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Barbara Loe Fisher, President and co-founder of the NVIC, was one of the many who attended and spoke at New Beginnings this past weekend in New Jersey. Barbara spoke about the issues of mass compulsory vaccination, vaccine dangers, and discussed the importance of chiropractic philosophy becoming a part of everyday life. It was a passion…
A Yahoo! news report today states that “almost 200,000 people die every year in China from taking old, fake, or inappropriate medicine at home.” According to the article, a Chinese consumers association has issued a formal warning to get people to pay closer attention to the drugs they are taking. The article states that “more…
If you don’t already know, a class-action lawsuit was filed last week in California and New Jersey charging the makers of ritalin and the APA with conspiracy to create a market for ritalin by targeting millions of children and misdiagnosing them with ADD/ADHD.
From Salon.com comes an article titled “Just say yes to Ritalin! Parents are being pressured by schools to medicate their kids — or else.” According to the article, some public schools are saying that they “will not allow students to attend conventional classes unless they are medicated.” In some cases, parents that have chosen to…
Is there a flu vaccine shortage in the U.S. or are medics and vaccine makers just full of chicken poop? Take a look at the following news headlines, both appearing on the same date. Headline One: Flu shot shortage impeding hospitals — Emergency plan saves vaccine for people in high-risk groups Headline Two: UK elderly…
A USA Today article reported today that more than 50% of USA FDA Advisors have financial ties to pharmaceutical companies. According to the article, “more than half the experts hired to advise the government on the safety and effectiveness of medicine have financial relationships with the pharmaceutical companies that will be helped or hurt by…
How is your mail doctor? Do you receive tons of chiropractoid junk mail pushing every known potion, lotion and outside in non chiropractic product available? What are you doing with all this mail? Thanks to the suggestions of several chiropractic warriors, we offer this suggestion… STUFF IT! That’s right, start taking a look at the…
According to a recent survey, “half of Britain’s family doctors would not be happy to rely on the National Health Service for healthcare for themselves or their families.” Added to that, forty one percent of surveyed MDs said they would not use NHS services even if they required major surgery. Many MDs stated that they…
From Yahoo News comes a very odd and disturbing headline that reads “Company to Develop New Smallpox Vaccine.” New smallpox vaccine? What when where how? It should be spelled $mallpox, since a company has just announced a three hundred and forty three million dollar contract to develop a new smallpox vaccine, according to the article….
There is no evidence that any influenza vaccine thus far developed is effective in preventing or mitigating any attack of influenza. The producers of these vaccines know that they are worthless, but they go on selling them, anyway.
ADIO Steve Wynkoop,D.C. “There is a great deal of evidence to prove that immunization of children does more harm than good.” – Dr Anthony Morris “There is insufficient evidence to support routine vaccination of healthy persons of any age.” – Paul Frame, M.D., Journal of Family Practice “Official data shows that large scale vaccination has…
When we go to chiropractic seminars, gatherings, conventions and people recognize us or have heard from others who we are and are pointed out to them, people will come, introduce themselves and ask, when is the next mission? They will immediately provide us a business card, which we take appreciatively, and they say, “I want…
The following information is a synopsis of chiropractic’s rich and colorful history. The basic outline and data is derived from a text by Walter Wardwell, PhD., entitled, “Chiropractic: History and Evolution of a New Profession” Published by Mosby, 1993. The Early Years… D.D. PalmerThe first chiropractic adjustment was performed in Davenport, Iowa in the year…
Nicholas Regush of Second Opinion asks “How many of you have watched your elderly parents go through prescription drug hell because of snappy medical decisions?” Is the bathroom medicine cabinet in your parents’ home a veritable pharmacy?Did you know federal government statistics state that one-fifth of prescription drugs are inappropriately prescribed?Are your parents at risk…
Class action suits were filed in California and New Jersey on Wednesday, alleging that the pharmaceutical manufacturer of Ritalin along with the American Psychiatric Association, conspired to create the disease attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in order to sell more of the drug, according to several news sources. Also according to reports, on Thursday, the…
B.J. Palmer said that chiropractic was bigger than medicine, bigger than religion. In fact, he stated “Chiropractic is the biggest idea I know of.” This month we celebrate one hundred and five years of chiropractic. Next month, two California chiropractors will begin their journey towards worldwide recognition and acclaim as a result of anchoring themselves…
Today’s headlines on MSNBC Health read, “FDA deems chickenpox shot safe” and Yahoo’s Health News headlines read “Serious side effects of chickenpox vaccine rare.” Safe with rare serious side effects? What is a serious side effect? Rashes and fevers as a result of the shot? Odd genetic mutations resulting in coarse monkey hairs growing out…
