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Issue III - November
2005
Welcome to our office's Chiropractic newsletter.
We'd like to entertain you, inform you (and even inspire you a little).
The robbed man that smiles, steals something from the thief. – William Shakespeare
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. - Walter Bagehot
That's what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you that makes you want to believe that there still exists a right and wrong, that decency will somehow triumph in the end.
-Lise Hand
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Why refuse the flu shot?
Not wanting Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a good reason.
Since flu shot season is approaching we think it appropriate to remind everyone that according to Hugh Fudenberg, MD, the world's leading immunogeneticist and 13th most quoted biologist of our time (over 850 papers in peer reviewed journals), if an individual has had flu shots their chance of getting Alzheimer's disease increases greatly. (2)
Dr. Fudenberg feels the mercury and aluminum in flu shots (and many childhood and RhoGam shots) build up in the brain causing AD. Is that why Alzheimer's is expected to quadruple? (3)
Flu hysteria is on the way (again)
Reports said that "Influenza kills 30,000 to 40,000 Americans every year." (4)
Hogwash! It’s simply not so. How may people really die of Influenza? Here is what the CDC says:
In 2002: 753 died of the flu (5)
In 2001: 267 died of the flu (6)
In 2000: 2,175 died of the flu (7)
In 1999: 1,685 died of the flu (8)
These were no doubt people who were frail, sickly, weak, malnourished and unhealthy to begin with. Dying from the flu is, in fact, a very rare occurrence – research shows the flu shot does not affect mortality of elderly people.
In conclusion – the flu shot is dangerous and useless. Below is one more reason why children especially should NOT get a flu shot.
Flu shots increase asthma attacks
In the Archives of Diseases of Children the authors of a published study found that vaccinated children had a significantly increased risk of asthma-related clinic and emergency room visits. (9)
Please send this flu information to everyone you know.
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Chiropractic and Stroke?
I get questions all of the time about the safety of chiropractic. Most people have heard rumors about chiropractic and are afraid of something they don’t really have information on. If your family or friends are one of those people, you might want to pass this on.
Consider this: Malpractice insurance rates are based upon statistical risk. My malpractice insurance rates are approximately $500 for the year. Ask your medical doctor or even your OB what there rates are and you’ll be able to see where the risk really lies.
In 2001, Terrett and researchers concluded on the basis of the most recent evidence, indicates a risk rate of "less than 1 stroke per 2 million cervical manipulations" or "about 1 in 25 chiropractic practitioners during 40-year practicing careers." This rate is supported by extensive recent US malpractice insurance data. Similar Canadian data supports the lower risk rate of 1 per 3.8 million treatments.
Many patients who would receive manipulation from a chiropractor for chronic neck pain are medically diagnosed as having cervical arthritis or spondylosis and are given NSAIDs (Motrin, Nuprin, Advil - also known as Ibuprofen). Best estimates of hospitalization (40,000 per million) and death (4,000 per million) amongst these patients from gastrointestinal ulcers caused by these medications. In the US this amounts to 32,000 hospitalizations per year and 3,200 deaths.
Even a May 2001 Study done by Yale University, PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE & RISK OF HEMORRHAGIC STROKE: Final Report of The Hemorrhagic Stroke Project compared Phenylpopanolamine (a drug found in many cold/flu/cough syrups and diet pills) to high stroke risks, like smoking, oral contraceptives (birth control pill), family history, hypertension, obesity, etc. No where in the study was this drug compared to chiropractic. If chiropractic neck adjustments are so dangerous, then Yale certainly would have added that to the list, wouldn’t they? They are a medical school, after all. (1)
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Chiropractic is mysterious? No way!
What is chiropractic?
So many people receive regular chiropractic care as a part of their lives. They get a periodic chiropractic checkups and (if needed) adjustments for themselves and their family. Subluxation-free people are shown to feel great and are happier and healthier. To many people, if there are health issues in their families, the chiropractor with his/her drug-free approach is the first healthcare provider they call.
Some lucky people have even been under chiropractic care since they were children!
Yet to others chiropractic care is something mysterious. Why? Simply because they’ve never seen a chiropractor. Here we have a doctor who doesn’t give drugs, shots, surgery or do invasive procedures and some people are more afraid of going to a chiropractor than going under the knife. We’ve even known people like that.
Do your friends a favor – introduce them to us. Even if they just come in with you and wait in the waiting room, just seeing other practice members and our professional office is enough to defuse a lot of fear. Maybe they’ll even ask us some questions – and we’ll be happy to answer them.
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Do drugs make you healthy?
