Article forwarded by Drs. Steven White and Michelle Whitney. By Tom Klapp, D.C. Florida State University has opened a “school of Chiropractic Medicine.” NACA members, it’s official, there will be a school of chiropractic medicine in the College of Health and Human Sciences at the Florida State University with the first class beginning in the
Are you ready to serve the people of Panama?The news is in and the next CREW mission to Panama is scheduled for the second and third weeks of October, 2000. Dates are October 14th – 25th!!! What we do know is that the attending group is expected to be approximately 75 DCs. Staff and/or families
Today, May 31, 2000, marks the final day of the first CREW chiropractic mission to Costa Rica. Adjusting began on Monday May 22nd and the last day of adjusting was on Saturday May 27th. Twenty chiropractors from across the United States closed their offices or brought in other DCs to cover their practices while they
Yahoo News: Family Physicians, Chiropractors Do Not Share Info Based on a recent report in the Archives of Family Medicine, it was found that chiropractors and medical practitioners are not communicating when it comes to patient care. According to the article and the report, it was found that “98% of chiropractors referred their patients to
The following is testimony from a recent ACIP meeting.Thank you to Dr. Rick Hodish for supplying this report. My name is Sallie Bernard. I live in Summit, New Jersey. I am the president and CEO of a market research company and a board member of the Cure Autism Now Foundation, the largest private funder of
An article from Yahoo News titled “E-Mail System Delivers X-Ray Results” introduces a new e-mail based delivery system for radiology reports. According to the article, “a new electronic mail-based notification system ensures that doctors learn x-ray findings fast.” A report of the new system was recently presented at a radiology society meeting. While the system
From Fox News comes an article titled “Drug firms urged to act over untested child medicines” According the article, Britain’s Consumers’ Association has urged the pharmaceutical industry “to take immediate action against children being prescribed medicines which have only been tested for adult use.” It was stated in the article that “between 40 and 60
From Nando Media and Fox News come the following headlines: “New research blames vaccines, stress for Gulf War Syndrome” – “Vaccines during deployment linked to Gulf War syndrome” The articles are based on a British research study that was released today. According to the report, “illnesses known as Gulf War Syndrome may have been triggered
The ABC News.com headlines say it all: “Vaccine Victims? – The Controversy Surrounding SmithKline Beecham’s LYMErix” The article questions the safety of the LYMErix vaccine. According to the article, a gardener reported that “his doctor said the vaccine carried little or no risk.” Yet, “six weeks after he received his second shot … he layed
From Nando Media comes an article titled: “House members urge ‘immediate halt’ to anthrax program” The May 16th report from Nando Media states that “Defense Secretary William Cohen should bring an ‘immediate halt’ to the anthrax vaccination program, according to a letter signed by more than two dozen House members.” According to the article, the
The other day I received an unsolicited email with a title stating “Save Thousands on your pharmaceutical bills.” It was a blank email, one of those I was supposed to respond to and maybe find the secret of saving huge piles of cash. What was interesting was the blank page. It made me think. I
From Yahoo News comes an article titled: “Ritalin And Prozac Combination Used by More Children” The article is based on the results from a study that show evidence of an increasing number of Ritalin and Prozac prescriptions, as well as “various combinations of similar stimulants and antidepressants” among children. According to the article, researchers had
While searching for an article about chiropractic on “The Record Online”, the online version of the Bergen Record (a Metropolitan New Jersey Newspaper), I came across some interesting classified ads and wanted to comment on them. MahwahKids Day America/International celebration focusing on health and safety, noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Back to Health Chiropractic Center,
From New York magazine comes an article titled: “Inside the Happiness Business” The opening statement to the 6-page article states that “Before a drug like Celexa can ease the minds of patients, marketers must capture the minds of doctors — using free gifts, dinners, propaganda, and research funds. A hard look at the hard sell.”
YourHealthDaily reports today with an article titled: “Dilemma For Parents Who Are Told To Keep Child On Ritalin.” The article begins by stating that “like thousands of children, 7-year-old Kyle Carroll takes Ritalin for a diagnosis of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.”
