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Time for a Public Service Announcement

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Los Angeles – Much has happened since I published an article last Monday (MD’s Say NO To Drug Advertising) and stated that the MDs involved were inspiring. The article was followed on Thursday by a second article (MD’s Say YES To Drug Advertising) which included excerpts from a Public Service Announcement

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Hepatitis B Vaccination For Inmates & Infants

According to a recent article published by Yahoo News, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is calling for hepatitis B vaccination to be offered to inmates in the United States. Apparently there has been an outbreak of hepatitis B virus infection among male inmates. The article suggests that the hepatitis B virus is

Read More »

A Thot on Chiropractic Pioneers

By Dr. Bruce A. Parker I recently watched the movie “Pearl Harbor”, a piece of history that I am embarrassed to say I didn’t really know that much about. Before coming to the movie I did listen to the critics and had decided that the movie (at least the war part) was factually based. As

Read More »

Breast-Feeding & Good Health

According to a recent Yale University study, breast-feeding a child for one year can reduce a mother’s risk of developing breast cancer by about 50 percent compared with women who never breast feed. An epidemiologist at Yale strongly advised that mothers breast-feed their babies, stating, “it’s for their own benefit.” Another recently published study found

Read More »

Super Stunt Performer Jill Brown

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Venice Beach — On June 16th, ABC hosted the first ever World Stunt Awards. When most recipients step up to the platform they usually first thank God, or their manager. When stunt performer Jill Brown stepped up to receive her award for “Best High Work” in the movie “The Cell” she

Read More »

Another Child Tragedy

By now, many of you have heard or read the news regarding the five young children that had been drowned by their mother in Houston, Texas, last Wednesday. A recent article published in the Dallas morning news stated that the mother, “had taken a number of anti-depressant and anti-psychotic medications since the birth of her

Read More »

Hard Core Sport & Chiropractic

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Venice Beach California, June 23 & 24 – This past weekend, some of the world’s best BMX bike riders, mountainboard riders, inline skaters, and scooter riders came out to compete in Round 1 of the Panasonic Shockwave Core Tour. The event was covered by major news media, including FOX Sports, ABC,

Read More »

Doubts Grow Concerning Hormone Therapy

A recent article in USA Today suggests that women should not count on hormone replacement therapy for several conditions that it is currently being used to treat. According to the article, the benefits of hormone replacement therapy “are becoming murkier, the potential risks of long-term therapy – mainly increased risk of ovarian cancer and blood

Read More »

4 Generations Served Chiropractic

It is a wonderful experience when one can provide chiropractic care to more than one generation of a family. Sometimes, we are blessed to serve not only two generations, but three generations from the same family. Serving so many from one family is a good sign that the chiropractic message is being told by all

Read More »

Where do we go from here?

It was a Monday in June of 1999 when the first official article was published on Planet Chiropractic. While the website had been in operation for several months, the news service at the time was sporadic and required manual updating. An intensive and time consuming task. The plan was to create a web-based news service

Read More »

MD’s Say YES To Drug Advertising

Forget what I said on Monday about the AMA and their brief moment of inspiration. These spineless, life sucking whores have decided to retract their plans of banning prescription drug advertising in the U.S.

Read More »

Women’s Behavior, Naturally

From WebMD comes an article titled, “Women Behaving Badly?” and the question is asked if that is reason for taking drugs. The article features commentary from two chiropractors, Drs. Madeline Behrendt and Allyne Rosenthal. Dr. Behrendt is the vice chairwoman of the Council on Women’s Health of the World Chiropractic Alliance and has authored several

Read More »

Los Angeles Lakers Day 2001 – LA Lakers Parade

Outgoing Mayor Richard Riordan and Mayor-elect James Hahn jointly declared today Los Angeles Lakers Day in the city of Los Angeles. An estimated five hundred fifty thousand people lined Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles (just blocks from our office) for today’s NBA championship parade.