True health does not mean merely being symptom-free or "feeling ok." True health is a properly working body: lots of energy, proper alignment, restful sleep and the strength to deal with life’s physical and emotional stresses. If simply being free of symptoms were the only sign of good health, then aspirin, drugs and other medicines would make you healthy. But are people taking the most drugs the sickest?
Drugs don’t make you healthy. They may reduce or alter your symptoms, but that does not make you healthy. What makes you healthy? Life makes you healthy. Having 100% life flowing through you, having a body free of spinal nerve stress so the energies from the brain can travel freely to every part of your body is what health is all about. And that’s the goal of the Doctor of Chiropractic.
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Celibacy or Chiropractic?
Pubic symphysis dysfunction is a condition that a pregnant woman may suffer from as a result of the changes her body goes through while carrying her unborn child. They may spend months in dire pain on walking and turning in bed.
The medical treatment is contraception (don’t get pregnant) or nothing (live with the pain) or celibacy or all of the above. Pubic symphysis dysfunction is usually due to a subluxation of the lower spine or public bones (located in front of the pelvis). It usually responds to one or two chiropractic adjustments. (10)
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Girls' consumption of French fries linked to breast cancer in adulthood
This information from the Natural Health Newsletter by Randall Neustaedter OMD. Subscribe to this free newsletter at www.hpakids.org.
A large study found that one additional serving of French fries per week consumed during ages 3-5 years increased the risk of breast cancer by 27%. The study also found reduced risk of breast cancer for children who consumed whole milk (compared to skim and low-fat milk), butter and liver. A problem with fried foods is the presence of a class of carcinogens called acrylamides, formed when starchy carbohydrates like potatoes, corn, oats or wheat are subjected to high temperatures (above 360 degrees) for prolonged periods, as in deep-frying. French fries, potato chips, doughnuts, and even oven-baked French fries contain acrylamide. This chemical is monitored in drinking water because of its ability to cause cancer. (11)
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The shots aren’t working so let’s sell (i.e. inject) more
Pertussis boosters for adolescents?
Instead of promoting natural immunity, breastfeeding, natural birth and other healthy lifestyles, infants and children are given five DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus) shots. They don’t seem to be working because pertussis (whooping cough) is still increasing and conditions caused by vaccines such as autism, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, ADD, ADHD, learning disorders, allergies and others are skyrocketing.
Now the Society of Adolescent Medicine wants 10 to 12-year-olds to get DPT shots. Almost all children recover from pertussis, few recover from autism. For example in 2004 there were over 1,200 cases of whooping cough in Colorado but only one death. It is not known if the lone death was from pertussis or due to other conditions. (12) Note: DPT has long been considered the most dangerous shot of all causing brain damage, encephalitis and death. The shot isn’t even needed. Deaths from whooping cough decreased nearly 98% BEFORE the vaccine was mandated. That’s why more and more parents are saying "KEEP YOUR SHOTS AWAY FROM MY CHILD."
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Humor
License to Pill cartoon about the drugs "we" take:
http://www.grab.com/fun/specials/licensetopill
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Bye, and thanks for reading this far down. Thanks for being our patient, and letting us care for you. We really do appreciate you. Write back and let us know what you think of our newsletter. Want copies for friends? Let us know. Don’t forget to stop by for a spinal adjustment so you can be at your best. And remember, friends don’t let friends stay subluxated. Bring your friends and loved ones for a spinal checkup.
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References
1. FDA 2000 - page 32
2. Dr. Fudenberg at the NVIC International Vaccine Conference, Arlington, VA September, 1997. Quoted with permission.
3. John's Hopkins Newsletter, November 1998. Note: Dr. Fudenberg's web site is: http://members.aol.com/nitrf. I recommend you visit it. Fascinating stuff there.
4. http://www.acponline.org/journals/news/jul-aug04/vaccinations.htm
5. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr52/nvsr52_13.pdf (p.16)
6. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr51/nvsr51_05.pdf (p.16)
7. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr49/nvsr49_12.pdf (p.15)
8. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr49/nvsr49_08.pdf (p.28)
9. Christy C, Aligne CA, Auinger P et al. Effectiveness of influenza vaccine for the prevention of asthma exacerbations. Arch Dis Child. 2004;89(8):734-735.
10. Fallon J Chiropractic and pregnancy, a partnership for the future. ICA Review Nov/Dec 1990. pp. 39-42.
11. Michels KB et al. Preschool diet and adult risk of breast cancer. International Journal of Cancer. 2005(Aug 10). Epub ahead of print.
12. The Denver Post www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2753934,00.html 03/10/05.
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