It was a Monday in June of 1999 when the first official article was published on Planet Chiropractic. While the website had been in operation for several months, the news service at the time was sporadic and required manual updating. An intensive and time consuming task. The plan was to create a web-based news service
Forget what I said on Monday about the AMA and their brief moment of inspiration. These spineless, life sucking whores have decided to retract their plans of banning prescription drug advertising in the U.S.
From WebMD comes an article titled, “Women Behaving Badly?” and the question is asked if that is reason for taking drugs. The article features commentary from two chiropractors, Drs. Madeline Behrendt and Allyne Rosenthal. Dr. Behrendt is the vice chairwoman of the Council on Women’s Health of the World Chiropractic Alliance and has authored several
Outgoing Mayor Richard Riordan and Mayor-elect James Hahn jointly declared today Los Angeles Lakers Day in the city of Los Angeles. An estimated five hundred fifty thousand people lined Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles (just blocks from our office) for today’s NBA championship parade.
It’s all over this morning’s news; medical doctors in the U.S. are urging a ban on the prescription drug advertising seen on television, in newspapers, and in magazines. According to reports from ABC News and MSNBC, The American Medical Association says a ban “is needed to keep patients from being misinformed.” Medical doctors had the
It’s 6:00 am in downtown Los Angeles and already the streets are filling with folks coming out to celebrate their 2001 NBA Champions, The Los Angeles Lakers. With the Staples Center being only blocks from this office, it’s difficult not to get caught up in all the excitement. The streets outside are lined with purple
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Dr. Jeff Ptak of Santa Monica, California has just returned home from his first chiropractic “mission” to Cuba. While the original plan of bringing a group to Havana to provide chiropractic care did not materialize, Dr. Jeff did make the trip solo. While in Cuba, he spoke at an international conference,
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. According to an article posted by yourhealthdaily, there are currently no fewer than 300 vaccines in various stages of development planned for use in humans. Three Hundred Vaccines. Will vaccines solve the problems created by years of antibiotic misuse which has led to the emergence of drug-resistant microorganisms, bacteria, viruses, fungi
These are the headlines of a recent ABC News article: “Just Say No to Drugs – Ways to Avoid a Life Sentence With Prescription Drugs” It appears to be sheik to take stabs at drug companies nowadays, and drug companies probably don’t like it. While the ABC article is still in the “fix it” mentality,
According to an article on ABC News, a Jury has ordered the manufacturer of Paxil, the nation’s second-best-selling anti-depressant, to pay $8 million to relatives of a man who killed himself and three others after taking the drug. Paxil is made by SmithKline Beecham and the $8 million award damages were the result of a
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Chiropractic students throughout the world benefit tremendously from the efforts of DCs and staff that take the time to support students in their endeavors. It was the chiropractors in my life, coming to speak to us at school, inviting us to their offices to observe them in practice, spending hours with
Below, you will find a link for a printable raffle ticket. If you print and fill out the ticket and send it with a check for $50 to us, your name will be entered in the drawing for $5000!
Students at Cleveland Chiropractic College Los Angeles, Club Chiropractic, have long been dedicated to promoting the importance of chiropractic philosophy. At the beginning of every trimester, they sponsor an entire week of philosophy and invite five dynamic, philosophical chiropractors to share their knowledge with aspiring chiropractic students.
