Updates on legislation, industry shifts, and global news.
The LA Weekly, a widely distributed Los Angeles paper, featured a very disturbing advertisement in it’s April 6th edition. The ad was placed by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and featured a photo of a monkey tied to some sort of barbaric rack and a headline that read “Please have the backbone…
Superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger Delivers Ringing Statement Of Support For Chiropractic At Ica Symposium Forwarded by the International Chiropractors Association: 800 423-4690 ICA once again welcomed bodybuilding champion, world-renowned film star and friend of chiropractic, Arnold Schwarzenegger as its featured speaker at the 8th Annual Symposium on Natural Fitness held February 24-25, 2000 in Columbus, Ohio….
The following two articles are available via insightmag.com April 3 – Insight Magazine reports on Gulf War Illness and its relationship to the inoculations soldiers had received. Here is the link: DOD alerts Rep. Jack Metcalf that finally, after months of delays, it will investigate the discovery of strange antibodies to squalene showing up in…
April 3 – MSNBC reports on a study stating, “Pediatricians urge no drugs for respiratory infections.” The report suggests that “pediatricians are often pressured to prescribe unnecessary antibiotics for respiratory infections” and that those pressures often come from parents and from schools children are attending. According to the article, the study was performed to find…
ABCNEWS.com reports that “last year, an estimated 180 million Americans or two thirds of the population, took prescription drugs that may have potential harmful side effects.” The question asked in the report relates to the prescribing of drugs and what precautions, if any, are medical doctors taking to reduce drug risks. A basic medical fact…
From CNN/Sports Illustrated comes an article about “tiny” Life University and the winning of their 2nd straight NAIA basketball title. (Apparently the reporters and opposing players have never been to Dynamic Essentials or they would all know… Nothing is Bigger Than LIFE!) According to the article, “something decidedly … different … is going on at…
The future of Drkoop.com appears to be uncertain, according to a filing with the SEC and reported on CNET. According to the report, Drkoop.com has “sustained losses and negative cash flows from operations since its inception,” which has resulted in a threat to the future of the company. The company plans to raise working capital…
This article is from a February 27, 2000 Q & A session titled:Prozac: Panacea or Pandora?Article is available at: WorldNetDaily The article discusses the uses of Ritalin and Prozac in children, and points out similarities of psychotropic drug use in recent shooting tragedies. According to the article, these drugs are dangerous, and are being heavily…
Nando Times reported that an HMO group has launched an ad campaign on medical errors hoping to keep Americans harmed by bad medical care the right to sue HMOs. The commercials are aimed to “shift the focus on protecting patients to eliminating medical errors instead of settling patient disputes in court” according to the report….
On March 24, 2000, the Chicago Sun-Times reported an article titled: AMA snubs overture from chiropractors According to the report, in a letter to the American Chiropractic Association, AMA Chairman D. Ted Lewers said, “It is our understanding that the ACA desires to meet with the leadership of the AMA in order to ‘focus on…
It has definitely been a mellow winter by Lake Tahoe standards, and many signs bring the promise of an early spring. I hope we’re not still seeing the same signs 2 months from now. Right now I’m watching a great blue heron making like a statue. He’s standing on the other side of a small…
Several sources are reporting today that the Diabetes drug Rezulin has been pulled from the market since it has been linked to at least 61 deaths. The FDA requested on Tuesday that the drug be removed due to its risks of use and reported deaths associated with its use. At least 61 individuals have died…
According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, Ritalin along with many other medications can cause cancer in animals. The question asked by parents is “if Ritalin causes cancer in mice, what studies have been done to show it does not cause cancer in children?” The answer is that no research has been done…
Many news sources are reporting today that in the US, federal government officials have planned to inform parents and teachers about the risks of using psychiatric drugs such as Ritalin and Prozac on preschoolers. (Notice the trend here?) Also according to reports, the Food and Drug Administration will be developing new drug labels and the…
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center last week released news on a study titled: Computerized Analysis of Heart Arteries Shows No Benefits of Hormone Therapy. According to the study, synthetic hormone replacement has no beneficial effect on lowering heart disease in postmenopausal women. The link was provided by Dr. Norman Price who points out that…
God, I love adjusting people. It’s my favorite thing to do while being in a vertical position. I love watching the color rush into people’s faces, the light come on in their eyes. I love that sound. Yes, I know, it isn’t necessarily indicative of a successful adjustment, but I love it anyway. So there….