Read More »

MD’s Say NO To Drug Advertising

It’s all over this morning’s news; medical doctors in the U.S. are urging a ban on the prescription drug advertising seen on television, in newspapers, and in magazines. According to reports from ABC News and MSNBC, The American Medical Association says a ban “is needed to keep patients from being misinformed.” Medical doctors had the

Read More »

A Week of Celebration

It’s 6:00 am in downtown Los Angeles and already the streets are filling with folks coming out to celebrate their 2001 NBA Champions, The Los Angeles Lakers. With the Staples Center being only blocks from this office, it’s difficult not to get caught up in all the excitement. The streets outside are lined with purple

Read More »

From Cuba With Love

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Dr. Jeff Ptak of Santa Monica, California has just returned home from his first chiropractic “mission” to Cuba. While the original plan of bringing a group to Havana to provide chiropractic care did not materialize, Dr. Jeff did make the trip solo. While in Cuba, he spoke at an international conference,

Read More »

Extending a Medical Lie

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. According to an article posted by yourhealthdaily, there are currently no fewer than 300 vaccines in various stages of development planned for use in humans. Three Hundred Vaccines. Will vaccines solve the problems created by years of antibiotic misuse which has led to the emergence of drug-resistant microorganisms, bacteria, viruses, fungi

Read More »

Pregnancy and Chiropractic

By Martha Collins, D.C. As I write this today, two of our beautiful practice members are awaiting the arrival of new additions to their families. Adjusting women through pregnancy is one of the most rewarding parts of our work, because a healthier pregnancy means an easier labor and delivery, and a better transition for the

Read More »

Saying No To Drugs

These are the headlines of a recent ABC News article: “Just Say No to Drugs – Ways to Avoid a Life Sentence With Prescription Drugs” It appears to be sheik to take stabs at drug companies nowadays, and drug companies probably don’t like it. While the ABC article is still in the “fix it” mentality,

Read More »

Drugs To Blame For Deadly Shooting Spree

According to an article on ABC News, a Jury has ordered the manufacturer of Paxil, the nation’s second-best-selling anti-depressant, to pay $8 million to relatives of a man who killed himself and three others after taking the drug. Paxil is made by SmithKline Beecham and the $8 million award damages were the result of a

Read More »

The Radicals On Campus

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Chiropractic students throughout the world benefit tremendously from the efforts of DCs and staff that take the time to support students in their endeavors. It was the chiropractors in my life, coming to speak to us at school, inviting us to their offices to observe them in practice, spending hours with

Read More »

Sherman College Student FSCO

Below, you will find a link for a printable raffle ticket. If you print and fill out the ticket and send it with a check for $50 to us, your name will be entered in the drawing for $5000!

Read More »

Chiropractic Schooling With Reggie

Students at Cleveland Chiropractic College Los Angeles, Club Chiropractic, have long been dedicated to promoting the importance of chiropractic philosophy. At the beginning of every trimester, they sponsor an entire week of philosophy and invite five dynamic, philosophical chiropractors to share their knowledge with aspiring chiropractic students.

Read More »

Short Term Humanitarian Missions

By Michel Tetrault, D.C. – Ideas for an updated model of structuring chiropractic missions. Chiropractic Ecotourism may well be defined as travel related activities that combine a vacation to a foreign country with a humanitarian activity. These missions are value driven experiences that bring great personal gratification for the participating Doctors of Chiropractic. Short-term humanitarian

Read More »

D.D. Humber Elected ICA President

Dr. D.D. Humber has been elected President of the International Chiropractors Association, according to news from the east coast. The news was announced during this past weekends 75th Annual Meeting of the International Chiropractors Association. More on this later in the week. From the ICA Policy StatementThe International Chiropractors Association is the oldest national chiropractic

Read More »

Chiropractic In Your World

The following has been provided by Dr. Gerry Clum and is a report from the recently concluded World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) annual Council meeting, biannual assembly meeting and biannual Congress that were all held in Paris from May 20-May 26, 2001. Please contact Life West at the address provided below and thank Dr. Clum

Read More »

Decades of Medical Dogma Challenged

“Medical Dogma”, those were the words used in describing medicine’s long held belief that the human heart is incapable of regenerating new heart cells. According to several news articles, research scientists have now discovered that damaged hearts can repair themselves by growing new muscle cells. This discovery challenges decades of medical dogma, a belief system

Read More »

Stay Connected

By Super CA Lynne It’s 6:00 am Sunday morning, the day I usually sleep until 8:00 am but my body won’t let me sleep. I went to Wonders of Chiropractic gathering yesterday and my mind has been spinning ever since. There were so many students and recent grads there. Their eyes were full of fire,

Read More »

Drug COs, HMOs and Polls

From Yahoo News: According to a recent Harris Interactive Poll, “only tobacco companies do a worse job than managed care and health insurance companies in serving their customers.” According to the article, that’s basically the same way people have felt about HMOs and insurance companies since 1997 when the public perception polls first began. Do

Read More »