From Yahoo news comes an article titled: Spinal Surgery Can Relieve Cancer Pain The article discusses a report from British researchers offering spinal surgery to relieve the pain caused by some forms of cancer. The article states that, “in some breast cancer patients, tumors can spread to the spine, weakening bones and causing debilitating pain.”
From Yahoo News comes a report from the CDC titled: “CDC Warns About Overuse of Antibiotics” The CDC report was issued “in an effort to reduce the growing numbers of drug-resistant bacteria” and CDC officials are “urging physicians to stop prescribing antibiotics where the drugs are not necessary” according to the article. According to the
From WorldNetDaily.com comes an article titled: “Ritalin’s long-term effects questioned – Death of 14-year-old boy highlights concerns over popular drug” The article reports that ritalin, “is getting a nervous second look by medical groups and pediatricians due to potential long-term health effects — a concern highlighted by the recent death of a 14-year-old Michigan boy
The headline reads: “Anthrax vaccine unsafe – Airman will not face court martial” Many of you may have heard about Sgt. Mike Kipling, a former air force sergeant who refused to take the anthrax vaccine and was to face a court martial for doing so. As reported in the Alberta News, on Friday, May 05,
From Yahoo News comes the article: “More Doctor Visits Do Not Mean Better Outcome” According to the article, a medical school researcher has “debunked the idea that more visits to a physician will automatically lead to a better outcome for patients.” Dr. John Wennberg said that, “there is no evidence that more care is better
From the Home School Legal Defense Association’s Senior Counsel comes an article underscoring how it is a basic parental right for a parent to be able to refuse vaccines for their children. ———Forwarded from PROVEIf you are in one of the 34 states without a philosophical exemption, your state has obliterated your parental rights and
According to a report in the May/June edition of the journal Health Affairs, the U.S. is spending more than double on “healthcare” than in other industrialized countries and yet has little to show for it. We all know that what is being called “healthcare” is really some sort of disease treatment protocol which is not
Two interesting articles recently came across the news feeds here. Both were based on the same study but featured interestingly different headlines and viewpoints. From Yahoo News the headlines read: “Higher Spending May Lead to Better Healthcare”From Nando Media the headlines read: “Report says health care in U.S. costlier, but not necessarily better” If one
From FOXNEWS.com comes an article titled: “Patients Do Not Tell Doctors Their Concerns, Fears” The article is based on a report in this week’s issue of the British Medical Journal and explains that when visiting a medical doctor, “many patients do not voice many of the concerns that prompted them to make an appointment in
From ABCNEWS.com comes an article titled: “Recreational Ritalin – Kids Using Prescription Drug for Fun” The article states that, “Authorities fear Ritalin is becoming increasingly popular as a recreational drug among teens and pre-teens.” According to the article, a “significant amount of data from school surveys, emergency room reports, poison control centers, adolescent drug treatment
Just yesterday we reported on ADHD in the news and commented on an article titled: “Strep Infection Possibly Linked to Attention-Deficit Disorder” I commented that, “On one side, one may suggest increased use of antibiotics or maybe even a vaccine to hopefully prevent the strep infections or maybe a combination of vaccines, antibiotics and ritalin
Wayne L. Pines, you belittle Congressman Burton as an “angry grandfather” when his goal is to make vaccines safer for children. Your feeble attempt to undermine Congressman Burton’s efforts made sense only after your ties to the vaccine manufacturers and drug companies were revealed. This is a day in your life Wayne L. Pines. Let’s see who you really are and then people will understand that your words are meaningless because they are motivated by avarice.
A concerned parents viewpointFrom: Dawn Richardson Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 Here are some of my thoughts about the Clinton Administration’s recent declaration of AIDS as a National Security threat. This has got to be one of the most unbelievable and dangerous claims of this administration. Different versions of the original Washington Post article appeared
From Yahoo Health News and MSNBC HealthThe American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released new guidelines on Monday aimed at helping physicians diagnose attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.(ADHD) There has been much news regarding ADHD and it’s over diagnoses and misdiagnoses. There has also been increasing news regarding ritalin and it’s use in children under the age of six.
