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One-third of Asthmatic Children In Canadian Province Use Non-Medical Care.
In an article from Reuters Health Information, printed in the Journal of the AMA is a report of a survey that showed many children with asthma were seeking what the article termed, “complementary medicine” for their problem. Dr. Sheldon Spier, of Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary, surveyed the parents of 117 pediatric asthma patients. [...]
Seasonal Flu Shot May Double Swine Flu Risk
A Canadian Seasonal Flu Shot May Double Swine Flu Risk
A Canadian study found that people who are vaccinated against ordinary seasonal flu double their risk of catching swine flu. The unpublished study has stunned government agencies and thrown national vaccination plans into upheaval as well as tested the public’s faith in the government’s ability [...]
Backpacks and Your Child
With kids back in school and in the regular swing of things, take a closer look at their backpacks. In the Atlanta Journal-Constitution September 2008 issue, comes an article of concern about children carrying heavy backpacks. The article links these packs to an increase in musculoskeletal pains in children. The problem according to [...]
LASER THERAPY FOR DISC HERNIATIONS
Cold laser therapy is a cutting edge treatment that is gaining acceptance in treatment for conditions such as disc herniations. Check out this article on a collection of studies on laser therapy recently published in Dynamic Chiropractic
Cerebral Palsy Helped With Chiropractic Care, Four Case Studies
Four documented case studies were published in the June issue of the scientific periodical, the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research. In each of these case studies the children were previously diagnosed with cerebral palsy secondary to birth trauma. Additionally each of these children were found to have the presence of vertebral subluxations as detected [...]
Cancer Patients Quality of Life Improved with Chiropractic Care
An article published in the January issue of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics follows two case studies of patients with various types of serious cancer. The article follows the chiropractic care and its effect on these patients’ pain and quality of life.
The first patient was a 57-year-old man with [...]
Low level laser therapy for chronic low back pain?
In a recent research study published in the Australian journal of Physiotherapies, low level laser therapy combined with exercise significantly outperformed exercise alone. Click here to read on…
Chiropractic and the Autonomic Nervous System
In a recent study published in a recent issue of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiologic Therapeutics, researchers showed that chiropractic adjustments have an effect on the Autonomic Nervous System. This research was designed to measure the changes in “Edge Light Pupil Cycle Time” (ELPCT) which is one of the light reflexes of the [...]
Chiropractic Adjustments for Children with Acute Otitis Media
A recent study published in a recent peer reviewed journal, The Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, (JVSR), showed that chiropractic adjustments had a positive effect on children with acute ear infections. In the study 21 children were examined. All these children showed acute inflammation in the inner ear with a red and bulging tympanic membrane [...]
DNA Repair and Chiropractic
The March Medical News Today reported on a study that shows that chiropractic helps body physiology and DNA repair. The study, published in the February scientific periodical, the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, (JVSR), was a collaboration between chiropractors and researchers at the University of Lund in Sweden. In this study researchers found that chiropractic [...]