By Michel Tetrault, D.C. – Ideas for an updated model of structuring chiropractic missions. Chiropractic Ecotourism may well be defined as travel related activities that combine a vacation to a foreign country with a humanitarian activity. These missions are value driven experiences that bring great personal gratification for the participating Doctors of Chiropractic. Short-term humanitarian
Dr. D.D. Humber has been elected President of the International Chiropractors Association, according to news from the east coast. The news was announced during this past weekends 75th Annual Meeting of the International Chiropractors Association. More on this later in the week. From the ICA Policy StatementThe International Chiropractors Association is the oldest national chiropractic
The following has been provided by Dr. Gerry Clum and is a report from the recently concluded World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) annual Council meeting, biannual assembly meeting and biannual Congress that were all held in Paris from May 20-May 26, 2001. Please contact Life West at the address provided below and thank Dr. Clum
“Medical Dogma”, those were the words used in describing medicine’s long held belief that the human heart is incapable of regenerating new heart cells. According to several news articles, research scientists have now discovered that damaged hearts can repair themselves by growing new muscle cells. This discovery challenges decades of medical dogma, a belief system
By Super CA Lynne It’s 6:00 am Sunday morning, the day I usually sleep until 8:00 am but my body won’t let me sleep. I went to Wonders of Chiropractic gathering yesterday and my mind has been spinning ever since. There were so many students and recent grads there. Their eyes were full of fire,
From Yahoo News: According to a recent Harris Interactive Poll, “only tobacco companies do a worse job than managed care and health insurance companies in serving their customers.” According to the article, that’s basically the same way people have felt about HMOs and insurance companies since 1997 when the public perception polls first began. Do
Restoring Sulfnbk.exeThis article is being posted to counter the hundreds of emails we received yesterday regarding a virus many of you were sure you found on your computers. The hoax email which was forwarded with good intention by many of you included this message: After you have deleted the virus (windows file) “The GOOD NEWS
From Dayton, Ohio comes a commentary on drugs in America titled, “Rx for America’s Drug Issues Is Not in A Pill.” This is certainly an article you will want to print and save. Perhaps we will have some commentary written later but for now, click the link and save the file for future use. Your
Are you uselessly taking drugs that are doing you no good, costing you lots of money, and possibly putting you at risk of suffering from more serious health conditions? According to an article on MSNBC, “Americans are expected to spend $4.7 billion this year on prescription allergy medications like Claritin, Allegra and Zyrtec. But a
The New York Times yesterday published an article titled, “Incompetent Physicians Are Rarely Reported as Law Requires” which suggests that health maintenance organizations (H.M.O.’s) and hospitals rarely report incompetent doctors to the government as they are required to. According to the article, “in the last decade, 84 percent of H.M.O.’s and 60 percent of hospitals
A May 23rd article on KomoTV.com highlights the story of a young woman wrongly diagnosed with cancer in 1998. According to the article, Jennifer Rufer went from a “pretty young newlywed to a cancer patient hiding her hair loss under a baseball cap” and had received chemotherapy, a hysterectomy and lung surgery due to a
By Sid Mouk, D.C. “Nothing can be done to help you because you have _______________ and it’s incurable.” I recently spoke with a nurse who was having problems with her hair falling out in large amounts. She has been through many difficult situations in her life and, therefore, told me she thought it was due
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. A recent ABC News report suggests that the cash you carry may be “contaminated with so much bacteria that it could make you sick.” Fortunately for you, there is a solution to this potential problem. According to the article, researchers had collected dollar bills and studied them for bacteria content. Sixty-eight
Many chiropractors throughout the United States and the rest of the world regularly host radio and/or cable television programs that feature various chiropractic topics. Thanks to the internet and streaming technology, several of those broadcasts are available for listening via your computer. A program known as “Waking Up in America” is one such program and
By Stew Bittman, D.C. Smack dab in the middle of my second day of “poor me”, I take to pen because, for me, clarity often follows writing like a dutiful hound. Things have been so incredibly wonderful, and I’ve been feeling very much focused on and connected to Innate, while being very much aware of
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. The state of New Jersey is an interesting place to say the least. The “Garden State” is often referred to as a less than pretty and/or friendly place to visit. Quite a few chiropractors practice in the state of New Jersey and while it may come as a surprise to some,
Yahoo News reports, “Patients taking a controversial new drug for irritable bowel syndrome may have died because the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has become a ‘servant of the drug industry,’ the editor of The Lancet medical journal claimed in the May 19th issue.” The articles author called the writing a “devastating editorial” while
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Here are some stories appearing in recent news that may be of interest to you. First, health care in the U.S. Problems are not just a result of bad handwriting. Health Care in Critical Condition“A new report from the prestigious RAND Corporation says the quality of health care for most Americans
By Super CA Lynne Crack – An illegal drug that will wind you up in jail or the back of an exposed butt, not an adjustment!“Does the Doc have time to give me a crack today?” I’m afraid he could be arrested for that, how about an adjustment instead?Quick Crack – Isn’t that something to
Mondays Yahoo News headlines read, “Survey of Doctors Indicates Widespread Concern That Vaccines Cause Chronic Diseases” According to the article, Dr. Bart Classen, an immunologist at Classen Immunotherapies, has presented data which provides proof that “vaccines cause insulin-dependent diabetes.” Dr. Classens data indicates that vaccines are the largest cause of insulin-dependent diabetes in young children,
By Shawn Powers, D.C. “I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can.” – Helen Keller The world needs your help. Children are at risk. Parents and children would benefit from learning the ADIO approach
By now you have probably heard the news that an FDA advisory panel has recommended to make three popular allergy drugs, (Claritin, Allegra and Zyrtec) available without a prescription. The request was brought about by a California health insurance company that would save millions each year if these drugs became available over-the-counter (OTC). According to
It was a Monday in June of 1999 when the first official article was published on Planet Chiropractic. While the website had been in operation for several months, the news service at the time was sporadic and required manual updating. An intensive and time consuming task. The plan was to create a web-based news service
Forget what I said on Monday about the AMA and their brief moment of inspiration. These spineless, life sucking whores have decided to retract their plans of banning prescription drug advertising in the U.S.
