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…
By Dr. Fred Schofield WHATEVER IT TAKES I can improveI can adaptI can surviveWhat joy and adventure will innate bringIn this momentPlan, prepare, persistI can, I must, I willI will train till my will is like steelMy MojoWHATEVER IT TAKES! Chiropractic adjustmentReleases the power withinAllows the body to expressStimulate, activate, motivateTake controlExpand your mindLeap into…
By Sharon Gorman, D.C. I’ve gotten several e-mails and calls from chiropractors and from chiropractic students about what is happening with Life University. I had some of the patients that are now students call and say “What should I do?” I’ve told them all the same thing and I thought I might share some lessons…
FROM: Guy F. Riekeman, D.C., President As you have heard by now, Life University has lost its accredited status with CCE. The Palmer Chiropractic University System is saddened by this news. We are especially aware of and sympathize with the disruption this will cause in the lives of Life University’s students, faculty, staff and administrators….
Ok, so I was out of my LA Chiropractic office today but I had good reason. Today, the Los Angeles Lakers celebrated their third consecutive NBA championship with a triumphant parade through a purple-and-gold sea of screaming fans. The parade basically results in all the streets around downtown Los Angeles being closed to through traffic so there is not much to do other than get outside and have some fun. And fun we had!
Dr. Drew Rubin (Life ’89) and Dr. Lisa Rubin, Ph. D.Adjunct Professors, Life UniversityFellow Chiropractic Warriors June 2002 will forever be known as a decisive, pivotal moment in chiropractic. Your action or inaction will contribute either to the rise of philosophical, subluxation based chiropractic to the forefront, or its eventual demise, as our profession follows…
By Stew Bittman, D.C. Since attending another incredible Gathering with Sigafoose, B.J.’s last three printed words have taken on a deeper meaning. “Guard it well”. He was referring to the sacred trust we have been given as members of the chiropractic profession. He admonished us to guard chiropractic: to keep it pure and unadulterated, to…
Harvey Fish, D.C. Hi. It’s been a while. Oh, I’ve had lot’s of questions, just none that merited posting to you all. Till today. By now most of you will have heard the news that CCE has denied Life it’s re-accreditation. I suppose that there are reasons/justifications that CCE has found to merit this kind…
Updated on 6/13/2002 3:54PM Below are all the news links we have seen as of today regarding Life University and their accreditation status. Rather than re-report the news here we felt it would be better for you to visit the various news websites. Links are posted in chronological order so that you can get an…
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Several news reports today suggest that researchers have found no evidence that MMR or single measles vaccines are linked with autism or inflammatory bowel disease. Many of the reports however, fail to mention that parents and critics are still concerned and may still not be convinced. According to one report from…
By Nicholas Regush Reprinted with permission from HEALTH NEWS ANALYZER #41Visit redflagsweekly.com at: www.redflagsweekly.com Why even assume that Public Broadcasting is any better than the regular networks in handling health issues? Don’t be naive! I only raise this today because of the scores of emails I have received, asking whether I watched the chiropractic community…
By Sharon Gorman, D.C. No, I’m not talking about the kind you do with sneakers on. I’m talking about the option of running from the “stuff” of your life. It always makes me smile when someone tells me that I am hard to reach and they have been trying to get in touch with me…
From ICA Chiropractic News Service The International Chiropractors Association is calling for an immediate and universal response from the chiropractic community to protest the on-going broadcast of a grossly distorted and internationally damaging depiction of the science and practice of chiropractic on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) stations across the U.S. In a regular feature show,…
By Sid Mouk, D.C. Is the world coming to an end? Alan Alda (one of my favorite movie & TV stars) doesn’t like us. A PBS show on “Alternative Healing” hosted by Alan Alda recently lambasted Chiropractic with the age-old AMA stuff about “There is no scientific evidence that alignment of the spine benefits health…
Por el Dr. Edwin Cordero Esta pregunta es sumamente interesante ya que en muchisimas ocasiones cuando no nos sentimos bien de salud no sabemos a que Medico debemos visitar. Pero si miramos ala distintas ramas de la Medicina entenderíamos que existe una diferencia entre la Alopatía (Medicina Convencional) y la Medicina Alternativa. Por décadas la…
Success Principle Eleven is actually #1 of the Advanced Principles (Have weekly staff meetings and training’s). Very few doctors are actually doing this because it takes extra time and thought. Staff meetings and training’s should be scheduled separately. Staff meetings should be about 30 minutes and staff training’s should be about an hour.
I must confess, I never think of adjusting a spine or a subluxation. The focus of the adjustment is on the expression of that individual, their life, the reconnection, and their soul.
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. According to media reports, Doctors in Germany are prescribing far too many useless drugs. These medications which have “little or no therapeutic value” is wasting health insurance money that could be better spent. When it comes to prescribing drugs, a health insurance group spokesperson stated, “Doctors should not listen only to…
By Lynn Rivard, Principled CA I have discovered something unusual in my time as a Principled CA. We all know the power of innate intelligence and we know that it is at work for us…always in our corner…always on our side….the compass giving us direction. We witness every day the power of innate working in…
By Sid Mouk, D.C. (The Sure Road To Success) I sat one evening in his office chatting with Dr. Joe (the wise old DC from Chicago with 50+ years of practice experience) when he turned and asked me “How many times have you failed at something this month”? This totally caught me by surprise and,…