NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Prayer may reduce the number of complications experienced by hospitalized heart patients, researchers report.“This suggests that prayer may be an effective adjunct to standard medical care,” Dr. William Harris of Saint Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, and colleagues report in the October 25th issue of the Archives of Internal
Deadly TreatmentJudge Cites Hyperactivity Drug in Homicide Acquittal BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Ten days after he began taking a widely used medicine called Adderall to control his attention deficit disorder and help him with his college studies, Ryan Ehlis slipped into a psychotic fog and killed his infant daughter.God, he said, told him to do
Executive Order 13139 is requiring military personnel to receive experimental vaccines not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Courts-martial are pending.A day after Republican Rep. Chris Shays of Connecticut ended congressional hearings on the controversial decision mandating the inoculation of 2.4 million U.S. troops against anthrax, President Clinton quietly signed an executive order, or
Survey: Physicians support deceiving insurers to get needed careLOS ANGELES – If a doctor believes a patient needs medical care but the insurance company won’t cover it and the patient can’t afford the expense, should the physician lie to the insurer to secure payment? Many doctors polled in a new survey say yes.Of 169 Internists
After five successful chiropractic missions to Panama, Lina and Luis Ocon have been invited to bring their C.R.E.W. of chiropractors to the Country of Costa Rica for a chiropractic mission.The mission is scheduled for February of 2000. Up to the day information can be found here at Planet Chiropractic. Visit the Costa Rica page for
L.A. Times: Drug reviews by New England Journal did not disclose authors’ ties to firms. Editor concedes lapses. Thursday, October 21 – The Los Angeles Times reported today that the renowned New England Journal of Medicine – the world’s top-ranked medical journal and a leading voice in biomedical ethics – has apparently violated its own
NEW YORK, (Reuters Health) – Screening for scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine, in schools is not effective and often identifies children who never receive treatment, according to a study published Wednesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).“I do not think screening should be continued,” lead study author Dr. Barbara P.
CHICAGO (AP) – Studies on the cost-effectiveness of drugs are far more likely to report favorable findings if they are sponsored by the drug companies themselves rather than independent groups, researchers found. Their study – funded by a pharmaceutical company – appears to confirm long-held suspicions that doctors are less critical about a drug’s safety
Shots in the DarkOctober 18th, 1999 – The Los Angeles Times today reported an article on vaccine safety. “Can childhood vaccinations cause devastating illnesses? Researchers haven’t confirmed a link, but some concerned parents argue that inoculations are posing a threat to their children.” Although there was not much discussion over the recent news of the
The Chiropractic community continues to share the grief of Dr. Guy Riekeman, whose younger daughter, Alexis, died Thursday, Oct. 14. She was 20 years old.Dr. Riekeman sent obituary information to Palmer Chiropractic College Friday afternoon, ending it with these wishes from the family: “Rest and peace and love, our sweet daughter and sister.”A memorial service
WASHINGTON (AP) American Home Products pulled its vaccine against the leading cause of childhood diarrhea off the market today, because of concerns that it may increase infants’ risk of bowel obstruction.The government in July advised doctors to temporarily stop giving children the vaccine against rotavirus after counting at least 20 infants who developed a bowel
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Chiropractors returned home on Monday from the fifth CREW mission to Panama. This mission to Panama was different from any other since the adjusting was held in one location and all the DC’s kept together as one group. Chiropractors representing those from previous missions, attended an event known as ExpoMedica, which
Commentary by Dawn RichardsonPregnant women everywhere know the feeling of making it to the milestone of their second trimester. For most, queasiness starts to subside, energy returns in spurts, and of course there is that indescribable feeling ofbecoming aware of your developing baby’s movements.You’ve altered your diet, exercised, stayed away from over the counter medications,
Summary 9/28 Congressional Hearing on VICP The U.S Congress Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Human Resources and Drug Policy (the same subcommittee that held the hearing on May 18, 1999) held another hearing on Tuesday, September 28, 1999 at 10:00 AM entitled “Compensating Vaccine Injuries: Are Reforms Needed?” This is a long article and is available
Class Action Seeks Compensation for Denied Coverage Source: ABC NewsW A S H I N G T O N, – Health insurer Humana Inc. was sued today in a first-of-its-kind class action suit, which alleged it failed to disclose the conditions of its health coverage and that it paid medical doctors to deny coverage. The
