Both are in the care of sports-concussion specialist Dr. Mickey Collins. Both are using "chiropractic neurology" and various holistic treatment methods. For now, Best will continue regular football workouts until the Lions' offseason program begins in April.
2012-02-04T21:21:46Z
Want to learn more? Check out: http://adambogar.com/ domination/13-blog/32-the-ultimate- ... The Practice Domination brings Massage Therapist and Chiropractors information and techniques to boost new clients and help create a profitable practice!
2012-02-04T18:37:08Z
Joe Murray of Venice took the No. 9 spot in 55-59 singles with 734, while two area teams finished ninth: Penge Chiropractic of Sarasota with 2,783 in the handicap division, and Southern Edge of Venice, 2,584 in the scratch competition. Other creditable ...
2012-02-05T02:29:35Z
269-963-4800, LiveGreenFair.com and MichiganArtShow.com. Admission is free, courtesy of sponsor McCullough Family Chiropractic/Pure Health Solutions of Battle Creek. Habitat for Humanity home dedication and open house, 2 to 3 p.m. with ceremony ...
2012-02-04T15:59:39Z
NE Patriots and NY Giants: The Essential Role of Chiropractic Care to Super Bowl XLVI Source: Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (Feb. 1, 12:04 PM) CALABASAS, Calif.-- DTS Brings Super Bowl Fans around the World the Ultimate Surround Sound ...
2012-02-03T12:54:43Z
In order to offset the anticipated costs, they added services such as massage therapy, acupuncture, nutritional counseling, chiropractic and personal training, which are usually paid for directly by the consumer. To their surprise, however, the physical ...
2012-02-05T04:59:54Z
Whalen gives dog and cat acupuncture and chiropractic treatments at Chicago Animal Rehab, 10051 Kitty Ave., Chicago Ridge. Bogart can now walk again and is expected to make a full recovery. Strength is slowly returning to its left leg, although its left ...
2012-02-04T06:19:50Z
Amy and her husband, Eric, work for Stitt Chiropractic in Plum. Their youngest son, Alex, 12, still wants to play baseball, his mother said. "I tell him he should play," Vinny said. "He might be scared, but I think he should play. Why not?"
2012-02-05T05:35:41Z
We also believed that chiropractic manipulation would be better than medication for improving neck pain. It has a lot to do with where the patients are in their history of neck pain, what they have experienced in the past, and what their ...
2012-02-04T16:21:07Z
Other local businesses also combined their efforts to do fundraisers for the family. Dr. Cathy Wendland-Colby, co-owner of Colby Family Chiropractic in Woodstock, also gave a monthly donation to help the family. She said the financial contribution was the ...
2012-02-05T03:41:10Z
Ben Cummings owns and operates the world’s largest Chiropractic Marketing Consultancy. In his latest blog post, Ben provides an informative PDF to teach Chiropractors how to implement his infamous ‘Operation Rootstock’.Rochester, NY (PRWEB) February 03, 2012 Ben Cummings is founder of Practice Building Center, the web's largest chiropractic marketing forum andtraining site containing over 300 ...
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Ben Cummings is one of the world’s leading Chiropractic Marketing Consultants. His latest blog post urges Chiropractors to generate leads the Presidential way, by learning a thing or two from Barack Obama.Rochester, NY (PRWEB) February 02, 2012 Ben Cummings is founder of Practice Building Center, the web's largest chiropractic marketing forum and training site containing over 300 tutorial videos ...
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MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Chiropractors can get more patients at public seminars when they follow presentation techniques from executive speech Coach Deirdre Van Nest, president of Fire ...
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:20:00 -0800
AUSTIN, TX-- - Whitehead Chiropractic in Austin, Texas, has announced the launch of its new website, http://www.whiteheadchiro.com . The new website is designed to complement the practice's mission to ...
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:15:00 -0800
HINSDALE, IL-- - Fisher Chiropractic and Integrative Health has redesigned its website to provide in-depth information on integrative health and wellness. The clinic's chiropractors, Dr. Paul Fisher and ...
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:00:00 -0800
SCOTTSDALE, AZ-- - Secrest Family Chiropractic, PC announced that the practice offers chiropractic care and massage therapy for naturally managing pregnancy pain. According to the practice, regular treatments ...