Article forwarded by Drs. Steven White and Michelle Whitney. By Tom Klapp, D.C. Florida State University has opened a “school of Chiropractic Medicine.” NACA members, it’s official, there will be a school of chiropractic medicine in the College of Health and Human Sciences at the Florida State University with the first class beginning in the
Are you ready to serve the people of Panama?The news is in and the next CREW mission to Panama is scheduled for the second and third weeks of October, 2000. Dates are October 14th – 25th!!! What we do know is that the attending group is expected to be approximately 75 DCs. Staff and/or families
Today, May 31, 2000, marks the final day of the first CREW chiropractic mission to Costa Rica. Adjusting began on Monday May 22nd and the last day of adjusting was on Saturday May 27th. Twenty chiropractors from across the United States closed their offices or brought in other DCs to cover their practices while they
Yahoo News: Family Physicians, Chiropractors Do Not Share Info Based on a recent report in the Archives of Family Medicine, it was found that chiropractors and medical practitioners are not communicating when it comes to patient care. According to the article and the report, it was found that “98% of chiropractors referred their patients to
The following is testimony from a recent ACIP meeting.Thank you to Dr. Rick Hodish for supplying this report. My name is Sallie Bernard. I live in Summit, New Jersey. I am the president and CEO of a market research company and a board member of the Cure Autism Now Foundation, the largest private funder of
An article from Yahoo News titled “E-Mail System Delivers X-Ray Results” introduces a new e-mail based delivery system for radiology reports. According to the article, “a new electronic mail-based notification system ensures that doctors learn x-ray findings fast.” A report of the new system was recently presented at a radiology society meeting. While the system
From Fox News comes an article titled “Drug firms urged to act over untested child medicines” According the article, Britain’s Consumers’ Association has urged the pharmaceutical industry “to take immediate action against children being prescribed medicines which have only been tested for adult use.” It was stated in the article that “between 40 and 60
From Nando Media and Fox News come the following headlines: “New research blames vaccines, stress for Gulf War Syndrome” – “Vaccines during deployment linked to Gulf War syndrome” The articles are based on a British research study that was released today. According to the report, “illnesses known as Gulf War Syndrome may have been triggered
The ABC News.com headlines say it all: “Vaccine Victims? – The Controversy Surrounding SmithKline Beecham’s LYMErix” The article questions the safety of the LYMErix vaccine. According to the article, a gardener reported that “his doctor said the vaccine carried little or no risk.” Yet, “six weeks after he received his second shot … he layed
From Nando Media comes an article titled: “House members urge ‘immediate halt’ to anthrax program” The May 16th report from Nando Media states that “Defense Secretary William Cohen should bring an ‘immediate halt’ to the anthrax vaccination program, according to a letter signed by more than two dozen House members.” According to the article, the
The other day I received an unsolicited email with a title stating “Save Thousands on your pharmaceutical bills.” It was a blank email, one of those I was supposed to respond to and maybe find the secret of saving huge piles of cash. What was interesting was the blank page. It made me think. I
From Yahoo News comes an article titled: “Ritalin And Prozac Combination Used by More Children” The article is based on the results from a study that show evidence of an increasing number of Ritalin and Prozac prescriptions, as well as “various combinations of similar stimulants and antidepressants” among children. According to the article, researchers had
While searching for an article about chiropractic on “The Record Online”, the online version of the Bergen Record (a Metropolitan New Jersey Newspaper), I came across some interesting classified ads and wanted to comment on them. MahwahKids Day America/International celebration focusing on health and safety, noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Back to Health Chiropractic Center,
From New York magazine comes an article titled: “Inside the Happiness Business” The opening statement to the 6-page article states that “Before a drug like Celexa can ease the minds of patients, marketers must capture the minds of doctors — using free gifts, dinners, propaganda, and research funds. A hard look at the hard sell.”
YourHealthDaily reports today with an article titled: “Dilemma For Parents Who Are Told To Keep Child On Ritalin.” The article begins by stating that “like thousands of children, 7-year-old Kyle Carroll takes Ritalin for a diagnosis of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.”
