Entries from January 2010

Journal of human hypertension, 2007
Meniere’s disease has been linked to a disorder of the upper cervical spine facet joints. (International Tinnitis Jour, 2007)
Potentially, the largest exposure of Americans to the neuro-toxin mercury is through the consumption of products containing High Fructose Corn Syrup. (Environmental Health, 2009)
The newest estimate for the incidence of autism is 1 [...]

1,000 capsules of Tylenol in a lifetime doubles the risk of end stage renal disease. (New England Journal of Medicine, 1994)
Taking the correct drug for the correct diagnoses in the correct dose will kill about 106,000 Americans per year, making it the 4th most common cause of death in the US. (Journal of the American [...]

from Dr. Dan Murphy’s article reviews.
Chiropractic spinal adjusting has been shown to be better than 5 times more effective than the NSAIDS pain drugs Celebrex and Vioxx in the treatment of chronic neck and low back pain. (Spine, 2003)
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for rheumatoid and/or osteoarthritis conservatively cause 16,500 Americans to bleed to death each year, [...]

Dr. Dan Murphy collected these published facts through his article review service.
The average time for a whiplash-injured patient to achieve maximum improvement is 7 months 1 week. (Spine. 1994)
93% of patients with chronic whiplash pain who have failed medical and physical therapy care improve with chiropractic adjustments. (Injury, 1996)
The estimated incidence of chronic pain from [...]

www.clear-institute.com is an excellent website to get informed on scoliosis treatment options.
One study revealed, “Sixty three percent of Scoliosis was detected by family or friends.  The number of cases being detected at school had dropped considerably to 8%.  56% of all cases presented with a Cobb angle of more than 40 degrees.  The study shows [...]

The position and balance of the human being while lying, sitting, standing, walking, the way in which we carry ourselves  affects how we move, live, function and ultimately our health and longevity.
Posture is the window to the spine.  If someones posture is out of balance, bent over or sideways,  or rotated in some way, then [...]

If you suffer with sciatica it probably wouldn’t surprise you to know that the Sciatic nerve is the largest nerve in the human body.  The sciatic nerve originates from nerves coming from the spine in the low back region.  Spinal misalignment (vertebral subluxation) and postural distortions caused by trauma/ injury put excess strain and pressure on the [...]

Acute trauma= macro-trauma such as auto injuries, sports injuries, weekend warrior injuries, slips and falls, lifting injuries.  These are all examples of injury that can take place all of a sudden.
And then there are injuries that take place more gradually over time- cumulative micro-trauma, cumulative micro injuries that are sub-clinical or asymptomatic until enough have [...]

More and more people are saying that they do not like to take medication.  The United states represents about 5 percent of the worlds population yet it has been estimated that the United States consumes over 75 percent of all the worlds pharmaceutical drugs.  If more drugs equal better health we should be the healthiest [...]

Studies have identified abnormality in cervical lordosis may lead to adverse nerve, ligament, and muscle function.  Ultimately abnormal lordosis may lead to a number of health related disorders.  Loss of the normal cervical spine curve results in abnormal tension on the spinal cord which has been referred to as pathological tension.  Structural analysis of the [...]