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:15:00 -0800
As the New England Patriots and New York Giants prepare to play on the biggest stage of all for football fans - the XLVI Super Bowl, February 5, 2012, Indianapolis, Ind. -- the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about the value of chiropractic care, points to the role of the team Doctors of Chiropractic in optimizing functionality ...
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:04:00 -0800
Horses, we now understand, can benefit from chiropractic adjustments as much as humans do. (So can dogs and cats, and even birds.)
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:41:20 -0800
LEBANON, OH-- - Juszczyk Chiropractic announced that the family chiropractic practice provides whole body wellness services and counseling to help patients achieve New Year's resolution goals. Chiropractor ...
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:15:00 -0800
PORT COLBORNE — Chiropractors love pets as well as their human patients.[...]
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:38:17 -0800
We report a novel method for estimating fluorescence impulse response function (fIRF) from noise-corrupted time-domain fluorescence measurements of biological tissue. This method is based on the use of high-order Laguerre basis functions and a constrained least-squares approach that addresses the problem of overfitting due to increased model complexity. The new method was extensively evaluated on fluorescence data from simulation, fluorescent standard dyes, ex vivo tissue samples of atherosclerotic plaques and in vivo oral carcinoma. Current results demonstrate that this method allows for rapid and accurate deconvolution of multiple channel fluorescence decays without adaptively adjusting the Laguerre scale parameter. The appropriate choice of the scale parameter is essential for accurate ...
Physics in Medicine and Biology
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February 3, 2012
We present a new version of STIR (Software for Tomographic Image Reconstruction), an open source object-oriented library implemented in C++Â for 3D positron emission tomography reconstruction. This library has been designed such that it can be used for many algorithms and scanner geometries, while being portable to various computing platforms. This second release enhances its flexibility and modular design and includes additional features such as Compton scatter simulation, an additional iterative reconstruction algorithm and parametric image reconstruction (both indirect and direct). We discuss the new features in this release and present example results. STIR can be downloaded from http://stir.sourceforge.net.
PMID: 22290410 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Physics in Medicine and Biol...
Physics in Medicine and Biology
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February 3, 2012
Authors: Defrise M, Rezaei A, Nuyts J
Abstract
In positron emission tomography (PET), a quantitative reconstruction of the tracer distribution requires accurate attenuation correction. We consider situations where a direct measurement of the attenuation coefficient of the tissues is not available or is unreliable, and where one attempts to estimate the attenuation sinogram directly from the emission data by exploiting the consistency conditions that must be satisfied by the non-attenuated data. We show that in time-of-flight PET, the attenuation sinogram is determined by the emission data except for a constant and that its gradient can be estimated efficiently using a simple analytic algorithm. The stability of the method is illustrated numerically by means of a 2D simulation.
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Physics in Medicine and Biology
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February 3, 2012
Authors: Jing Y, Meral FC, Clement GT
Abstract
This paper proposes the use of a k-space method to obtain the correction for transcranial ultrasound beam focusing. Mirroring past approaches, a synthetic point source at the focal point is numerically excited, and propagated through the skull, using acoustic properties acquired from registered computed tomography of the skull being studied. The received data outside the skull contain the correction information and can be phase conjugated (time reversed) and then physically generated to achieve a tight focusing inside the skull, by assuming quasi-plane transmission where shear waves are not present or their contribution can be neglected. Compared with the conventional finite-difference time-domain method for wave propagation simulation...
Physics in Medicine and Biology
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February 3, 2012
Authors: Kyriakou E, McKenzie DR
Abstract
Evidence that some lung tumors change shape during respiration is derived from respiratory gated CT data by statistical shape modeling and image manipulation. Some tumors behave as rigid objects while others show systematic shape changes. Two views of lung motion are presented to allow analysis of the results. In the first, lung motion is viewed as a wave motion in which inertial effects arising from mass are present and in the second it is a quasistatic motion in which the mass of the lung tissues is neglected. In the first scenario, the extremes of tumor compression and expansion are expected to correlate with maximum upward and downward velocity of the tumor, respectively. In the second, they should occur at end exhale and end inhale, re...
