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Medical Profession & "Business As Usual"
Ushering in The "Golden Age" of Chiropractic
by Sid Mouk, DC
Opportunity #2
The Medical Profession Is Still Doing "Business As Usual"
Basic thinking in medicine seems to have always been that the human body is a poorly designed mechanical structure that is prone to breakdowns and att...
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Some UK Doctors Don't Want to Re-vaccinate Children

According to an article on Yahoo news, Doctors in the UK and not so sure about giving a second dose of measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) vaccine to children, even though the vaccine is probably not effective without a booster shot.
The information for the article was gathered from the Lancet, a U...
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Less Drugs, Less Death and Doctors

Drugs, death and doctors. That's what the news feed link for ABC's health news read. While those are rather strong terms designed to get the users attention, it tells us a bit about America's current attitude towards the medical profession.
According to the ABC News report, the Food and Dru...
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Medical Mistakes - Still a Major Killer?

It has been one year since we reported with the article "Thousands are dying yearly from medical errors" which was based on a U.S. Institute of Medicine report regarding the number of deaths and injuries due to medical error that occur in the U.S. each year.
Remember the news?
MSNBC Head...
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Thousands Still Die From Medical Error

It's been nearly a year since we first reported with news that "thousands are dying yearly from medical errors." That article was based on a 1999 report that suggested that "medical mistakes kill anywhere from 44,000 to 98,000 hospitalized Americans a year."
Today, news headlines from Cox r...
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Medical Specialties Becoming Increasingly Blurred

YourHealthDaily brings us an article from the Boston Globe titled "Turf Wars Ignite As Medical Specialists Reinvent Themselves"
The article is focused on the rapid changes occurring in medical specialties that are blurring the lines as to what it is each specialty practitioner does. The art...
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Medical School Applications Drop in 1999

Nando Health/Science reported the results of a survey today stating that medical school applications have dropped in 1999 marking three straight years in a row of decline.
According to the article, applications dropped 6% from 1998 to 1999 and although possible reasons for the decline were ...
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Conflicts of Interest - The Integrity of Medical Research

Is the pharmaceutical industry's product driven focus affecting the integrity of medical research and possibly the health of patients worldwide?
Some medical doctors think so. This past week, according to an article published by Your Health Daily, about 700 scientists, advocates and policy ...
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WebMD Author Suffers Stroke Due To Medical Error

According to an article posted on WebMD news, "As a result of a medication error, the writer suffered a stroke. Could this happen to you?"
The article discusses to story of a WebMD writer that suffered a stroke as a result of a "serious medication error."
The article points out that th...
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More Medical Error & Medication Related Injuries

According to an article out today from Cox news, a new study has found that "Medical error accounts for most of the frequent medication-related injuries in nursing homes."
When it comes to medical errors, "more than half could have been prevented" is what a new study says, according to the ...
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US Medical Errors Resulting In Death - Not Exaggerated

Last November, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report stating that "between 44,000 and 98,000 people die in US hospitals annually as a result of medical errors."
Since the report was released some physician groups have questioned the claim stating that the reported numbers were t...
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The Medical Cartel Is Not Medical At All
From Dr. Kerry T. Kilpatrick and the Michigan Chiropractic Council
"At its heart the medical cartel is not medical at all. It is concerned with controlling populations!" Jon Rappoport
Dear Doctors,
I have a GREAT example of the ever increasing paradigm shift in the health arena. Follo...
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Misleading Medical Reports and the Media

From MSNBC comes an article titled: "Medical reporting misleading -- Media often overlook drug side effects, conflicts of interest"
According to the article, a recent study found that in mass media health coverage, "many news stories on drugs fail to report side effects or researchers’ fina...
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Doctors of Chiropractic -- Scope Expansion into Drugs

Letter to the Governor
Governor Frank Keating, of the State of Oklahoma
Dear Governor Keating:
This morning I became aware of the proposal to amend the Chiropractic scope of practice to include the use of pharmaceuticals in the State of Oklahoma. This, if passed would be a mistak...
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Medical Errors Now Fifth Leading Cause of Death in the US
Move over hospital-acquired infections, medical error has got you beat in the US.
Today's news feeds are reporting "Medical errors are the fifth leading cause of death in the US and cost about $29 billion a year." This is based on information in a recent Institute of Medicine report. Officials ...
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