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A Chance To Cut - A Chance To Kill
Nando Times Media reported yesterday on the struggles hospitals are facing in attempts to decrease the number of deaths from medical error.
The report highlights "health care's dirty little secret: Medical mistakes kill somewhere between 44,000 and 98,000 hospitalized Americans a year."
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Drug Sales Up Worldwide Thanks to U.S.
For our Canadian and international readers, this just gives you one more reason to point fingers at those of us in the U.S.
It was reported today that retail pharmaceutical sales were up 10% worldwide for 1999, driven by a rise in drug use in the United States.
To top that off, the fastest...
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Herbert Ross Reaver, D.C. Passes Away
Monday, February 7, 2000
Herbert Ross Reaver, D.C., a longtime chiropractic warrior and the profession's "most jailed chiropractor" died this morning.
Dr. Reaver had been a chiropractor for more than 70 years and was still practicing chiropractic in Cincinnati, Ohio as recently as this p...
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Jetliner plunges into the pacific - 88 feared dead
On January 31, 2000, an Alaska Airline commercial plane crashed off the coast of California. 88 persons are feared dead in the jetliner crash. Within hours of the crash, news stations across the planet where reporting on the tragedy. There is probably not a single person reading this article tha...
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Dr. Galen Price: 1912 - 2000
News of the passing of Dr. Price has been forwarded to us.
We are including the forwarded information in its entirety.
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Dr. Galen Price, the fourth President of Palmer College of Chiropractic,
died on Monday, Jan. 17, 2000, in Lakeland, Fla. He was the first
p...
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A Positive Attitude Equals Better Health
Terence Monmaney of the L.A. Times reports that "research into the topic of optimism finds not only that positive people live longer, but that a sunny outlook can be taught."
Science has largely avoided the subject of optimism during the past century. The topic of optimism was so disreputable "...
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Medical Doctors Not Educating Patients
University of Washington researchers found that doctors do not conduct discussions that enable patients to understand fully their treatment options.
"Do patients really know what they're getting when they take that new drug or agree to that ground breaking surgery?" is the question asked acc...
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3,000 medical mistakes and mishaps
Nando media and associated press report that Federal investigators have documented almost 3,000 medical mistakes and mishaps in less than two years at veterans hospitals around the United States. More than 700 patients have died in those reported cases.
This report is the result of a new pol...
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Women and Alternative Medicine
MSNBC reports today on the alternative medicine bandwagon and women.
"There's a health trend that's making big gains among women: alternative medicine." More than 83 million Americans are using alternative medicine and the majority are women. Every day, more people are embracing alternative m...
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Pension funds may drop HMO coverage
The Los Angeles Times and Nando News report that two of California's largest pension funds may drop the managed health care coverage for their members and contract directly with doctors and hospitals.
The California State Teachers Retirement System and the California Public Employees' Retirem...
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HMO profitability continues to go down the drain
Reuters and Yahoo News report that HMO profitability declined sharply in 1998. The health maintenance organizations (HMOs) posted a collective net loss of $1.25 billion according to the report.
If we continue to apply sick care to a healthy society, what do we expect to get?
Dr. Ian Grassa...
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5 Major HMOs Targeted in Class-Action Suits
The Los Angeles Times reported today that five of the nation's largest HMOs face new lawsuits accusing them of failing to provide promised health care to 32 million customers, according to published reports.
HMOs named in the suits are Pacificare Health Systems Inc., Foundation Health System...
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Blocking the Anthrax Shot
Timothy W. Maier, of Insight magazine reports that Republicans in Congress are demanding that the FDA prove the safety of the controversial mandatory anthrax vaccine for military personnel ordered by the president.
Concerned about the growing number of U.S. troops experiencing adverse side ef...
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Life University Graduate Elected Mayor
On November 2nd, 1999, Stephanie Grenier, D.C., was elected mayor of Auburn, Georgia. Dr. Stephanie has lived in Auburn for 16 months. She moved their the day after graduation from Life University and has been in her chiropractic office for 5 months.
Dr. Greniers mission statement follows.
"My...
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Nothing is bigger than LIFE!
Dynamic Essentials reports largest chiropractor attendance since 1994.
Atlanta, GA. - Chiropractors, families, and staff turned out by the hundreds to attend the 153rd complete Dynamic Essentials program this past weekend. Planet Chiropractic was there and the energy was high! Dr. Sid Williams wa...
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