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Prayer may reduce the number of complications experienced by hospitalized heart patients, researchers report.“This suggests that prayer may be an effective adjunct to standard medical care,” Dr. William Harris of Saint Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, and colleagues report in the October 25th issue of the Archives of Internal
Deadly TreatmentJudge Cites Hyperactivity Drug in Homicide Acquittal BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Ten days after he began taking a widely used medicine called Adderall to control his attention deficit disorder and help him with his college studies, Ryan Ehlis slipped into a psychotic fog and killed his infant daughter.God, he said, told him to do
Executive Order 13139 is requiring military personnel to receive experimental vaccines not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Courts-martial are pending.A day after Republican Rep. Chris Shays of Connecticut ended congressional hearings on the controversial decision mandating the inoculation of 2.4 million U.S. troops against anthrax, President Clinton quietly signed an executive order, or
Survey: Physicians support deceiving insurers to get needed careLOS ANGELES – If a doctor believes a patient needs medical care but the insurance company won’t cover it and the patient can’t afford the expense, should the physician lie to the insurer to secure payment? Many doctors polled in a new survey say yes.Of 169 Internists
After five successful chiropractic missions to Panama, Lina and Luis Ocon have been invited to bring their C.R.E.W. of chiropractors to the Country of Costa Rica for a chiropractic mission.The mission is scheduled for February of 2000. Up to the day information can be found here at Planet Chiropractic. Visit the Costa Rica page for
L.A. Times: Drug reviews by New England Journal did not disclose authors’ ties to firms. Editor concedes lapses. Thursday, October 21 – The Los Angeles Times reported today that the renowned New England Journal of Medicine – the world’s top-ranked medical journal and a leading voice in biomedical ethics – has apparently violated its own
NEW YORK, (Reuters Health) – Screening for scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine, in schools is not effective and often identifies children who never receive treatment, according to a study published Wednesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).“I do not think screening should be continued,” lead study author Dr. Barbara P.
CHICAGO (AP) – Studies on the cost-effectiveness of drugs are far more likely to report favorable findings if they are sponsored by the drug companies themselves rather than independent groups, researchers found. Their study – funded by a pharmaceutical company – appears to confirm long-held suspicions that doctors are less critical about a drug’s safety
Shots in the DarkOctober 18th, 1999 – The Los Angeles Times today reported an article on vaccine safety. “Can childhood vaccinations cause devastating illnesses? Researchers haven’t confirmed a link, but some concerned parents argue that inoculations are posing a threat to their children.” Although there was not much discussion over the recent news of the
The Chiropractic community continues to share the grief of Dr. Guy Riekeman, whose younger daughter, Alexis, died Thursday, Oct. 14. She was 20 years old.Dr. Riekeman sent obituary information to Palmer Chiropractic College Friday afternoon, ending it with these wishes from the family: “Rest and peace and love, our sweet daughter and sister.”A memorial service
WASHINGTON (AP) American Home Products pulled its vaccine against the leading cause of childhood diarrhea off the market today, because of concerns that it may increase infants’ risk of bowel obstruction.The government in July advised doctors to temporarily stop giving children the vaccine against rotavirus after counting at least 20 infants who developed a bowel
By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Chiropractors returned home on Monday from the fifth CREW mission to Panama. This mission to Panama was different from any other since the adjusting was held in one location and all the DC’s kept together as one group. Chiropractors representing those from previous missions, attended an event known as ExpoMedica, which
Commentary by Dawn RichardsonPregnant women everywhere know the feeling of making it to the milestone of their second trimester. For most, queasiness starts to subside, energy returns in spurts, and of course there is that indescribable feeling ofbecoming aware of your developing baby’s movements.You’ve altered your diet, exercised, stayed away from over the counter medications,
Summary 9/28 Congressional Hearing on VICP The U.S Congress Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Human Resources and Drug Policy (the same subcommittee that held the hearing on May 18, 1999) held another hearing on Tuesday, September 28, 1999 at 10:00 AM entitled “Compensating Vaccine Injuries: Are Reforms Needed?” This is a long article and is available
Class Action Seeks Compensation for Denied Coverage Source: ABC NewsW A S H I N G T O N, – Health insurer Humana Inc. was sued today in a first-of-its-kind class action suit, which alleged it failed to disclose the conditions of its health coverage and that it paid medical doctors to deny coverage. The