Student interns at the Health Center of Pennsylvania College of Chiropractic, with a Chiropractic Centennial poster as a backdrop, discuss their future. (See "Board Seeks to Save Penn. College of Chiropractic" in the January 16, 1995 issue of "DC.")
Dr. Ron Tripp captured the world heavyweight championship at the International Federation of Amateur Sombo Wrestling World Championships in Montreal, Canada. A 41-year-old seven-time world team member, Dr. Tripp has captured three silver and two bronze medals in previous competitions. In Montreal, Dr. Tripp defeated 24-year-old Canadian National Judo champion Andrew Bordeau in a sudden death bout -- even with Bordeau outweighing him by 65 pounds! Dr. Tripp won the U.S. Olympic Festival judo title earlier this year, for his eighth consecutive medal.
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Over 1,500 physicians, scientists, and lay people from around the world gathered in this gambling capital December 4-6 for the 2nd Annual Conference on Anti-Aging Medicine and Biomedical Technology, making it the largest international conference ever held in this developing field of medical research.
"This event represents not simply a revolution in modern medicine, but an evolution for humankind as a whole," said Dr. Ronald Klatz, president of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, one of the sponsors of the conference. "It is invaluable both to the health professionals trying to stay abreast of the latest anti-aging research, and to members of the public interested in how these enormously powerful new technologies can help prolong and enhance their lives today."
It's being projected that average human life span will surpass 85 years by 2010, and that life spans exceeding 120 years will not be that uncommon in the next century.
When I graduated from chiropractic college in 1981 and started practice, I heard it all, and very little was positive. “You are a quack; you do not know what a subluxation is; you couldn’t get into a real health care program, so you chose the one that is slightly above a mail-order degree; you have no proof that chiropractic works; Are you really licensed?”, and so much more.
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A central challenge in creating our identity is that chiropractic is a method of care, not a technique or procedure. This is an important concept for us to promote. Our patients are treated with lifestyle modification, exercise, nutritional supplements, diet and a whole-body approach to accelerate the natural healing process. We are not simply CMT providers.
The results of a global survey released late last year (2023) unveiled some startling findings among medical and nursing students. The “Clinician of the Future: 2023 Education Edition” surveyed 2,212 students, of which 446 were in the United States, from 91 countries.