How many times have you asked yourself, “when am I going to write that book on chiropractic?” Not a book on procedures or how to fill out forms, but a book about principles that is easy enough for the lay person to read, understand, and enjoy. Well, Dr. Drew Rubin has done just that with…
Reuters reported today that four insurance companies have filed suit against a group of New York doctors “who allegedly sold their names and medical licenses to chiropractors and lay people in order to form more than 40 phony medical professional corporations.” In the report, Vince Coyne of Progressive Insurance stated that it is against the…
On March 9, 2000, the subcommittee on National Security, Veterans’ Affairs and International Relations released a report regarding the DOD Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program in the U.S. According to the report, the program was found “unsustainable in its present form due to unreliable vaccine supply” and it was recommended that the mandatory immunization effort be…
It was reported yesterday that researchers at a U.S. university have been asked to study the smallpox vaccine so that the U.S. could be prepared in the event of a terrorist attack. The reported problem is that there is only a small supply of smallpox vaccine available which is known as Dryvax. The plan in…
Why Chiropractic? The answer may not be as simple as some of you think. Some of you may have begun care for one reason or another but anyone that has remained on has probably done it for the right reasons. Let’s start with the alternatives to Chiropractic. There is only one that I can think…
Friday’s 20/20 on ABC featured a method of neurosurgery to help chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia sufferers. The procedure was performed by cutting out parts of the skull and upper cervical vertebra, to decrease compression of the spinal cord and nerves which affect normal function in the rest of the body. Gives new meaning to upper…
Stuck.Completely and totally stuck. Or, at least so it seemed at that moment. At that moment in time, I was sitting in the cab of my 4-wheel drive, 1990 Ford ranger pickup truck that had become bogged down in the 30 inches of snow that had been dumped on the ground as part of what…
The news has now been out for months, as many as 98,000 people per year are dying from medical error, which is ranked by their standards as the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. Hospital acquired infection or iatrogenic disease is closely trailing behind as the eighth leading cause of death in…
New report points to dangers of MMR immunization WorldNetDaily.com An article by Julie Foster of WorldNetDaily.com was posted today reporting on a new report by Dr. Harold Buttram regarding the recent increase in the number of autistic children and a possible link to the combination measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine which is routinely…
Charlotte News Index(This article was published some time ago but we had just been forwarded the link and felt you may want to add this information to your arsenal.) Charlotte News reports on a “bizarre yet common custom practiced among certain cultures” known as vaccination which has “come under criticism as being unnecessary and potentially…
ICA Delivers Strong Subluxation-based Presentation To Department of Veterans Affairs Ronald M. Hendrickson, ICA Executive Director Representatives of the International Chiropractors Association were among the participants in an historic meeting held on February 24, 2000 in Washington, D.C., at which the future of chiropractic services in federal veterans programs was extensively discussed. Called by senior…
Move over hospital-acquired infections, medical error has got you beat in the US. Today’s news feeds are reporting “Medical errors are the fifth leading cause of death in the US and cost about $29 billion a year.” This is based on information in a recent Institute of Medicine report. Officials are looking for answers to…
A Nando Media report released yesterday took a look at ways to decrease the incidence of hospital-acquired infection in the US. There has been much news regarding the 44,000 to 98,000 deaths per year due to medical error and here is a number to add to that figure. According to the report, “infections contracted in…
By Dr. Jeff Ptak According to US Gov’t statistics, if you live to be 40, your chances of living to be 70 or 80 are about identical to a 40 year old who lived 200 years ago. That is right. Said a different way, if you got to see your 40th birthday in 1800, your…
Linda Bevel, Executive Assistant, World Chiropractic Alliance Sharp divisions within the chiropractic profession became evident on Thursday, Feb. 24, when the World Chiropractic Alliance (WCA) participated in a forum held by the Department of Veterans Affairs at VA Headquarters in Washington D.C. The VA invited the WCA and other groups to provide input into new…
A recent study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine finds that many patients are suffering from the side effects of prescription drugs. It is estimated the three out of four patients visiting a medical doctor will leave with a prescription drug. The study sought to find out how many of those patients were suffering…
Chiropractic is my life. It is my mission, my path to serve. Its principle is my road map for life. Its practice is my purest way to express love. Through chiropractic I have experienced Innate, my connection to God. I have witnessed “miracles”, which were simply Universal Intelligence expressing itself from above down, inside out….
A February 28th report from Associated Press states that cases of drug-resistant “super bacteria” are on the rise in Los Angeles and have began infecting “healthy” people which is baffling medical doctors. The AP report mentions that although bacteria do develop a resistance to antibiotic treatment over time, overuse and inappropriate use of antibiotics has…
The week’s March 6th issue of U.S. News & World Report features a report on the use of psychiatric drugs in children. The article is available on this weeks news stands or by visiting http://www.usnews.com (save the pages for offline viewing as they will probably be removed next week.) Although the article is written from…