Time for a Public Service Announcement

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Los Angeles – Much has happened since I published an article last Monday (MD’s Say NO To Drug Advertising) and stated that the MDs involved were inspiring. The article was followed on Thursday by a second article (MD’s Say YES To Drug Advertising) which included excerpts from a Public Service Announcement

Read More »

Hepatitis B Vaccination For Inmates & Infants

According to a recent article published by Yahoo News, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is calling for hepatitis B vaccination to be offered to inmates in the United States. Apparently there has been an outbreak of hepatitis B virus infection among male inmates. The article suggests that the hepatitis B virus is

Read More »

A Thot on Chiropractic Pioneers

By Dr. Bruce A. Parker I recently watched the movie “Pearl Harbor”, a piece of history that I am embarrassed to say I didn’t really know that much about. Before coming to the movie I did listen to the critics and had decided that the movie (at least the war part) was factually based. As

Read More »

Breast-Feeding & Good Health

According to a recent Yale University study, breast-feeding a child for one year can reduce a mother’s risk of developing breast cancer by about 50 percent compared with women who never breast feed. An epidemiologist at Yale strongly advised that mothers breast-feed their babies, stating, “it’s for their own benefit.” Another recently published study found

Read More »

Super Stunt Performer Jill Brown

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Venice Beach — On June 16th, ABC hosted the first ever World Stunt Awards. When most recipients step up to the platform they usually first thank God, or their manager. When stunt performer Jill Brown stepped up to receive her award for “Best High Work” in the movie “The Cell” she

Read More »

Another Child Tragedy

By now, many of you have heard or read the news regarding the five young children that had been drowned by their mother in Houston, Texas, last Wednesday. A recent article published in the Dallas morning news stated that the mother, “had taken a number of anti-depressant and anti-psychotic medications since the birth of her

Read More »

Hard Core Sport & Chiropractic

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Venice Beach California, June 23 & 24 – This past weekend, some of the world’s best BMX bike riders, mountainboard riders, inline skaters, and scooter riders came out to compete in Round 1 of the Panasonic Shockwave Core Tour. The event was covered by major news media, including FOX Sports, ABC,

Read More »

Doubts Grow Concerning Hormone Therapy

A recent article in USA Today suggests that women should not count on hormone replacement therapy for several conditions that it is currently being used to treat. According to the article, the benefits of hormone replacement therapy “are becoming murkier, the potential risks of long-term therapy – mainly increased risk of ovarian cancer and blood

Read More »

4 Generations Served Chiropractic

It is a wonderful experience when one can provide chiropractic care to more than one generation of a family. Sometimes, we are blessed to serve not only two generations, but three generations from the same family. Serving so many from one family is a good sign that the chiropractic message is being told by all

Read More »

Where do we go from here?

It was a Monday in June of 1999 when the first official article was published on Planet Chiropractic. While the website had been in operation for several months, the news service at the time was sporadic and required manual updating. An intensive and time consuming task. The plan was to create a web-based news service

Read More »

MD’s Say YES To Drug Advertising

Forget what I said on Monday about the AMA and their brief moment of inspiration. These spineless, life sucking whores have decided to retract their plans of banning prescription drug advertising in the U.S.

Read More »

Women’s Behavior, Naturally

From WebMD comes an article titled, “Women Behaving Badly?” and the question is asked if that is reason for taking drugs. The article features commentary from two chiropractors, Drs. Madeline Behrendt and Allyne Rosenthal. Dr. Behrendt is the vice chairwoman of the Council on Women’s Health of the World Chiropractic Alliance and has authored several

Read More »

Los Angeles Lakers Day 2001 – LA Lakers Parade

Outgoing Mayor Richard Riordan and Mayor-elect James Hahn jointly declared today Los Angeles Lakers Day in the city of Los Angeles. An estimated five hundred fifty thousand people lined Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles (just blocks from our office) for today’s NBA championship parade.

