 | DCs vote 'no confidence' in UK board
-- A survey of doctors in
Britain showed widespread dissatisfaction with the General Chiropractic
Council, the UK‑wide statutory body with regulatory powers established by
the Chiropractors Act of 1994. |
| Research funding controversy by Robert
H. Blanks PhD, President, RCS -- According to a recent
article in the Journal of the American Medical Society,[1],
biomedical research funding in the
United States has doubled, when
adjusted for inflation, from $37.1 billion in 1994 to $94.3 billion in 2003. |
| Romance can lead to lawsuits by Timothy
J. Feuling, President, Chiropractic Benefit Services
-- It starts innocently
enough. A friendship between a doctor of chiropractic and a patient or
employee develops into a romance or sexual liaison. But when the romance
sours, the case can turn into a nasty lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct. |
| Dehydration's hidden symptoms by Brian
D. Foltz and Joe Ferrara, PhD --
Chronic dehydration remains hidden as a cause of health problems because
its symptoms are usually blamed on something else. |
| WCA Anti‑Defamation Fund update by
Matthew McCoy, DC -- Righteous indignation
is the order of the day for chiropractors all over the country, not just for
those along the bus route. Television interviews with two women who allege
they suffered strokes secondary to a chiropractic adjustment tug at the
sympathies of those who watched. |
| Innovation in science not an easy sell
by David A. Jackson, DC, CEO, Research and Clinical Science
-- When it comes to
science, it can sometimes be painful ‑‑ even dangerous ‑‑ to be innovative.
I doubt whether a single revolutionary idea was ever embraced by the
scientific community or the public at large (which usually follows the
scientists' lead in such matters) at the time it was presented. |
