Have you dropped by the Chiropractic Journals and Magazines Page lately?
This page contains convenient links to all the popular journals (chiropractic and medical), so drop on by today!

There’s a lot more info like this in the Section

The Chiropractic and Blood Pressure Page reviews numerous studies that found that upper cervical adjusting reduces high blood pressure.
The study that received the most attention was done at Rush University in Chicago, and published in the Journal of Human Hypertension. This randomized trial assigned patients to either 2 blood pressure medicines, or to care [...]

Patients with nonspecific musculoskeletal disorders may vary in their responses to treatment. Fot that reason, a recent, large prospective study in JMPT set out to identify the predictors for improvement or worsening of symptoms when cervical spine manipulation was indicated.
Data was collected from 28,807 treatment consultations (19,722 patients) and 13,873 follow-up treatments. The presenting symptoms [...]

We’ve all heard that old bromide.
Even after years of published articles, decrying the detrimental effects of backpack overloading on the pediatric spine, children are still routinely required to carry more than the recommended upper limit of 10% of their body weight in schoolbooks.
If this concerns you, you may want to review the Backpacks and [...]

What is Fibromyalgia?
Fibromyalgia is a chronic syndrome that occurs predominantly in women and is marked by generalized pain, multiple defined tender points, fatigue, disturbed and nonrestorative sleep, and numerous other somatic complaints.
Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia
To meet the fibromyalgia criteria for medical diagnosis, patients must experience:
Widespread pain in all four quadrants of their body, for a [...]

There is a growing body of literature suggesting that early (infant) antibiotic use (and perhaps vaccination) is associated with increased incidence of adolescent diseases like asthma, and other atopic diseases like hay fever and eczema.
The general consensus seems to be that the Immune System is strengthened by fighting early mild infections, and that surpressing them [...]

Editorial Commentary:
In the last few months there has been a disappointing series of nutritional studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. JAMA was rabidly opposed to supplementation until 2002, when they published an excellent article that proposed that taking supplements could reduce the risk of chronic disease. [1] That article was right [...]

One of the requirements for license renewal is ongoing Continuing Ed classes. Some doctors prefer attending Homecomings, and others prefer attending Parker seminars. The only drawback with these venues is that classes are very short.
The beauty of attending diplomate programs is that you get to submerge yourself in a specific topic for a [...]

Editorial Commentary:
Chiropractors pride themselves in their ability to diagnose and manage neuro-musculo-skeletal (NMS) complains. According to all the surveys, this is our bread and butter, and no one on the planet is better trained to diagnose (locate) and treat (correct) neck, low back, or peripheral joint (knee, elbow etc) complaints. But, don’t take my word [...]

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This is an interesting letter from the British Medical Journal:
Scientific heavyweights deplore the NHS money wasted on unproved and disproved treatments used by practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), [1 2] but Lewith, a CAM proponent (see previous letter), is cited elsewhere as saying that the BMJ reckons that 50% of the treatments used [...]

Source American Chiropractic Association
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a directive that orders the Pentagon to make chiropractic care a standard benefit for all active duty military personnel. The legislation is contained in HR 2647, a bill authorizing defense programs in fiscal year 2010, and is based in part on recommendations from the [...]

by Dr. Stephen M. Perle
from his blog Perles of Wisdom
Although the article that stimulated this blog was published in February, I was only alerted to it by an automated Google news search, whose results that were emailed to me this week. The article is about the use of surface EMG to diagnose chiropractic subluxations. I [...]

Happy Fourth of July to you all from Chiro.org
Drop by and enjoy the fireworks!

As long as we’re on the topic of Evidence-based Practice, you’ll enjoy Anthony Rosner PhD’s article “The Shifting Sands of Evidence-based Medicine”.
Robert D. Mootz, DC, who is the Medical Director for the State of Washington Department of Labor and Industries also penned an interesting review in JMPT titled “When Evidence and Practice Collide” (FULL TEXT) [...]