Read More »

MD’s Say NO To Drug Advertising

It’s all over this morning’s news; medical doctors in the U.S. are urging a ban on the prescription drug advertising seen on television, in newspapers, and in magazines. According to reports from ABC News and MSNBC, The American Medical Association says a ban “is needed to keep patients from being misinformed.” Medical doctors had the

Read More »

A Week of Celebration

It’s 6:00 am in downtown Los Angeles and already the streets are filling with folks coming out to celebrate their 2001 NBA Champions, The Los Angeles Lakers. With the Staples Center being only blocks from this office, it’s difficult not to get caught up in all the excitement. The streets outside are lined with purple

Read More »

From Cuba With Love

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Dr. Jeff Ptak of Santa Monica, California has just returned home from his first chiropractic “mission” to Cuba. While the original plan of bringing a group to Havana to provide chiropractic care did not materialize, Dr. Jeff did make the trip solo. While in Cuba, he spoke at an international conference,

Read More »

Extending a Medical Lie

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. According to an article posted by yourhealthdaily, there are currently no fewer than 300 vaccines in various stages of development planned for use in humans. Three Hundred Vaccines. Will vaccines solve the problems created by years of antibiotic misuse which has led to the emergence of drug-resistant microorganisms, bacteria, viruses, fungi

Read More »

Pregnancy and Chiropractic

By Martha Collins, D.C. As I write this today, two of our beautiful practice members are awaiting the arrival of new additions to their families. Adjusting women through pregnancy is one of the most rewarding parts of our work, because a healthier pregnancy means an easier labor and delivery, and a better transition for the

Read More »

Saying No To Drugs

These are the headlines of a recent ABC News article: “Just Say No to Drugs – Ways to Avoid a Life Sentence With Prescription Drugs” It appears to be sheik to take stabs at drug companies nowadays, and drug companies probably don’t like it. While the ABC article is still in the “fix it” mentality,

Read More »

Drugs To Blame For Deadly Shooting Spree

According to an article on ABC News, a Jury has ordered the manufacturer of Paxil, the nation’s second-best-selling anti-depressant, to pay $8 million to relatives of a man who killed himself and three others after taking the drug. Paxil is made by SmithKline Beecham and the $8 million award damages were the result of a

Read More »

The Radicals On Campus

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. Chiropractic students throughout the world benefit tremendously from the efforts of DCs and staff that take the time to support students in their endeavors. It was the chiropractors in my life, coming to speak to us at school, inviting us to their offices to observe them in practice, spending hours with

Read More »

Sherman College Student FSCO

Below, you will find a link for a printable raffle ticket. If you print and fill out the ticket and send it with a check for $50 to us, your name will be entered in the drawing for $5000!

Read More »

Chiropractic Schooling With Reggie

Students at Cleveland Chiropractic College Los Angeles, Club Chiropractic, have long been dedicated to promoting the importance of chiropractic philosophy. At the beginning of every trimester, they sponsor an entire week of philosophy and invite five dynamic, philosophical chiropractors to share their knowledge with aspiring chiropractic students.

Read More »

Short Term Humanitarian Missions

By Michel Tetrault, D.C. – Ideas for an updated model of structuring chiropractic missions. Chiropractic Ecotourism may well be defined as travel related activities that combine a vacation to a foreign country with a humanitarian activity. These missions are value driven experiences that bring great personal gratification for the participating Doctors of Chiropractic. Short-term humanitarian

Read More »

D.D. Humber Elected ICA President

Dr. D.D. Humber has been elected President of the International Chiropractors Association, according to news from the east coast. The news was announced during this past weekends 75th Annual Meeting of the International Chiropractors Association. More on this later in the week. From the ICA Policy StatementThe International Chiropractors Association is the oldest national chiropractic

Read More »

Chiropractic In Your World

The following has been provided by Dr. Gerry Clum and is a report from the recently concluded World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) annual Council meeting, biannual assembly meeting and biannual Congress that were all held in Paris from May 20-May 26, 2001. Please contact Life West at the address provided below and thank Dr. Clum

Read More »

Decades of Medical Dogma Challenged

“Medical Dogma”, those were the words used in describing medicine’s long held belief that the human heart is incapable of regenerating new heart cells. According to several news articles, research scientists have now discovered that damaged hearts can repair themselves by growing new muscle cells. This discovery challenges decades of medical dogma, a belief system

Read More »

Stay Connected

By Super CA Lynne It’s 6:00 am Sunday morning, the day I usually sleep until 8:00 am but my body won’t let me sleep. I went to Wonders of Chiropractic gathering yesterday and my mind has been spinning ever since. There were so many students and recent grads there. Their eyes were full of fire,

Read More »

Drug COs, HMOs and Polls

From Yahoo News: According to a recent Harris Interactive Poll, “only tobacco companies do a worse job than managed care and health insurance companies in serving their customers.” According to the article, that’s basically the same way people have felt about HMOs and insurance companies since 1997 when the public perception polls first began. Do

Read More »