Physics in Medicine and Biology
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February 3, 2012
This study opens up the possibility of improved tumor ablation therapy via a combination of percutaneous ethanol injection and high-intensity focused ultrasound.
PMID: 22290554 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Physics in Medicine and Biology)
Physics in Medicine and Biology
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February 3, 2012
Authors: Laakso I, Hirata A
Abstract
From extremely low frequencies to intermediate frequencies, the magnitude of induced electric field inside the human body is used as the metric for human protection. The induced electric field inside the body can be computed using anatomically realistic voxel models and numerical methods such as the finite-difference or finite-element methods. The computed electric field is affected by numerical errors that occur when curved boundaries with large contrasts in electrical conductivity are approximated using a staircase grid. In order to lessen the effect of the staircase approximation error, the use of the 99th percentile electric field, i.e. ignoring the highest 1% of electric field values, is recommended in the ICNIRP guidelines. However, the 99...
Physics in Medicine and Biology
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February 3, 2012
This study reports on the electron slowing-down spectra and mean energy per ion pair, the W-value, in water for monoenergetic electron and photon sources calculated with Geant4-DNA. These quantities depend on electron energy, but not on spatial or angular variables which makes them a good choice for testing the model of energy transfer processes. The spectra also have a scientific value for radiobiological modeling as they describe the energy distribution of electrons entering small volumes, such as the cell nucleus. Comparisons of Geant4-DNA results with previous studies showed overall good agreement. Some differences in slowing-down spectra between Geant4-DNA and previous studies were found at 100 eV and at approximately 500 eV that were attributed to approximations in models of vibratio...
Physics in Medicine and Biology
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February 3, 2012
Authors: Provost J, Thiébaut S, Luo J, Konofagou EE
Abstract
Electromechanical Wave Imaging (EWI) is a non-invasive, ultrasound-based imaging method capable of mapping the electromechanical wave (EW) in vivo, i.e. the transient deformations occurring in response to the electrical activation of the heart. Optimal imaging frame rates, in terms of the elastographic signal-to-noise ratio, to capture the EW cannot be achieved due to the limitations of conventional imaging sequences, in which the frame rate is low and tied to the imaging parameters. To achieve higher frame rates, EWI is typically performed by combining sectors acquired during separate heartbeats, which are then combined into a single view. However, the frame rates achieved remain potentially sub-optimal and this approac...
Physics in Medicine and Biology
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February 3, 2012
Authors: Lampe J, Bassoy C, Rahmer J, Weizenecker J, Voss H, Gleich B, Borgert J
Abstract
Magnetic particle imaging (MPI) is a new tomographic imaging method which is able to capture the fast dynamic behavior of magnetic tracer material. From measured induced signals, the unknown magnetic particle concentration is reconstructed using a previously determined system function, which describes the relation between particle position and signal response. After discretization, the system function is represented by a matrix, whose size can prohibit the use of direct solvers for matrix inversion to reconstruct the image. In this paper, we present a new reconstruction approach, which combines efficient compression techniques and iterative reconstruction solvers. The data compression is based...
Physics in Medicine and Biology
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February 3, 2012
Authors: Chaswal V, Thomadsen BR, Henderson DL
Abstract
The development and application of an automated 3D greedy heuristic (GH) optimization algorithm utilizing the adjoint sensitivity fields for treatment planning to assess the advantage of directional interstitial prostate brachytherapy is presented. Directional and isotropic dose kernels generated using Monte Carlo simulations based on Best Industries model 2301 I-125 source are utilized for treatment planning. The newly developed GH algorithm is employed for optimization of the treatment plans for seven interstitial prostate brachytherapy cases using mixed sources (directional brachytherapy) and using only isotropic sources (conventional brachytherapy). All treatment plans resulted in V100 > 98% and D90 > 45 Gy for the t...
Physics in Medicine and Biology
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February 3, 2012
In this study, we developed a pencil beam algorithm for scanning proton dose calculation by focusing on properly modeling individual scanning spots. All modeling parameters required by the pencil beam algorithm can be generated based solely on a few sets of measured data. We demonstrated that low-dose halos in single-spot profiles in the medium could be adequately modeled with the addition of a modified Cauchy-Lorentz distribution function to a double-Gaussian function. The field size effects were accurately computed at all depths and field sizes for all energies, and good dose accuracy was also achieved for patient dose verification. The implementation of the proposed pencil beam algorithm also enabled us to study the importance of different modeling components and parameters at various b...
