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- Fear of Microbes and Vaccination Questions
Have you ever noticed that young children seem genetically programmed to encounter every possible microbe in their surroundings? On playgrounds around the world you'll see little ones who have never met walk up and lick…
- Having Babies - Home Births with Midwives
I was recently invited to join a committee formed to improve medical services out here in the backcountry. Really important people were at the meeting, people from hospitals and clinics, people with power, rank and influ…
- Is Medical Science an Oxymoron?
Today's topic is Medical Science, one of the most expensive and prominent enterprises in our country. The time has come to give the scientific theories of medicine a checkup and find out how healthy they are. First thoug…
- Flu Vaccine for Pregnant Moms
How is it possible that the wealthiest nation on the planet has an infant mortality rate higher than just about every other industrialized country? Help is finally on the way for solving this dilemma, or so I thought whe…
- Dolphins Surfing Marina del Rey Waves
I was out today for my morning run which typically involves running along the shoreline in Venice and sometimes into Marina del Rey or Santa Monica. The morning started out quite cloudy and the weather was perfect for ru…
- Leaving for College
This week, my son John graduated from high school. There we sat in the stadium bleachers, my wife and I, crying, laughing, and feeling every shade of emotion in between. We were surrounded by hundreds of other proud pare…
- Medicine, Worms and Dirt
Your prescription is ready Mrs. Jones, fresh intestinal whipworm eggs straight from the pig! This type of medicine may sound rather unorthodox, but scientists testing this unusual treatment on six human patients with inf…
- Counting chickens to solve the whole bird flu pandemic
There it was lying on my plate in front of me, a dead chicken. That was when the idea struck me, a method to easily solve the whole bird flu 'get-ready-because-it's-coming-for-sure' pandemic. Well, partially anyway. I li…
- Tuna, or not tuna? That is the question
Are you mad for tuna? Do your fillings make you crazy? Are you getting stuck with more than the flu? The answer to these questions is held by Mercury, the swift messenger of the Roman gods...…
- Crain's Chiropractic Column on Vaccination, Heretical Health and Healing
Science, wrote Adam Smith back in 1776, "is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition."…
- Bird flu up your nose
Bird Flu Up Your Nose! That is the name for an avian flu nasal spray vaccine I just came up with. If you know someone in the vaccine industry, please inform them I am willing to sell the name for the right price.…
- Merck Wants a New Drug - Vioxx, Zocor, Gardasil and Cancer
According to various news articles, Merck, the world's third-largest drugmaker, will be closing 5 plants in the wake of 6,400 lawsuits that have been filed related to problems with drugs they manufacture. Merck is the ma…
- Is that a gerbil in your pocket?
I'm for the George Carlin way of fighting off germs. Do you remember that skit? If not, you should check it out, he tells the TRUTH. George said you have to swim in raw sewage as a kid. Carlin grew up in New York and he…
- Fellow Strollers of the Principled Chiropractic Path
The path of least resistance, according to BJ Palmer, "is what makes rivers and men crooked." When I choose to look honestly at my chiropractic practice and my life (as if I'm fooling me when I choose otherwise), I see t…
- Chiropractic Awareness Council Discussion of Vaccination
d their intention to effectively put a gag order on the discussion of vaccination by a chiropractor. This came to fruition on Tuesday, February 10 with a vote by the Executive Council to accept the proposed change in Sta…
- Study Links Vaccine to Autism
US Researcher calls preservative used in annual flu shot a "smoking gun" -- This was the headline that screamed across the front of the National Post today. You could well imagine my tears of joy upon reading this, espec…
- Chiropractic in the News
A glimpse at some of todays chiropractic stories worldwide... Marco Island, Florida Hundreds of women are choosing home birth in the state of Florida is a welcome alternative to giving birth in a busy hospital setting. F…
- A Chiropractic Assistant's View on Chiropractic
Have you ever asked yourself: Why does a person drink alcohol? To feel good; to cover up the pain. What happens after a person drinks alcohol? You get a hangover; you still feel the pain. Why does a person take medicatio…
- Raised in Chiropractic
A big concern from many students and new DC's is whether our philosophy is practical. Please allow me to share my feelings on that. I was raised in chiropractic. It is something I do not take for granted, and appreciate…
- Our Strength is in Our Knowing
More often than not, it has been our experience as chiropractors to watch an issue of truth come to the masses--a very issue we as chiropractors knew all along to be so! Think about a few of these issues which DCs have k…