The news feeds began Monday evening, September 11th, 2000. By Tuesday in the U.S., it was front page headline news. “HIV’s link to Polio Vaccine Doubted” read the front page headlines of USA Today. It was on T.V., in the paper, and on the internet. On the internet, the reports were pushed heavily via Yahoo!,…
From the Gannett News Service comes an article with the headline “Vaccine Safety Advocates Concerned About Immune Systems.” This past weekend, the National Vaccine Information Center held a three day conference at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. According to the article, vaccine safety advocates decried the almost universal lack of testing infant immune…
According to a September 11th news article available on Yahoo news, the UK will soon release “strict” new guidelines involving the use of Ritalin, which may result in the drug being banned for use in children under the age of five. The new guidelines are the result of growing concerns by some doctors and the…
According to various news sources, recent independent laboratory tests claim there is “no evidence to support the theory that an early version of the polio vaccine tested in the 1950s inadvertently triggered the AIDS epidemic.” The article title is “The Origins of AIDS” and is available via ABCNEWS.com or MSNBC.com. According to the article, studies…
With presidential elections just around the corner in the U.S., we thought it would be interesting to look at where chiropractic money is going in this years election as well as in politics in general. Some of you may have recently seen Dr. Patrick Gentempo’s face next to presidential candidate George W. Bush or maybe…
As a chiropractor, you have been telling the story, telling the story, telling the story. You have often said that “If they knew what I knew, they would do what I do.” Yet sometimes you may wonder if your message is getting out there. Your message is reaching the people and it is critical that…
The hepatitis B vaccine advocates are back and they are ready to fill their pockets as they attempt to fill your heart with fear and your child’s body with mercury, animal parts, and other toxins all in the name of science. Yahoo headlines featured an article titled, “Experts recommend hepatitis B vaccine for newborns.” The…
Forwarded to us by our friends at ChiroFeed Dear ChiroFeed Friends: We are excited about the increasing service we are able to provide here in America and outside our borders. We want to share with you a story from Dr. Scott Mindel here in Seattle who was with us on our recent mission trip to…
YourHealthDaily brings us an article from the Boston Globe titled “Turf Wars Ignite As Medical Specialists Reinvent Themselves” The article is focused on the rapid changes occurring in medical specialties that are blurring the lines as to what it is each specialty practitioner does. The article states that there are a “series of battle lines…
Nando Health/Science reported the results of a survey today stating that medical school applications have dropped in 1999 marking three straight years in a row of decline. According to the article, applications dropped 6% from 1998 to 1999 and although possible reasons for the decline were not studied, suggestions regarding the downward trend have been…
Where does GIRLPOWER begin? The mind, the heart, the spine? A girl’s mind is busy this time of year as the spontaneity of summer shifts to the structure of school and there are backpacks, new clothes, cool school supplies, make-up, music and boys to think about.
This month of September brings us the celebration of chiropractic across the planet. As many of you know, this September 18th marks 105 years of correcting subluxations.
According to the article, a British parliamentarian will today be the first human to be injected with a new prototype vaccine against AIDS. The Doctor that volunteered said he did it because he believes “an effective vaccination is the only way to combat the deadly disease,” according to the article.
Recently in the state of Florida, the Board of Chiropractic Examiners managed to have their name changed to the Board of Chiropractic Medicine. The event occurred without warning or state wide vote from chiropractors in Florida.
On August 24th, 2000, the Boston Globe ran a story about Dick Gregory, an activist known worldwide for his legendary fasts and Bahamian diet product. According to the article, Dick Gregory has cancer. “And he still won’t go home.” He has a schedule that is full of causes, and he is determined not to be…
Hundreds of DC’s and students attended the Florida Chiropractic Society’s recent and famous Palm Beach convention. The FCS has made Palm Beach a permanent destination for its summer 20-hour CE event and demand has been greater every year since. This year’s convention produced the largest amount of exhibitors, attendees, C.A.’s and students from all over the continent, including Venezuela and the Caribbean.
So I’m reading my morning newspaper, enjoying a first cup of steaming hot coffee. Decaffeinated. Made with unfluoridated water, naturally.
This weeks issue of Forbes features an article titled, “Needle Damage — A federal tort reform with some very unhappy campers” The article was forwarded to use via PROVE (Parents Requesting Open Vaccine Education) According to PROVE, some of the numbers in the Forbes article are incorrect. For example, the total paid out via the…