Physics in Medicine and Biology
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February 3, 2012
Authors: Pursiainen S, Lucka F, Wolters CH
Abstract
In electroencephalography (EEG) source analysis, a primary current density generated by the neural activity of the brain is reconstructed from external electrode voltage measurements. This paper focuses on accurate and effective simulations of EEG through the complete electrode model (CEM). The CEM allows for the incorporation of the electrode size, shape and effective contact impedance into the forward simulation. Both neural currents in the brain and shunting currents between the electrodes and the skin can affect the measured voltages in the CEM. The goal of this study was to investigate the CEM by comparing it with the point electrode model (PEM), which is the current standard electrode model for EEG. We used a three-dimension...
Physics in Medicine and Biology
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February 3, 2012
Authors: Russell G, Harkins KD, Secomb TW, Galons JP, Trouard TP
Abstract
A new finite difference (FD) method for calculating the time evolution of complex transverse magnetization in diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy experiments is described that incorporates periodic boundary conditions. The new FD method relaxes restrictions on the allowable time step size employed in modeling which can significantly reduce computation time for simulations of large physical extent and allow for more complex, physiologically relevant, geometries to be simulated.
PMID: 22297418 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Physics in Medicine and Biology)
Physics in Medicine and Biology
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February 3, 2012
In biomedical research and practice, quantitative tests or biomarkers are often used for diagnostic or screening purposes, with a cut point established on the quantitative measurement to aid binary classification. This paper introduces an alternative to the traditional methods based on the Youden index and the closestâtoâ(0, 1) criterion for threshold selection. A concordance probability evaluating the classification accuracy of a dichotomized measure is defined as an objective function of the possible cut point. A nonparametric approach is used to search for the optimal cut point maximizing the objective function. The procedure is shown to perform well in a simulation study. Using data from a realâworld study of arsenicâinduced skin lesions, we apply the method to a measure of blo...
Statistics in Medicine
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February 3, 2012
Field researchers have generated a detailed map that they hope will guide appropriate diagnosis and more targeted treatment for patients suspected of having Lyme disease. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Medscape Today Headlines
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February 3, 2012
In March 2010, a pair of health inspectors acting on a tip paid a three-day visit to a factory in this hilly town on the Mediterranean coast. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Medscape Medical News Headlines
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February 3, 2012
Politicians and pundits clogged the airwaves last year with rhetoric about the state of the nation's economy. Amid this noise, a few economic policy initiatives did begin to take shape. For instance, last fall, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a request for comments on a draft policy to stimulate the bioeconomy.
Scientists have long asserted that research is an investment that yields economic prosperity. A growing number of scientists and engineers have more recently advised that the biological sciences are poised to inspire transformative discoveries that can solve persistent problems while stimulating new economic opportunities. Indeed, in 2009, the National Research Council (NRC) released a 112-page report, A New Biology for the 21st Century: Ensuri...
Washington Watch
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February 3, 2012
[UN News]
The United Nations is backing a mass vaccination campaign under way in northern Cameroon, where a new outbreak of yellow fever has killed at least seven people. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine
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February 3, 2012
The president of the Medical Group Management Association is urging HHS to postpone enforcement of the new standard for electronic claims until June 30, lest some practices shut down. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Medscape Today Headlines
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February 3, 2012
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 2, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On the heels of new research showing that spinal manipulation and exercise are effective in relieving neck pain, American Specialty Health (ASH), one of the nation's leading providers of chiropractic health care benefits, said today that the expansion of research in chiropractic care is leading to big changes in the way chiropractic medicine is practiced and perceived in the United States. (Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE))
Medical News (via PRIMEZONE)
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February 2, 2012
Conclusions:
There were no statistically significant differences in the primary or secondary outcome scores when comparing full kinematic chain MMT plus exercise with targeted hip MMT plus exercise for mild to moderate symptomatic hip OA. Consequently, the nonsignificant findings suggest that there would also be no clinically meaningful difference between the 2 groups. The results of this study provides guidance to musculoskeletal practitioners who regularly use MMT that the full kinematic chain approach does not appear to have any benefit over targeted treatment. (Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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January 31, 2012
You received a call advising that Mr S. H. Irk was in the emergency room having considerable wound pain following an above-knee amputation you performed 6 months ago. You discharged him from your clinic 6 weeks postoperatively to his primary care physician, still complaining of more pain than usual. Your examination, clinical lab tests, and X-rays do not reveal any serious problems, but he is writhing in pain and begging for relief. Mr Irk has been to a number of different physicians in the interlude including a chiropractor, a pain specialist, several primary care physicians, and a psychiatrist without relief. He has braced up with increasing amounts of analgesics, the latest of which was oral Dilaudid. His last source of pain meds on the street has dried up. You admit him with orders for...