From Yahoo news comes an article titled: Spinal Surgery Can Relieve Cancer Pain The article discusses a report from British researchers offering spinal surgery to relieve the pain caused by some forms of cancer. The article states that, “in some breast cancer patients, tumors can spread to the spine, weakening bones and causing debilitating pain.”
From Yahoo News comes a report from the CDC titled: “CDC Warns About Overuse of Antibiotics” The CDC report was issued “in an effort to reduce the growing numbers of drug-resistant bacteria” and CDC officials are “urging physicians to stop prescribing antibiotics where the drugs are not necessary” according to the article. According to the
From WorldNetDaily.com comes an article titled: “Ritalin’s long-term effects questioned – Death of 14-year-old boy highlights concerns over popular drug” The article reports that ritalin, “is getting a nervous second look by medical groups and pediatricians due to potential long-term health effects — a concern highlighted by the recent death of a 14-year-old Michigan boy
The headline reads: “Anthrax vaccine unsafe – Airman will not face court martial” Many of you may have heard about Sgt. Mike Kipling, a former air force sergeant who refused to take the anthrax vaccine and was to face a court martial for doing so. As reported in the Alberta News, on Friday, May 05,
From Yahoo News comes the article: “More Doctor Visits Do Not Mean Better Outcome” According to the article, a medical school researcher has “debunked the idea that more visits to a physician will automatically lead to a better outcome for patients.” Dr. John Wennberg said that, “there is no evidence that more care is better
From the Home School Legal Defense Association’s Senior Counsel comes an article underscoring how it is a basic parental right for a parent to be able to refuse vaccines for their children. ———Forwarded from PROVEIf you are in one of the 34 states without a philosophical exemption, your state has obliterated your parental rights and
According to a report in the May/June edition of the journal Health Affairs, the U.S. is spending more than double on “healthcare” than in other industrialized countries and yet has little to show for it. We all know that what is being called “healthcare” is really some sort of disease treatment protocol which is not
Two interesting articles recently came across the news feeds here. Both were based on the same study but featured interestingly different headlines and viewpoints. From Yahoo News the headlines read: “Higher Spending May Lead to Better Healthcare”From Nando Media the headlines read: “Report says health care in U.S. costlier, but not necessarily better” If one
From FOXNEWS.com comes an article titled: “Patients Do Not Tell Doctors Their Concerns, Fears” The article is based on a report in this week’s issue of the British Medical Journal and explains that when visiting a medical doctor, “many patients do not voice many of the concerns that prompted them to make an appointment in
From ABCNEWS.com comes an article titled: “Recreational Ritalin – Kids Using Prescription Drug for Fun” The article states that, “Authorities fear Ritalin is becoming increasingly popular as a recreational drug among teens and pre-teens.” According to the article, a “significant amount of data from school surveys, emergency room reports, poison control centers, adolescent drug treatment
Just yesterday we reported on ADHD in the news and commented on an article titled: “Strep Infection Possibly Linked to Attention-Deficit Disorder” I commented that, “On one side, one may suggest increased use of antibiotics or maybe even a vaccine to hopefully prevent the strep infections or maybe a combination of vaccines, antibiotics and ritalin
Wayne L. Pines, you belittle Congressman Burton as an “angry grandfather” when his goal is to make vaccines safer for children. Your feeble attempt to undermine Congressman Burton’s efforts made sense only after your ties to the vaccine manufacturers and drug companies were revealed. This is a day in your life Wayne L. Pines. Let’s see who you really are and then people will understand that your words are meaningless because they are motivated by avarice.
A concerned parents viewpointFrom: Dawn Richardson Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 Here are some of my thoughts about the Clinton Administration’s recent declaration of AIDS as a National Security threat. This has got to be one of the most unbelievable and dangerous claims of this administration. Different versions of the original Washington Post article appeared
From Yahoo Health News and MSNBC HealthThe American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released new guidelines on Monday aimed at helping physicians diagnose attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.(ADHD) There has been much news regarding ADHD and it’s over diagnoses and misdiagnoses. There has also been increasing news regarding ritalin and it’s use in children under the age of six.