From WebMD comes an article titled, “Women Behaving Badly?” and the question is asked if that is reason for taking drugs. The article features commentary from two chiropractors, Drs. Madeline Behrendt and Allyne Rosenthal. Dr. Behrendt is the vice chairwoman of the Council on Women’s Health of the World Chiropractic Alliance and has authored several
Outgoing Mayor Richard Riordan and Mayor-elect James Hahn jointly declared today Los Angeles Lakers Day in the city of Los Angeles. An estimated five hundred fifty thousand people lined Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles (just blocks from our office) for today’s NBA championship parade.
It’s all over this morning’s news; medical doctors in the U.S. are urging a ban on the prescription drug advertising seen on television, in newspapers, and in magazines. According to reports from ABC News and MSNBC, The American Medical Association says a ban “is needed to keep patients from being misinformed.” Medical doctors had the
It’s 6:00 am in downtown Los Angeles and already the streets are filling with folks coming out to celebrate their 2001 NBA Champions, The Los Angeles Lakers. With the Staples Center being only blocks from this office, it’s difficult not to get caught up in all the excitement. The streets outside are lined with purple
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Dr. Jeff Ptak of Santa Monica, California has just returned home from his first chiropractic “mission” to Cuba. While the original plan of bringing a group to Havana to provide chiropractic care did not materialize, Dr. Jeff did make the trip solo. While in Cuba, he spoke at an international conference,
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. According to an article posted by yourhealthdaily, there are currently no fewer than 300 vaccines in various stages of development planned for use in humans. Three Hundred Vaccines. Will vaccines solve the problems created by years of antibiotic misuse which has led to the emergence of drug-resistant microorganisms, bacteria, viruses, fungi
These are the headlines of a recent ABC News article: “Just Say No to Drugs – Ways to Avoid a Life Sentence With Prescription Drugs” It appears to be sheik to take stabs at drug companies nowadays, and drug companies probably don’t like it. While the ABC article is still in the “fix it” mentality,
According to an article on ABC News, a Jury has ordered the manufacturer of Paxil, the nation’s second-best-selling anti-depressant, to pay $8 million to relatives of a man who killed himself and three others after taking the drug. Paxil is made by SmithKline Beecham and the $8 million award damages were the result of a
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Chiropractic students throughout the world benefit tremendously from the efforts of DCs and staff that take the time to support students in their endeavors. It was the chiropractors in my life, coming to speak to us at school, inviting us to their offices to observe them in practice, spending hours with
Below, you will find a link for a printable raffle ticket. If you print and fill out the ticket and send it with a check for $50 to us, your name will be entered in the drawing for $5000!
Students at Cleveland Chiropractic College Los Angeles, Club Chiropractic, have long been dedicated to promoting the importance of chiropractic philosophy. At the beginning of every trimester, they sponsor an entire week of philosophy and invite five dynamic, philosophical chiropractors to share their knowledge with aspiring chiropractic students.
