April, 2008
National Medicare Conference
“Doctors who want to have a voice in how chiropractic responds to both the challenges and opportunities emerging in Medicare will want to be at this conference,” said ICA President Dr. John Maltby. “Everyone in the profession is not only welcome, they are needed and wanted, because we understand that it will take all of us, working in an historic collective effort, to secure for chiropractic the role it deserves in caring for our senior citizens.” ICA hopes that this conference will help craft a profession-wide action plan to address the urgent need for Medicare reform, and of chiropractic’s unique and positive role in helping the nation’s seniors. This unique day-long program will also address a host of emerging issues, including:
Click here for Conference Flyer Additional details and registration information is available on ICA’s website at www.chiropractic.org The one-day, April 24th event will be held at the Washington Court Hotel, conveniently located near Capitol Hill at 525 New Jersey Avenue, NW Washington, DC. TEL: 202-628-2100, and on the Internet at: http://www.washingtoncourthotel.com. |
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DE to Celebrate Dr. Sid Williams 80th and Over 55 Years of Service to Chiropractic
Drs. Sid and Nell have been icons in the chiropractic profession for over 50 years. Dr. Sid's accomplishments are too numerous to mention here, however, the list in chiropractic is highlighted by the founding of Life University, and the Dynamic Essentials (DE) meetings. The Dynamic Essentials meetings have been a regular fixture in chiropractic for decades. Thousands of chiropractors have credited their success in practice to these meetings. Those who would like to attend this celebration are urged to call the DE office to inform them of your attendance. Seating for the celebration will be limited. The DE website and info can be found at www.lifede.com. If your schedule does not permit attendance, you can sent a congratulatory letter or card. Correspondence can be mailed to tribute to: Dr. Sid E. Williams c/o Life Foundation, 1950 Old Concord Road, Smyrna, Georgia 30080. Cards and letters need to be received by May 15 so that they can be part of this celebration. |
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Good Morning America Show Does Report of Chiropractic Helping Blood Pressure
On March 25, 2008 the ABC morning show, "Good
Morning America" aired a segment with Robin Roberts showing how
chiropractic helps high blood pressure. The video later appeared on the
popular publishing site YouTube at the following address:
The parallel printed story also appeared on the ABC News website at (http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=4520614&page=1) and starts with a profound statement, "Though doctors are unsure of what causes blood pressure to increase, a new study suggests that a specific type of neck adjustment may reduce hypertension for some of the 65 million Americans battling it." The article referenced the University of Chicago study, published in the Journal of Human Hypertension, that showed that the patients in that study who received chiropractic adjustments saw their blood pressure drop an average of 17 points. The article quotes study author George Bakris MD, University of Chicago Medical Center hypertension specialist , "We set up a double-blind study to really look and see if in fact this procedure was affecting high blood pressure." The article and video notes that, "The C-1 vertebra, located at the top of the spine, operates like a fuse box in the body." Medical doctor and ABC medical consultant Tim Johnson was reserved in his reporting of the findings but was still impressed. He stated, "[There are] a lot of unanswered questions. But I'm telling you, this catches our attention because of a significant drop in blood pressure. It absolutely deserves more study." He continued, "The truth is we really don't know that vertebra at the top of the neck is in a critical area where the brain stem, the lower part of the brain, is involved with regulation of blood pressure. It's theoretically imaginable that changing the anatomy of that area may have effect on regulating blood pressure." A version of this story was included in the NYK patient newsletter that went out to the practice members of NYK newsletter subscribers. Hundreds of thousands read the NYK article. We encourage all DCs to feature this video and steer patient toward this news story. |
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