Journal of Vascular Surgery
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January 27, 2012
Network Spinal Analysis (NSA), also known as Network Chiropractic or Network Care, is an innovative approach to chiropractic. Where its traditional counterpart works on physically realigning the spine, Network focuses on communicating with the nervous system in order... (Source: NaturalNews.com)
NaturalNews.com
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January 26, 2012
The popularity of chiropractic care has grown dramatically since the middle of the 20th century. Although most people seek chiropractic treatment to relieve musculoskeletal pain, certain types of pain may be indicative of the patient experiencing a heart attack just... (Source: NaturalNews.com)
NaturalNews.com
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January 24, 2012
Conclusions:
The German BQN is a valid and reliable outcome measure that has been successfully translated and culturally adapted. It is shorter, easier to use, and more responsive to change than the NDI and NPAD.Key WordsBournemouth Questionnaire; Outcome Assessment; Neck Pain; Chiropractic; Validity of Results (Source: Chiropractic and Osteopathy)
Chiropractic and Osteopathy
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January 24, 2012
Authors: Jones JW, McCullough LB
Abstract
You received a call advising that Mr S. H. Irk was in the emergency room having considerable wound pain following an above-knee amputation you performed 6 months ago. You discharged him from your clinic 6 weeks postoperatively to his primary care physician, still complaining of more pain than usual. Your examination, clinical lab tests, and X-rays do not reveal any serious problems, but he is writhing in pain and begging for relief. Mr Irk has been to a number of different physicians in the interlude including a chiropractor, a pain specialist, several primary care physicians, and a psychiatrist without relief. He has braced up with increasing amounts of analgesics, the latest of which was oral Dilaudid. His last source of pain meds on the ...
Pain Physician
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January 24, 2012
Painkilling drugs are associated with dangerous side effects, addiction and overdose. And it turns out they are also much less effective than harmless natural treatments. A new study shows that simple remedies like chiropractic treatments and home exercises relieve sub... (Source: NaturalNews.com)
NaturalNews.com
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January 18, 2012
This article examines the chiropractic profession's history by dividing it into five Eras and suggests that there are three options available for the future of the profession. One: maintaining the status quo. Two: uniting under an evidence based scientific approach as partners in the health care delivery system that has buried the "one-cause, one-cure" sacred cow. The steps required to achieve this outcome are outlined. Three: openly dividing the profession into evidence based practitioners and subluxation based practitioners. Adopting this option would allow each branch of the profession to move forward in the health care delivery system unhindered by the other.It is unclear which option the profession will choose and whether the profession is mature enough to follow option two remains t...
Chiropractic and Osteopathy
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January 18, 2012
While its use is in decline, many chiropractic practices still commonly use Therapeutic Ultrasound in the treatment of patients. Recently, there has been an increase in interest by the research community in evaluating ultrasound. (Source: ChiroACCESS: Tools for Better Patient Care)
ChiroACCESS: Tools for Better Patient Care
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January 18, 2012
Carrion Chiropractic Clinic in Tucson announced the launch of a new website, http://www.carrionchiropractic.net. The practice's website was redesigned to enhance patient communications and expand access to pain management information. The practice provides non-surgical pain management for neuro-musculoskeletal disorders of the spine and extremities with a special focus on helping patients heal following car accidents. The new website includes wellness articles, a chiropractor blog, 3D spine simulator and other educational resources for patients.
read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Healthcare IT News Press Releases
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January 13, 2012
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine
Area: News
This open-label randomised controlled trial was designed to investigate spinal manipulation therapy (SMT), drug therapy, and home exercise with advice (HEA) as therapies for acute and subacute neck pain in both the short and long term.
