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November 1997 (Vol. 15, Issue 23)

News / Profession
Congressman Norwood Wants You
Calls on
Editorial Staff

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
NSAIDs -- The Unintended Consequences
Alan Cook, DC

Whiplash / Neck Pain
Report from the International Whiplash Conference in Bristol
Arthur Croft, DC, MS, MPH, FACO

News / Profession
Beware Trojan Horses Bearing Free AOL
Editorial Staff

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
DC On-Line (Chiropractic Research)
Brian Sutton, DC

News / Profession
Dr. Eisenberg Addresses "Implications of Alternative Medicine"
Nicholas Chamberlain

Education & Seminars
Dr. Greg Dunn: Leading the Largest Capital Campaign in Canadian Chiropractic History
Christine Johnson

Musculoskeletal Pain
Industrial Injuries to the Upper Extremities, Part I

Vitamins / Supplements
Conflicting Updates on Iron, Chromium, Meal Size, Milk, and L-carnitine
G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, CCN

Personal Injury / Legal
A Reasoned "Cognitive" Approach to Work-Related Injuries
Dennis Lindsey

News / Profession
Over 41% of NSAIDs Prescriptions "Unnecessary"
NSAIDs Use in U.S. Accounts for 7,600 Deaths and 76,000 Hospitalizations Every Year
Editorial Staff

Your Practice / Business
The Chiropractor's Exercise Corner: Every Chiropractor Needs to Exercise to Improve Skill and Avoid Injury
Warren W. Bruhl

News / Profession
Goat's Milk: A Natural Alternative for Milk Sensitive Patients
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
Chiropractic Research Garners More Federal Dollars
Western States, LACC, and National Receive Grants
Editorial Staff

Philosophy
The Birth of the AMA, 1845-47
Joseph Keating Jr., PhD

Chiropractic Techniques
Cervical Injuries Resulting from Adjustive Procedures
Part I
Joseph D. Kurnik, DC

News / Profession
Life West 2nd among 60 Colleges in Raising Money for AIDS Walk
Editorial Staff

Philosophy
Janet Travell, MD -- What She Meant to Me
Lucy Whyte Ferguson

News / Profession
Life Receives Largest Single Private Donation
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
NIH Grant to "Test Hypotheses Central to Chiropractic Theories"
Office of Alternative Medicine Grants $500,000 to Joel Pickar, DC, PhD
Editorial Staff

Pain Relief / Prevention
Review of the Conservative Management of Posttraumatic Hematoma
R. Vincent Davis, DC, PT, DNBPM

Philosophy
"That's How You Win"
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Your Practice / Business
Should I or Shouldn't I?
Stanley Greenfield, RHU

Philosophy
A Window of Opportunity Has Opened for Chiropractic
Stephen R. Seater

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
Finding and Treating Heavy Metal Toxicity
David Quig; Paul Varnas

Philosophy
We Get Letters & E-Mail

Trending
Carpal Tunnel / Extremities / Neuropathy
Unlock Relief: Nerve Flossing for CTS
Unlock Relief: Nerve Flossing for CTS

It is estimated that 61% of patients with CTS avoid taking surgical options due to postoperative complications and costly surgical procedures. Chiropractic care offers a comprehensive and effective treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome, addressing the condition from multiple angles. Recent studies also have unveiled a game-changing adjunct to chiropractic treatments for CTS: nerve flossing.

Charles Annunziata, DC, CFMP
Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
Dynamic Diagnosis: A Look at Romberg’s Test and Patient Safety
Dynamic Diagnosis: A Look at Romberg’s Test and Patient Safety

The Romberg test is a neurological procedure used to assess balance and can be used to gauge a patient’s risk of falling. Unfortunately, the test itself is a fall risk. The fall risk is not huge, and falls are not frequent. However, I have encountered a few situations that have influenced how I use and teach the test.

K. Jeffrey Miller, DC, MBA
News / Profession
A Chiropractic Therapist Profession in the United States?
A Chiropractic Therapist Profession in the United States?

Sadly, Japan now has over 12,000 chiropractic therapists (Zenkenkai/JCA chiropractors), dramatically outnumbering the fewer than 700 DCs who have graduated from accredited chiropractic educational programs. These chiropractic therapists have a clear economic and political advantage that makes appropriate chiropractic legislation nearly impossible. What if this same thing happenened in the U.S.?

Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)