba has reversed an earlier decision that denied payment for chiropractic services to anyone under the age of nineteen. The reversal of the controversial policy signals an important victory for chiropractic in that the completely unsupportable and prejudicial restriction of…
By Tim Langley, D.C. Texans are legendary for the pride they have in their state. And to tell you the truth, most Texans I’ve met over these 49 years have been fine, upstanding people. People proud of doing the right thing because it is right. Most Texans are the kind of folks that would choose…
By Madeline Behrendt, D.C. This week women’s health headlined print and media stories around the globe. What triggered this attention was the halting of an 8-year U.S. Federal study that evaluated the risks/benefits of combination Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), treatment which includes estrogen and progestin (i.e. Prempro). NIH, which ran the study, notified the public,…
By Stew Bittman, D.C. I used to have a C.A. that was heavily into astrology. This came in very handy for her, especially when she deemed excuses to be necessary, which, unfortunately, was regularly. “Mercury is in retrograde”, she would often declare in an attempt to explain her lack of focus. “Let me know when…
By Harvey Fish, D.C. “It should be the highest ambition of every [Chiropractor] to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not only affect himself, his country, and his immediate posterity; but that its influence may be co-extensive with the world, and stamp political happiness or misery on…
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Dog food, breath mints, shampoo and gum. We have all received unexpected freebies in the mail, but prescription drugs? A lawsuit has been filed in Florida after drug pushers (what would you call them?) began sending samples of Prozac in the mail to unsuspecting folks. It is still not clear how…
This month marks our twentieth year in chiropractic. There are certain people that I want to take time today to acknowledge, appreciate and give my sincere thanks. If you are only interested in the nuts and bolts, scroll down to the Success Tips section, now.
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. There are no doubts that 21-year-old Lleyton Hewitt is the worlds top tennis player. His performance this past Sunday in the Wimbledon final solidified his No. 1 ranking in the sport. Lleyton Hewitt plays with power and precision; his body, mind, and spirit in complete communication. He won the U.S. Open…
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Dr. Bob Braile has decided to run for the presidency of Life University in Marrietta, GA. The board of trustees would like to hear from you on this matter asap. I am including info from Dr. Brailes website below along with links for more information. The following info comes from braile.net…
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. It is as if this is the headline story on every major network worldwide. These links go fast but we collected them so you could get the data you need to answer patients questions. If a link comes up dead, send us an email and we’ll see if we can relocate…
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. If you have not yet read the news, headlines all over the world are telling women to stop taking hormone replacement drugs due to the increased risks related to heart attacks, strokes, blood clots, and other conditions/side effects. We have been collecting sources from all over the world and will publish…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported today that Dr. Sid Williams, founder of Life University, has retired as president of the nations largest chiropractic school.
By Andy Forelli, D.C. In order to do the best for the students and to save the college, Sid E. Williams, D.C. has resigned the helm of Life Chiropractic under pressure from the CCE and upon the request by the college board. Whether you like Sidney Earl Williams or hate him, know him or don’t,…
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. This months British Medical Journal (BMJ) features a study about healing environments and traditional methods of healing for various cases of mental illness. The study focused on a healing temple in India which has a reputation of providing curative powers, not for any particular therapy offered, but for the benefit attributed…
By Sharon Gorman, D.C. To us chiropractors the rest of the people have some different opinions on how they should take care of their bodies. Sometimes a patient will say something that seems perfectly logical to them and makes little sense to me. Usually I will share with them my views on the issue. I’m…
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. News reports from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) suggest that Dr. Sid Williams, founder of Life University, has moved out of the Presidents office and into the office of the Chancellor. According to AJC, Life trustees have been discussing appointing an interim president for the college. Dr. Williams has not publicly stated…
The consumer advocacy group Public Citizen today released new information about 1,111 physicians who have been disciplined by Texas’s state medical board and other agencies for incompetence, misprescribing drugs, sexual misconduct, criminal convictions, ethical lapses and other offenses. Most of the doctors were not required to stop practicing, even temporarily.