By Michel Tetrault, D.C. – Ideas for an updated model of structuring chiropractic missions. Chiropractic Ecotourism may well be defined as travel related activities that combine a vacation to a foreign country with a humanitarian activity. These missions are value driven experiences that bring great personal gratification for the participating Doctors of Chiropractic. Short-term humanitarian
Dr. D.D. Humber has been elected President of the International Chiropractors Association, according to news from the east coast. The news was announced during this past weekends 75th Annual Meeting of the International Chiropractors Association. More on this later in the week. From the ICA Policy StatementThe International Chiropractors Association is the oldest national chiropractic
The following has been provided by Dr. Gerry Clum and is a report from the recently concluded World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) annual Council meeting, biannual assembly meeting and biannual Congress that were all held in Paris from May 20-May 26, 2001. Please contact Life West at the address provided below and thank Dr. Clum
“Medical Dogma”, those were the words used in describing medicine’s long held belief that the human heart is incapable of regenerating new heart cells. According to several news articles, research scientists have now discovered that damaged hearts can repair themselves by growing new muscle cells. This discovery challenges decades of medical dogma, a belief system
By Super CA Lynne It’s 6:00 am Sunday morning, the day I usually sleep until 8:00 am but my body won’t let me sleep. I went to Wonders of Chiropractic gathering yesterday and my mind has been spinning ever since. There were so many students and recent grads there. Their eyes were full of fire,
From Yahoo News: According to a recent Harris Interactive Poll, “only tobacco companies do a worse job than managed care and health insurance companies in serving their customers.” According to the article, that’s basically the same way people have felt about HMOs and insurance companies since 1997 when the public perception polls first began. Do
Restoring Sulfnbk.exeThis article is being posted to counter the hundreds of emails we received yesterday regarding a virus many of you were sure you found on your computers. The hoax email which was forwarded with good intention by many of you included this message: After you have deleted the virus (windows file) “The GOOD NEWS
From Dayton, Ohio comes a commentary on drugs in America titled, “Rx for America’s Drug Issues Is Not in A Pill.” This is certainly an article you will want to print and save. Perhaps we will have some commentary written later but for now, click the link and save the file for future use. Your
Are you uselessly taking drugs that are doing you no good, costing you lots of money, and possibly putting you at risk of suffering from more serious health conditions? According to an article on MSNBC, “Americans are expected to spend $4.7 billion this year on prescription allergy medications like Claritin, Allegra and Zyrtec. But a
The New York Times yesterday published an article titled, “Incompetent Physicians Are Rarely Reported as Law Requires” which suggests that health maintenance organizations (H.M.O.’s) and hospitals rarely report incompetent doctors to the government as they are required to. According to the article, “in the last decade, 84 percent of H.M.O.’s and 60 percent of hospitals
A May 23rd article on KomoTV.com highlights the story of a young woman wrongly diagnosed with cancer in 1998. According to the article, Jennifer Rufer went from a “pretty young newlywed to a cancer patient hiding her hair loss under a baseball cap” and had received chemotherapy, a hysterectomy and lung surgery due to a
By Sid Mouk, D.C. “Nothing can be done to help you because you have _______________ and it’s incurable.” I recently spoke with a nurse who was having problems with her hair falling out in large amounts. She has been through many difficult situations in her life and, therefore, told me she thought it was due
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. A recent ABC News report suggests that the cash you carry may be “contaminated with so much bacteria that it could make you sick.” Fortunately for you, there is a solution to this potential problem. According to the article, researchers had collected dollar bills and studied them for bacteria content. Sixty-eight
Many chiropractors throughout the United States and the rest of the world regularly host radio and/or cable television programs that feature various chiropractic topics. Thanks to the internet and streaming technology, several of those broadcasts are available for listening via your computer. A program known as “Waking Up in America” is one such program and
By Stew Bittman, D.C. Smack dab in the middle of my second day of “poor me”, I take to pen because, for me, clarity often follows writing like a dutiful hound. Things have been so incredibly wonderful, and I’ve been feeling very much focused on and connected to Innate, while being very much aware of
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. The state of New Jersey is an interesting place to say the least. The “Garden State” is often referred to as a less than pretty and/or friendly place to visit. Quite a few chiropractors practice in the state of New Jersey and while it may come as a surprise to some,
Yahoo News reports, “Patients taking a controversial new drug for irritable bowel syndrome may have died because the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has become a ‘servant of the drug industry,’ the editor of The Lancet medical journal claimed in the May 19th issue.” The articles author called the writing a “devastating editorial” while
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Here are some stories appearing in recent news that may be of interest to you. First, health care in the U.S. Problems are not just a result of bad handwriting. Health Care in Critical Condition“A new report from the prestigious RAND Corporation says the quality of health care for most Americans
By Super CA Lynne Crack – An illegal drug that will wind you up in jail or the back of an exposed butt, not an adjustment!“Does the Doc have time to give me a crack today?” I’m afraid he could be arrested for that, how about an adjustment instead?Quick Crack – Isn’t that something to
Mondays Yahoo News headlines read, “Survey of Doctors Indicates Widespread Concern That Vaccines Cause Chronic Diseases” According to the article, Dr. Bart Classen, an immunologist at Classen Immunotherapies, has presented data which provides proof that “vaccines cause insulin-dependent diabetes.” Dr. Classens data indicates that vaccines are the largest cause of insulin-dependent diabetes in young children,
By Shawn Powers, D.C. “I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. I will not refuse to do the something I can.” – Helen Keller The world needs your help. Children are at risk. Parents and children would benefit from learning the ADIO approach
By now you have probably heard the news that an FDA advisory panel has recommended to make three popular allergy drugs, (Claritin, Allegra and Zyrtec) available without a prescription. The request was brought about by a California health insurance company that would save millions each year if these drugs became available over-the-counter (OTC). According to