For years I have run a casual email
list serving the chiropractic profession, its students
and various interested non-chiropractor supporters.
Issue 22
08/05/08 20:43
Issue 22
Lyrica sent one of my patients temporarily blind.
Now its being used for Fibromyalgia, so Pfizer have deemed that its a real disease ...hmmmm.
Good Marketing.
These companies are generally going to have to fight a big revolution that is just around the corner, driven by patient advocacy groups (like this one http://www.uppercervicalpatients.com )
Drug Approved. Is Disease Real?
By ALEX BERENSON
Published: January 14, 2008
Fibromyalgia is a real disease. Or so says Pfizer in a new television advertising campaign for Lyrica, the first medicine approved to treat the pain condition, whose very existence is questioned by some doctors.
read on here http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/health/14pain.html?ex=1357966800&en=20865e4d0f0b61d9&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
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Cancer drugs found in tap water
By Richard Gray, Science Correspondent
Britain's tap water should be monitored for powerful medicines after traces of cancer and psychiatric drugs were detected in samples, a report has warned.
The 100-page statement, commissioned by the drinking water watchdog, the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI), reveals that pharmaceuticals are finding their way into the water supply despite extensive purification treatments used by water companies.
Trace levels of bleomycin, a cancer chemotherapy drug, and diazepam, a sedative, have been found during tests on drinking water, the report reveals.
While the levels are considered too low to pose a direct risk to health, doctors have expressed concern about exposing pregnant women to drugs that could harm an unborn child.
The report, compiled for the DWI by the consultants Watts and Crane Associates, recommends that drinking water should be monitored for hazardous drugs.
The report states: "The observed concentrations of pharmaceuticals in raw waste water indicate that the major source of pharmaceuticals to the environment is via sewage treatment works effluent.
"Drinking water treatment works use a wider and technically more advanced range of processes, but again these are not specifically designed to remove pharmaceuticals and several compounds have been reported in drinking water."
But it adds: "Even in the worst-case situation, there is no significant risk to health from the intake of pharmaceuticals via drinking water."
Sue Pennison, from the DWI, said: "The recommendations are now being considered and this may include conducting testing on drinking water."
The report comes as a separate study by environmental scientists has warned that toxic chemotherapy drugs used to treat cancer patients are being washed into Britain's rivers. They, too, have called for testing of tap water to ensure there is no risk to people.
The study, carried out at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, examined the risks posed by chemotherapy drugs that escape into the environment through sewage.
The researchers estimated that an adult drinking more than three pints of water a day would receive a weekly dose of between 300 and 30,000 times lower than recommended safety levels.
They warn that a developing foetus would also be exposed to the drugs in the womb.
Andrew Johnson, the scientist who led the Wallingford study, said: "In the foetus, which is rapidly growing and comparatively tiny, the dose would be relatively higher and any damage to its cells could be far more serious.
"There is not evidence to show that drinking water treatment removes all these drugs, so while we are not wanting to alarm people, it would be foolish to assume there is no risk."
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INCREDIBLE! Manual Med
yeah chiropractors are the only ones who manipulate the body in evil ways....:-)
contributor Peter Rome says:
More of interest Joe. It is amazing the number of 'manual' organisations, and this is translated from a Russian website. I have highlighted ones of particular interest.
Cheers,
Peter
Official site of the All-Russian Association of Manual Medicine (VAMM)
http://manmed.narod.ru/
Ivanichev GA Manual therapy. Leadership. Atlas
http://www.infamed.com/manu/
Novokuznetsk State Institute of Advanced Medical Training
http://www.giduv.ru/
The department manual therapy, reflexology and Neurology
http://manual.giduv.ru/
MANUALNAYA THERAPY
http://www.nvkz.kuzbass.net/doc/
Chuvash Republican Center vertebrology and manual therapy
http://manual-therapy.narod.ru/
Manual Therapy Center of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
http://www.cmt-moscow.com/
Applied kineziologiya
http://kinesiolog.ru/
ORTHO-BIONOMIYA I SEGMENTARNOE POSITIONING (SPINE CORRECTION, TAZA I KONECHNOSTEY)
www.manual-med.narod.ru/
The clinic doctor Bobyrya
http://www.spina.ru/
Recent advances podiatrii
http://www.stopa.ru/
"Rehabilitation Centre" - private polyclinic Eliseeva - Gurova
http://www.mtj.ru/center.htm
Dnipropetrovsk society manual therapists
http://WWW.drmts.narod.ru
PTK Ltd. "VERMET" - equipment for manual therapy
http://www.vermet.ru/
International Society of the cervical spine research
http://www.scrs.org/
International Society for the study of lumbar spine
http://www.issls.org/
International Society for the study of scoliosis
http://www.srs.org/
Australian Centre for musculo-skeletal research
http://www.cms.uwa.edu.au/
Journal "European spine journal" - European Spine Research Society
http://www.eurospine.org/
"Spine" - an international research journal Spine
http://www.spinejournal.com/
Journal "Manual therapy" (UK)
http://www.harcourt-international.com/journals/math/
The Canadian Academy manipulyatsionnoy therapy
http://www.manipulativetherapy.org/
Canadian Association of manual therapy
http://www.orthopractic.org/
The North American Institute of manual therapy
http://www.naiomt.com/
Panel studies of vertebrates manipulation
http://www.cchs.usyd.edu.au/Academic/ESS/smrg/smrg.html/
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Journey of a Cheeseburger
this is great
take heed!
http://www.abc.net.au/health/thepulse/stories/2008/02/07/2156368.htm
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i like this too
good positive slant
lets go men...and I am sure women will not be much different too
thanks Ted
Hey Joe this story basically says it all about health and longevity. The marriage paragraph would have Hugh Hefner disagree though.
