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The oldest member of the 2008 Olympic U.S. Track and Field squad that competed in Beijing, China, this year is a 40-year-old pole vaulter who relies heavily on Chiropractic to keep competing on the international stage. This was the second Olympic appearance for Jeff Hartwig, who also competed in the 1996 Games in Atlanta where [...]

As more and more athletes are realizing the benefits of Chiropractic in heightening their levels of performance, more and more chiropractors are getting involved with athletes in a variety of sporting ac­tivities.
Certainly the biggest athletic stage that involved chiropractors in 2008 was the Olympic Games re­cently completed in Beijing. Four U.S. based chiropractors played a [...]

The government of Massachusetts has taken a big step to control the amount of influence that drug compa­nies and medical device manufacturers have on doctors in their state. Governor Deval Patrick has signed a bill into law that will put more transparency into financial relationships between doctors and suppliers.
Payment to doctors was an important part [...]

Every once and awhile it seems that a new effort by someone or some group to discredit the effectiveness of Chiropractic springs up somewhere. While the source of such negative campaigns is not usually readily known, they likely emanate from those who feel threatened by the growing success and popularity of Chiropractic.
When some billboard display [...]

Legal liability is the driver that could dramatically hasten the development of “personalized medicine”, according to a newly published article by genetics and law experts.
Broadly, personalized medicine is defined as using information about a person’s genetic makeup to tailor strategies for the detection, treatment or prevention of disease. It can specifically refer to the use [...]

In 2006, an estimated half-million Americans traveled overseas for medical treatment to take advantage of dramatically lower costs and a growing number of modern, well-staffed and well equipped hospitals that cater to the needs of foreign patients.
Supporting the trend are specialized travel agencies springing up with connections to hospitals and clinics in Europe or Mexico, [...]