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BBC explains involvement of key scientist behind World Health Organization's advice on "stockpiling and pandemic flu drugs had financial ties with companies which stood to profit." British Medical Journal in an investigation found links between the scientists involved in putting together the recomendations for Swine Flue Vaccines in 2004and the pharmaceutical companies involved. The three scientists...
8/4/2010 11:18:52 AM
Read this great article on USA Today (came out two days ago) about Migraine headaches and how patients who suffer from migraine headaches, are more likely to develop more life threatening conditions. I see and have helped many patients with migraine headaches and I know that migraines can be an extremely painful, life-disrupting and debilitating condition that really effect the quality of patient's...
8/4/2010 11:16:23 AM
In my chiropractic practice in Newport Beach, I see a lot of patients coming in with an MRI report that they have a bulging and or herniated disc. I'm always asked the question of which one is worse and what is the difference. Here is a pretty close to text book definition of both a herniation and a bulging disc. Bulging Disc: in a case of a bulging disc, the disc extends to the outer space that it...
8/4/2010 11:16:03 AM
The Webster Technique is a specific chiropractic analysis and adjustment which reduces nerve system stress, improves pelvic muscle and ligament function reducing torsion to the uterus and potential intrauterine constraint allowing the baby to get into the best possible position for birth. Once the tension and structural strain are reduced, in a case of a breech baby, it provides more support for the...
8/4/2010 11:15:43 AM
New study shows that patients who take aspirin every day have a higher risk for developing Chrohn's disease by 5 times by damaging the lining of the digestive system. Crohn's disease is a devastating and debilitating condition of the digestive system. According to this article, 500,000 people in the United States have Crohn's disease, which means half a million people in America have a higher risk...
8/4/2010 11:15:22 AM
The Webster Technique is a specific chiropractic analysis and adjustment which reduces nerve system stress, improves pelvic muscle and ligament function reducing torsion to the uterus and potential intrauterine constraint allowing the baby to get into the best possible position for birth. Once the tension and structural strain are reduced, in a case of a breech baby, it provides more support for the...
8/4/2010 11:14:39 AM
Last week, New York Times published an article titled 'Cows on Drugs'. This article was written by David Kennedy who used to be the Commissionaire of Food and Drug Administration. He speaks of his experience as the commisionare 30 years ago and how even back then cows where being injected by antibiotics and hormones to make them fatter. He talks about how it was clear to scientists that penicillin...
8/4/2010 11:14:02 AM
Did you know that only 2 percent of women deliver on their 'due date'? It is important to know that due dates are determined by your physician based on the average length of pregnancy which is 280 days, or 40 weeks from the first day of a woman's last menstrual cycle. The 'norm' or average established obstetrically will vary from one pregnancy to the next involving a variety of factors. A due date...
8/4/2010 11:13:19 AM
The truth is most women today are not familiar with the birth process and there's a fear that may go along with not knowing/understanding the birth process. I just read a study on maternal stress during pregnancy and how it can effect the neurology and brain development of a child. During pregnancy a woman's blood pressure, her uterine size as well as baby's heart tones are measured and monitored....
8/4/2010 11:12:51 AM
These days I hear most from my patients, friends, and family about stresses linked to tax season. In today's economy, we are already under one of the heaviest financial burdens of our time, and according to a study from the Tax Foundsation, "U.S. tax payers U.S. taxpayers spend over 6 billion hours and over $256 billion working to comply with the current tax code. That's a lot of dollars and hours",...
8/4/2010 11:10:52 AM