Updates on legislation, industry shifts, and global news.
From Yahoo news comes an article titled: Spinal Surgery Can Relieve Cancer Pain The article discusses a report from British researchers offering spinal surgery to relieve the pain caused by some forms of cancer. The article states that, “in some breast cancer patients, tumors can spread to the spine, weakening bones and causing debilitating pain.”…
From Yahoo News comes a report from the CDC titled: “CDC Warns About Overuse of Antibiotics” The CDC report was issued “in an effort to reduce the growing numbers of drug-resistant bacteria” and CDC officials are “urging physicians to stop prescribing antibiotics where the drugs are not necessary” according to the article. According to the…
From WorldNetDaily.com comes an article titled: “Ritalin’s long-term effects questioned – Death of 14-year-old boy highlights concerns over popular drug” The article reports that ritalin, “is getting a nervous second look by medical groups and pediatricians due to potential long-term health effects — a concern highlighted by the recent death of a 14-year-old Michigan boy…
The headline reads: “Anthrax vaccine unsafe – Airman will not face court martial” Many of you may have heard about Sgt. Mike Kipling, a former air force sergeant who refused to take the anthrax vaccine and was to face a court martial for doing so. As reported in the Alberta News, on Friday, May 05,…
From Yahoo News comes the article: “More Doctor Visits Do Not Mean Better Outcome” According to the article, a medical school researcher has “debunked the idea that more visits to a physician will automatically lead to a better outcome for patients.” Dr. John Wennberg said that, “there is no evidence that more care is better…
From the Home School Legal Defense Association’s Senior Counsel comes an article underscoring how it is a basic parental right for a parent to be able to refuse vaccines for their children. ———Forwarded from PROVEIf you are in one of the 34 states without a philosophical exemption, your state has obliterated your parental rights and…
According to a report in the May/June edition of the journal Health Affairs, the U.S. is spending more than double on “healthcare” than in other industrialized countries and yet has little to show for it. We all know that what is being called “healthcare” is really some sort of disease treatment protocol which is not…
Two interesting articles recently came across the news feeds here. Both were based on the same study but featured interestingly different headlines and viewpoints. From Yahoo News the headlines read: “Higher Spending May Lead to Better Healthcare”From Nando Media the headlines read: “Report says health care in U.S. costlier, but not necessarily better” If one…
From FOXNEWS.com comes an article titled: “Patients Do Not Tell Doctors Their Concerns, Fears” The article is based on a report in this week’s issue of the British Medical Journal and explains that when visiting a medical doctor, “many patients do not voice many of the concerns that prompted them to make an appointment in…
From ABCNEWS.com comes an article titled: “Recreational Ritalin – Kids Using Prescription Drug for Fun” The article states that, “Authorities fear Ritalin is becoming increasingly popular as a recreational drug among teens and pre-teens.” According to the article, a “significant amount of data from school surveys, emergency room reports, poison control centers, adolescent drug treatment…
Just yesterday we reported on ADHD in the news and commented on an article titled: “Strep Infection Possibly Linked to Attention-Deficit Disorder” I commented that, “On one side, one may suggest increased use of antibiotics or maybe even a vaccine to hopefully prevent the strep infections or maybe a combination of vaccines, antibiotics and ritalin…
Wayne L. Pines, you belittle Congressman Burton as an “angry grandfather” when his goal is to make vaccines safer for children. Your feeble attempt to undermine Congressman Burton’s efforts made sense only after your ties to the vaccine manufacturers and drug companies were revealed. This is a day in your life Wayne L. Pines. Let’s see who you really are and then people will understand that your words are meaningless because they are motivated by avarice.
A concerned parents viewpointFrom: Dawn Richardson Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 Here are some of my thoughts about the Clinton Administration’s recent declaration of AIDS as a National Security threat. This has got to be one of the most unbelievable and dangerous claims of this administration. Different versions of the original Washington Post article appeared…
From Yahoo Health News and MSNBC HealthThe American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released new guidelines on Monday aimed at helping physicians diagnose attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.(ADHD) There has been much news regarding ADHD and it’s over diagnoses and misdiagnoses. There has also been increasing news regarding ritalin and it’s use in children under the age of six….
It’s almost as if the whole world has gotten into the discussion of vaccination and the question of it’s safety and efficacy. Although articles questioning vaccination did appear in the major press several years ago, they often included opportunistic commentary from pro-vaccine groups looking to paint a picture of lunacy and irrationality of those questioning…
Keeping in touch with patients via email can be a great tool for the DC as well as a great benefit to the patient. Today’s Reuters Health features an article regarding e-mail and doctor-patient communications.