A total of 272 subjects aged 18 to 65 years who had nonspecific neck pain for two to twelve weeks were enrolled from a university research center and a pain management clinic in Minnesota.
Subjects were randomised to twelve weeks of SMT (chiropractic manipulation with light soft-tissue massage, assisted stretching, and hot and cold packs), drug therapy (first-line therapy with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, paracetamol, or both followed by narcotic medication or muscle relaxants),...
NeLM - News
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January 3, 2012
Neck pain will affect three in four Americans over the course of their lifetime. But rather than stocking up on pain killers, a new study in The Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that a regimen of gentle exercises at home, or sessions with a chiropractor, may actually be more effective than taking medication to relieve chronic neck pain. (Source: Health Facts and Fears)
Health Facts and Fears
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January 3, 2012
Seeing a chiropractor or engaging in light exercise relieves neck pain more effectively than relying on pain medication, new research shows. (Source: NYT Health)
NYT Health
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January 3, 2012
This article describes individual and organizational culture changes that occurred at Northwestern Health Sciences University.
â Mary Jo Kreitzer and Vic Sierpina (Source: Explore)
Explore
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December 31, 2011
Abstract: This editorial reviews the scientific sessions and announces the 4 award-winning scientific articles from the World Federation of Chiropractic 11th Biennial Congress held in Rio de Janeiro from April 6, to 9, 2011, that are published in this issue of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. (Source: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics)
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
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December 31, 2011
Coverage of chiropractic services is specifically limited to treatment by means of manual manipulation (ie, use of the hands) of the spine to correct a subluxation. Subluxation is defined as a motion segment in which alignment, movement integrity, and/or physiological function of the spine, are altered, although contact between joint surfaces remains intact. (Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners)
The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
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December 31, 2011
Conclusions: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first randomized trial assessing chiropractic treatment vs minimal intervention in patients without acute coronary syndrome but with musculoskeletal chest pain. Results suggest that chiropractic treatment might be useful; but further research in relation to patient selection, standardization of interventions, and identification of potentially active ingredients is needed. (Source: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics)
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
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December 20, 2011
State District Judge Rhonda Hurley signed her final judgment in favor of the Texas Medical Association and the patients it works to protect Monday. The judgment invalidates the Texas State Board of Chiropractic Examinersâ (TBCE) vestibular testing rule by declaring the test is beyond chiropractorsâ lawful scope of chiropractic (Source: News_Room)
News_Room
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December 19, 2011
CONCLUSIONS: There was weak evidence to support the use of hypnosis, psychotherapy, acupuncture, chiropractic and medicinal herbs but it was provided in each case by single small trials, some of dubious methodological rigour. Robust randomised trials are required with efficacy, cost-effectiveness and adverse effects clearly reported.
PMID: 22161390 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews)
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
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December 19, 2011
February 2, 2012 (University of Washington) â Diabetes risk is increased in men and women who eat a diet that is high in processed meats, according to a study published online this week in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Processed meats include hot dogs, lunch meat, sausages and canned meats.
read more (Source: Diabetes News from dLife.com)
Diabetes News from dLife.com
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February 3, 2012
[Public Agenda]
Breast Cancer Prevention in Africa has taken another dimension with the launch of the International Breast Cancer and Nutrition (IBCN) project, a multinational initiative that seeks to establish the link between diet and breast cancer in Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine
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February 3, 2012
Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), argue that added sweeteners pose dangers to public health, and the government should regulate sugar in the same way as it regulates alcohol and tobacco. They set out their reasons for viewing sugar as "toxic" in a comment article published in Nature this week. First author Robert H... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Health News from Medical News Today
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February 3, 2012
(Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press)) Could the use of vitamin and mineral supplements in a regular diet help to reduce the risk of colon cancer and protect against carcinogens? A study published in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology found that rats given regular multivitamin and mineral supplements showed a significantly lower risk of developing colon cancer when they were exposed to carcinogens. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
EurekAlert! - Biology
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February 2, 2012
AbstractA number of cardioprotective effects, including the reduction of the LDL particle to oxidation, have been attributed to dietary soy isoflavones. Paraoxonase 1 (PON1), an enzyme mainly synthesized in the liver, may exhibit antiâatherogenic activity by protecting LDL from oxidation. Thus, dietary and pharmacological inducers of PON1 may reduce cardiovascular disease risk. Using a luciferase reporter gene assay we screened different flavonoids for their ability to induce PON1 in Huh7 hepatocytes in culture. Genistein was the most potent flavonoid regarding its PON1 inducing activity, followed by daidzein, luteolin, isorhamnetin and quercetin. Other flavonoids such as naringenin, cyanidin, malvidin and catechin showed only little or no PON1 inducing activity. Genisteinâmediated PON...
Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
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February 2, 2012
Abstractâ Because of its critical role in the regulation of skeletal muscle metabolism, AMPâactivated protein kinase (AMPK) remains a central focus of research for the treatment of insulin resistance. The purpose of the current study was to determine the role of AMPKα2 activity in the regulation of glucose uptake and FA metabolism in insulinâresistant skeletal muscle. Male C57BL/6 mice were divided into control diet (CD) or high fat (60%) diet (HFD) fed groups for six weeks and were either wild type (WT) or possessed an AMPKα2 dominant negative transgene (DN). After 6 weeks, hindlimbs of CD (n = 10) and HFD (n = 10) mice were perfused ± 450 μU/ml insulin (IS). CD (n = 8) and HFD (n = 8) muscles were used for measurement of basal protein expression. In CD mice, low AMPKα2 activit...
Experimental Physiology
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February 2, 2012
When overweight people included two servings of purple potatoes a day in their diet for a month, they not only reduced their blood pressure, but they also didn't gain weight in the process, a small study shows. (Source: WebMD Health)
WebMD Health
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February 2, 2012
Authors: Hopps E, Caimi G
Abstract
Metabolic syndrome is commonly accompanied by an elevated cardiovascular risk with high morbidity and mortality. The alterations of the arterial vasculature begin with endothelial dysfunction and lead to micro- and macrovascular complications. The remodeling of the endothelial basal membrane, that promotes erosion and thrombosis, has a multifactorial pathogenesis that includes leukocyte activation, increased oxidative stress and also an altered matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) expression. MMPs are endopeptidases which degrade extracellular matrix proteins, such as collagen, gelatins, fibronectin and laminin. They can be secreted by several cells within the vascular wall, but macrophages are determinant in the atherosclerotic plaques. Their activit...
European Journal of Internal Medicine
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February 2, 2012
CONCLUSION: A 16-week VLCD induces considerable weight loss, metabolic amelioration, and major improvements in QoL in obese T2DM patients. The addition of exercise is of paramount importance for the maintenance of better QoL.
PMID: 22284244 [PubMed - in process] (Source: European Journal of Internal Medicine)
European Journal of Internal Medicine
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February 2, 2012
By comparing cookbook recipes from 1936 and 2006, this helps us shed light (not weight) on one source of the obesity epidemic. read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Psychology Today Food and Diet Center
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February 2, 2012
Scientists have found out why resveratrol, a chemical naturally found in red wine, grapes, and some other fruit and vegetables, has health benefits, according to an article published in the journal Cell, February 3rd issue. The researchers, from the Laboratory of Obesity and Aging Research at the NIH's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, explain that resveratrol inhibits PDEs (phosphodiesterases), proteins (enzymes) that play a crucial role in cell energy regulation. Resveratrol's molecular formula is C14H12O3... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Health News from Medical News Today
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February 2, 2012
This article will be of interest to food scientists, health policy makers and the public alike, but the use of strategies to restrict the consumption of added sugar is complicated and, indeed controversial. The implications of such moves would need to be considered in both medical and societal terms. They would need both medical evidence to support their effectiveness and assurance that the public would accept drastic changes, such as age limits on buying sweets. For example, in recent years, Denmark has imposed taxes on fatty foods, a move that has divided opinions greatly.
It is generally accepted that added sugar or excessive sugar consumption is bad for health and dietitians advise restricting sugar intake to the occasional âtreatâ. However, to what extent sugar is directly to blam...
NHS News Feed
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February 2, 2012