Nothing makes a mother feel more protective than seeing their child suffer. Few things make a child more miserable than an ear infection. Before antibiotics diseases like bacterial meningitis, tuberculosis, pneumonia, whooping cough strep throat, and even ear infections (Otitis Media) often caused severe and lasting disabilities, or death. Antibiotic use was instrumental in reducing […]
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Forbes Magazine Chiropractic and Medicare
April 20, 2014 Forbes online printed an article by Steven Salzberg that attempted to make the point that chiropractic has no basis and should be removed from the Medicare system. His byline is, “I cover pseudoscience and bad medicine, and sometimes good medicine.” Ironically, Salzberg appears to have been compelled to resort to pseudoscience himself. […]
Your PIP Rights in an auto collision
If you are in an auto collision, you need to know this! I am writing this paper because I find many of the practice members in our chiropractic office have a lot of confusion about PIP. PIP is the Personal Injury Protection provision of your auto insurance policy. It is used when a person is […]
Improvement in a Child with Pervasive Developmental Disorder Undergoing Chiropractic Care
A recent article in the Journal of Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health reported on a three-year old boy diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) who underwent chiropractic care over the course of 5 months. Following the introduction of chiropractic care and lifestyle changes, this child experienced an improvement in his quality of life. Spokane-based Dr. Pat Dougherty, […]
Short-Term Enhancement of Creative Thinking following a Chiropractic Adjustment
A recent article in the Chiropractic Journal of Australia reported on a pilot study involving the responses of ten subjects to a single chiropractic adjustment and how it affected their creative thinking. Creativity is the ability to generate ideas, “…both novel and useful (or influential) to a particular social setting.” Interview responses of the subjects post-adjustment indicated […]