Some Website News Links For April 26th, 2000 Yahoo News: Friendly Doctors May Encourage Child Immunization “Mothers who feel that a doctor is unsympathetic to their child’s pain during shots may be less likely to bring their child in for future vaccinations — or at least may choose another doctor, researchers suggest.” Altered Ritalin for…
An amusing “Ziggy” comic was forwarded to me from a colleague yesterday and I wanted to share it with all of you. Since we could not post it to the sight, I decided to find out if “Ziggy” was available online. Not surprising, Ziggy comics are available daily on comic strip related websites. What surprised…
By Dr. Jeff Ptak Where do I go for the answers I seek? Do I look in books, ask people questions, and continue to look outside myself? When I feel fear, anxiety, sickness, or the need for courage, I know I have been looking outside myself and observing fearful possibilities that my human mind has…
I have been talking to several struggling Chiropractors this week. The main topic with most of them is how do I get more new patients? There is only one thing that is directly proportional to the number of new patients you are going to get. Every thing else is indirectly proportional. Newspaper, TV, and Radio advertising are indirectly proportional.
Dear Doctors, Be prepared to get angry when you read the following article from Reuters. (Link to study available below) What really raised my ire was the fact that the basis for the title had nothing to do with dangerous outcomes from chiropractic care but because so many children are seeing chiropractors! The reality is…
The May issue of Readers Digest Canada features an article by Dr. Richard Goldbloom titled: Childhood Vaccinations: What Every Parent Should Know From VRAN – Vaccination Risk Awareness Network (Canada) The pro-vaccinators are worried by the growing loss of public confidence in vaccination agendas. Our efforts to educate the public about vaccine risks and the…
By Barbara Loe Fisher, April 22, 2000 I am writing this letter from my Capitol Hill home in Washington, D.C., stunned by the events of this morning when federal agents, with weapons drawn, entered a home in Miami in the middle of the night and forcibly removed a child whose mother gave her life to…
From MSNBC Health comes an article titled: “Medical savings accounts: a boon just for the healthy and wealthy?” While I have heard discussion about medical savings accounts (MSAs) in chiropractic circles for several years now, I have heard very little from those outside the chiropractic profession. I suggest you read the article on MSNBC to…
By Dr. George E. Logothetis, D.C. America Has Finally Discovered The Difference Between Health care And Sick Care. The past decade has marked an incredible increase in how our country has utilized alternative health care. In 1990 researchers estimated that over 425 million visits were made to alternative health care providers. These numbers far exceed…
Letter to the GovernorGovernor Frank Keating, of the State of Oklahoma Dear Governor Keating: This morning I became aware of the proposal to amend the Chiropractic scope of practice to include the use of pharmaceuticals in the State of Oklahoma. This, if passed would be a mistake with possible grave consequences. With 100,000 deaths per…
From the April issue of PEDIATRICS comes a very interesting article titled: Chiropractors and Vaccination: A Historical Perspective An interesting point to note is that this is from the April issue of PEDIATRICS, and the topic is CHIROPRACTIC. Not a big deal until you notice that the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine also published…
From Yahoo news comes the headline: “Children’s chiropractic care raises questions” The April 19th article which appears on yahoo news is one more example of the increased surge this paradigm shift in healthcare has taken in just the past 6 months. The article states, “Children make up a substantial portion of chiropractic patients in the…
From MSNBC.com comes an article titled: Measles may help to prevent asthma The article reports that, “an early case of the measles may help some people avoid asthma” according to new research. According to the article, having had the measles before the age of three may have lead to some sort of protective effect against…
The article is in print on the newsstands in the April 2000 issue of Let’s Live Magazine. It is suggested you consider buying a copy to share with friends and to support the magazine for printing the article.
From the Canadian Chiropractor, “Michelle Whitney, D.C. became a chiropractor for one reason and one reason only – to detect and correct vertebral subluxations for the enhancement of human health and potential.” I had the opportunity to spend a few days with Dr. Michelle while attending the Chiropractic Awareness Council’s (C.A.C.) 2nd annual convention which…
West Los Angeles local doctor of chiropractic offices receive some television attention thanks to Planet Chiropractic and the growing use of TV content creators using the internet to research topics and make contacts.
The U.S. Defense Department and questions regarding Gulf War Syndrome have been in the news again. Focus was on a Tulane University Medical School study which found high levels of antibodies to squalene in a large percentage of sick veterans vaccinated for service in the Gulf. Squalene is a naturally occurring molecule used in experimental…
An April 16th Nando Media reports that a “medical examiner says years of using Ritalin, a drug used to treat hyperactive children, may have led to a 14-year-old boy’s death.” The boy had collapsed at his home on March 21 as the result of a heart attack “likely caused by 10 years of taking Ritalin…
Little Katie, 8 years old, came in the other day, and tears were streaming down her sweet cheeks. “Dr. Stew, I don’t feel so good”, she whimpered. “My stomach really hurts”. “Let’s adjust you and see what happens”, I replied. Katie and her mom were among my first folks that day, and the morning had…