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Did you ever wonder how dancers and traveling entertainers are able to perform at a high physical level show after show? Don’t they suffer from things like sore knees, muscle pulls and sore backs? Toss in lots of late nights, brutal travel schedules and con­stant physical exertion and you have the formula for all sorts [...]

Parents of children with ear problems should be wary of quick recommendations by doctors to insert ear tubes. A new study found that in many cases ear tubes are surgically inserted too soon, thus subjecting children to general anesthesia for a medical procedure that may be unnecessary.
Ear tubes, known medically as tympanostomy tubes, are small [...]

While the medical community is treating Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) with drugs and shak­ing their head in confusion when someone asks what causes it, the Chiropractic profession has answers and treatment options.
RLS is a painful condition of the legs that often causes annoying sensations that include creeping, crawling, tugging and tingling feelings. The discomfort usually [...]

Some members of the U.S. Congress think that it is high time that chiropractors are appoint­ed to full commissions in the United States Armed Forces. Representatives Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Thelma Drake (R-VA), Ron Paul (R-TX) and Robert Brady (D-PA) have all stepped for­ward to sponsor a Joint Resolution to push the idea forward through both [...]

Americans spend a lot of money to find relief from back and neck pain problems. With expenditures rising annually, people should be experiencing more relief, but that does not seem to be the case according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
A recent study conducted at the University of Washington, Seattle, [...]

Two recent surveys point to widespread and growing use of alternative forms of medical treatment in both the United States and in Canada. In the US, more that 37% of households regularly turn to alterative treatments over those provided only by a medical doctor and drugs. In Canada, the figure is over 50%.
The US survey [...]

Today’s adult athletes are competing in sports much later in their lives than did players of pre­vious generations. Baseball players don’t “hang up the spikes at 29,” they play in senior leagues into their 60s and 70s. Tennis players compete in their own national championships into their 90s. Golfers continue to compete as seniors well [...]

You may recall having seen television commercials that told us how “4 out of 5 dentists surveyed recommended a certain brand of toothpaste to their patients.” This message aired frequently for many years. Today, a similar commercial could very likely announce, “4 out of 5 doctors surveyed recom­mend untested, adult medication to their children patients.”
In [...]