Numerous articles and reports have been in the press recently on chiropractic care for pregnant women. One such news story appeared April 16, 2003 on the NBC TV affiliate from Providence, Rhode Island. The news report by Health Check 10 Reporter Barbara Morse, started by featuring one woman Lee Ann, who recalled having severe pain
read moreIn the October 8, 2002 issue of the online magazine “The Beacon Journal” at Ohio.com, appears a story with the simple headline, “Adjusting baby”. The story talks about pregnant women’s success in going to chiropractors as part of their care. The article states that many women who go to chiropractors during pregnancy do so for
read moreA case study appeared in the June 2006 issue of Clinical Chiropractic and reported on a 69-year-old retired woman and civil servant who is a post-polio sufferer. In this case the woman presented with left hand pain of over 40 years duration with limited flexion of the fingers of her left hand. She reported that
read moreFrom the October 22, 2005 online MSNBC comes a cute story of how dogs and cats were helped by chiropractic. The story starts off by reporting on a 4 year old beagle named Molly, who was found paralyzed in her backyard and was unable to walk. After six visits for chiropractic care designed specifically for
read moreThe above were the findings of a research project conducted in Australia where 420 patients were studied. On October 5th 2002 at the 9th International Conference on Spinal Manipulation in Toronto, Ray Hayek, Ph.D., head of the investigative team told the assembly that patients afflicted with asthma may benefit from spinal manipulation in terms of
read moreA feel good story appeared in the August 3, 2005 issue of the The Daily Times of Delaware. The story starts off by reporting, “Doctors said after Laura Hattier was born, she’d never be able to see like a normal person, let alone drive a car — but that didn’t stop her. She later entered
read moreIn March of 2000 the White House issued Executive Order No. 13147 which initiated the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (“CAM”). The commission was designed to, for the first time, look into non-medical health care. The commission called all such care Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) even though most all the forms
read moreAn article published in the Journal of Orthopedic Medicine in 1999 pointed out the superiority of chiropractic care for patients suffering from long term whiplash. The authors of the article noted that a previous study had shown that 26 of 28 patients, or 93 percent, of patients with chronic whiplash benefited from chiropractic care. In
read moreAccording to a recent survey conducted for and published in “American Demographics” January 2001 issue by the research firm Taylor Nelson Sofres Intersearch, 70% of Americans have tried or are currently using what the study called, “alternative medicine”. These types of numbers beg us to ask some questions. First, why is it called an alternative
read moreA good source of information on Chiropractic and children is the website of the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA). Their web address is www.icpa4kids.com. This site contains articles, information and research on health related issues concerning children. Their mission statement reads, “The mission of the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association is to bring the life saving
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