By Sharon Gorman, D.C. When something just isn’t right in your office, be it a CA, an associate or even a billing company, how bad do you let it get before you are willing to make a change. How much pain do you have to be in order to take an action to make a…
Por el Dr. Edwin Cordero Desde los comienzos de la Medicina Convencional se ha usado los medicamentos como la manera de tapar los síntomas de dolor. Muchas personas no se dan de cuenta que cuando toman medicamentos sus cuerpos tiene que trabajar el doble de su potencial ya que el cuerpo tiene que ayudar a…
By Sid Mouk, D.C. Ever notice how people age at such different rates? Some people, like Dick Clark of “American Bandstand” look almost as good today as they did 20 or 30 years ago while others (such as some of our classmates we haven’t seen for the past 10 years or so) have aged so…
By Nicholas Regush My plan for today’s column was to write about how some medical students are beginning to resist free lunches provided by the drug industry. Yes, free lunches to the presumably naive, silly little girls and boys that will one day become big, devoted drug pushers. But I’ll keep that one for another…
A ResponseBarbara Loe Fisher, Co-founder and PresidentNational Vaccine Information Center In the latest efforts by anti-science activists to label pro-vaccine safety advocates “anti-vaccine,” a trio from Northwestern University have published an article in the June 26, 2002 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) entitled “Content and Design Attributes of Antivaccination Web Sites.” In what…
By Sid Mouk, D.C. I consider my self to be one of the greatest planners in the history of this profession. Early in my career, I would spend hours and hours planning to do great things in chiropractic and in my life, coming up with the most elaborate plans to accomplish those things that have…
By Sharon Gorman, D.C. There exists in all of us and some of us more than others a peace that surpasses understanding. A general feeling that everything is OK. There is nothing that needs to be done in that moment to make anything better or different. There is no struggle to be in the moment…
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Venice Beach, Calif: The 1st round of the Core Tour Sports & Music Festival kicked off in Venice Beach this past weekend. The scenic Venice area was transformed into an insane extreme sports course with over 50 tons of dirt and 26,000 pounds of lumber. The best riders in the world…
From Yitzchack (Gary) Freeman, D.C. Dr. Moshe Gottlieb, a Graduate of Los Angleles Chiropractic College, was killed in Jerusalem along with 19 others in a suicide bus bombing on the morning of 18 June, 2002. He worked in Los Angeles till 1978 and then he moved to Israel. I first met Dr. Gottlieb in 1987…
Opening Statement – June 19, 2002Chairman Dan BurtonCommittee on Government ReformThe Status of Research into Vaccine Safety and Autism In April the Committee conducted a hearing reviewing the epidemic of autism and the Department of Health and Human Service’s (HHS) response. Ten years ago, autism was thought to affect 1 in 10,000 individuals in the…
On Tuesday morning, June 18, 2002, 19 people were killed and 74 injured in a suicide bombing on a bus in Jerusalem. The bus, which was completely destroyed, was carrying many students on their way to school as well as a seventy year old chiropractor named Moshe Gottlieb. Dr. Moshe Gottlieb was born on the…
ICA Chiropractic News Service At a special meeting on June 18, 2002, the Board of Directors of the International Chiropractors Association voted unanimously to call on the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) to conduct an immediate and objective review of its decision to deny re-accreditation to Life University’s College of Chiropractic. Expressing grave reservations as…
By Stew Bittman, D.C. Many times in the past, when describing my chiropractic experiences in Panama, I’ve mentioned that during those missions I’d checked my brain in at immigration and didn’t pick it up again until I left the country. Therefore, for a week at a time, I was able to abide in a blissful,…
While public television has been responsible for many great programs, a recent episode of “Scientific American Frontiers” has many chiropractors wondering if it’s begun groveling to the medical conglomerates that frequently fund its shows.
Por el Dr. Edwin Cordero Muchísimos pacientes creen que tan pronto se sienten mejor y el dolor se desaparece que esto significa que están mejor de su salud. Desafortunadamente esto no es cierto ya que el cuerpo humano no esta diseñado de esta forma. El cuerpo humano es una maravilla en la forma que puede…