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Information from the World Chiropractic Alliance and The Chiropractic Journal

Browsing Posts published in May, 2010

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In recent years, chiropractors have once more turned their attention to the neurological component of the subluxation. After decades of concentrating on musculoskeletal aspects, it’s a move that is as timely as it is important. In the years to come, our understanding of how we impact the brain will be the key to becoming the [...]

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By Terry A. Rondberg, DC For years, chiropractors and other non-medical wellness professionals have advocated taking nutritional supplements to make up for the deficiencies in our modern diets. Vitamin A has always been among the most recommended, since it’s critical to maternal health and child survival. Recently, researchers at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of [...]

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In some traditional cultures, the elderly are revered. In others, they’re taken out to the woods and left to die. Generally, in America, they’re over medicated, often with harmful or useless drugs. A recent study of the records of 470,000 patients over 65 who were admitted to an emergency department (ED) between 2000 and 2006 [...]

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The first rule of the medical profession is supposed to be “Do No Harm.” I don’t think the pharmaceutical industry ever took that pledge. We’ve known for ages that pills and potions passed out like candy by the medical and drug cartels are seldom effective and often have dangerous side effects. A study published in [...]