Ted
http://www.abc.net.au/health/thepulse/stories/2006/11/23/1795297.htm
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Drinking 500ml of beetroot juice a day can significantly reduce blood pressure, UK research suggests.
The key beneficial ingredient appears to be nitrate, which is also found in green, leafy vegetables.
The researchers found that in healthy volunteers blood pressure was reduced within an hour of drinking the juice.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7228420.stm
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Favorable effects of berry consumption on platelet function, blood pressure, and HDL cholesterol
Background: Berries are a particularly rich source of polyphenols. They also contain other bioactive substances, such as vitamin C. Previous studies indicated that the consumption of polyphenol-rich foods (eg, cocoa, tea, and red wine) may induce beneficial changes in pathways related to cardiovascular health. Whether the consumption of berries has similar effects is unknown.
Objective: We aimed to investigate the effects of berry consumption on hemostatic function, serum lipids, and blood pressure (BP).
Design: Middle-aged unmedicated subjects (n = 72) with cardiovascular risk factors consumed moderate amounts of berry or control productsfor 8 wk in a single-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled intervention trial.
Results: Berry consumption inhibited platelet function as measured with a platelet function analyzer (using collagen and ADP as platelet activator) [changes: 11% and –1.4% in the berry and control groups, respectively; P = 0.018, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)]. Plasma biomarkers of platelet activation, coagulation, and fibrinolysis did not change during the intervention. Serum HDL-cholesterol concentrations increased significantly more (P = 0.006, ANCOVA) in the berry than in the control group (5.2% and 0.6%, respectively), but total cholesterol and triacylglycerol remained unchanged. Systolic BP decreased significantly (P = 0.050, ANCOVA); the decrease mostly occurred in subjects with high baseline BP (7.3 mm Hg in highest tertile; P = 0.024, ANCOVA). Polyphenol and vitamin C concentrations in plasma increased,whereas other nutritional biomarkers (ie, folate, tocopherols, sodium, and potassium) were unaffected.
Conclusion: The consumption of moderate amounts of berries resulted in favorable changes in platelet function, HDL cholesterol, and BP. The results indicate that regular consumption of berries may play a role in the prevention of cardiovascular disease.
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/87/2/323?etoc
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I DONT want spinal X RAYS....
how many times have you heard that?
I just updated my website and thought you might want to check it out. To visit, just click on the links below or paste the URLs into your browser.
Site http://www.chiropracticsafety.com.au
X ray danger...you can refer to this comparative table
http://web.mac.com/jierano/Site_5/X_ray_danger.html
AND psychstudy
http://web.mac.com/jierano/Site_5/psychstudy.html
Take a look and let me know what you think!
The x ray danger sorts out once and for all the myths of chiro x rays and compares them to the MORE dangerous medical scans...share the URL with any skeptics...
The psychstudy is also a grabber....check it out
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"Inherited wealth is a misfortune which merely serves to dull man's faculties."
Alfred Nobel
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The Lancet 2008; 371:404-410
Iatrogenic events in admitted neonates: a prospective cohort study
Summary
Background
Iatrogenic events are increasingly recognised as an important problem in all people admitted to hospital. However, few epidemiological data are available for iatrogenic events in neonatal high-risk units. We aimed to assess the incidence, nature, preventability, and severity of iatrogenic events in a neonatal centre and to establish the association of patient characteristics with the occurrence of iatrogenic events in neonates.
Methods
We undertook an observational, prospective study from Jan 1, 2005, to Sept 1, 2005, including all neonates admitted in the Division of Neonatology of an academic, tertiary neonatal centre in southern France. Iatrogenic events were defined as any event that compromised the safety margin for the patient, in the presence or absence of harm. The report of an iatrogenic event was voluntary, anonymous, and non-punitive. The primary outcome was the rate of iatrogenic events per 1000 patient days.
Findings
A total of 388 patients were studied during 10 436 patient days. We recorded 267 iatrogenic events in 116 patients. The incidence of iatrogenic events was 25·6 per 1000 patient days. 92 (34%) were preventable and 78 (29%) were severe. Two iatrogenic events (1%) were fatal, but neither was preventable. The most severe iatrogenic events were nosocomial infections (49/62 [79%]) and respiratory events (nine of 26 [35%]). Cutaneous injuries were frequent (n=94) but generally minor (89 [95%]), as were medication errors (15/19 [76%]). Most medication errors occurred during administration stage (12/19 [63%]) and were ten-fold errors (nine of 19 [47%]). The major risk factors were low birthweight and gestational age (both p<0·0001), length of stay (p<0·0001), a central venous line (p<0·0001), mechanical ventilation (p=0·0021), and support with continuous positive airwary pressure (p=0·0076).
Interpretation
Iatrogenic events occur frequently and are often serious in neonates, especially in infants of low birthweight. Improved knowledge of the incidence and characteristics of iatrogenic events, and continuous monitoring could help to improve quality of health care for this vulnerable population.
Affiliations
a. Division of Neonatology, La Conception Hospital, EA 3279, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Marseille, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
b. Medical Evaluation Department, Public Health Department, EA 3279, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Marseille, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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would you like an antimicrobial with that?
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/infection-goes-with-intensive-care-top-doctor/2008/02/12/1202760301406.html?sssdmh=dm16.302359
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yuck...
BMJ 2008;336:348 (16 February), doi:10.1136/bmj.39486.577396.DB
News
Belgian parents are sentenced to prison for not vaccinating children
Ned Stafford
Hamburg
Two sets of parents in Belgium who refused to have their children vaccinated against polio, which is compulsory under Belgian law, were convicted earlier this month. Each parent was fined 5500 (£4100; $8000) and sentenced to five months in prison.
In an interview with the BMJ the presiding judge, Bart Meganck of the Court of First Instance in the Flemish city of Dendermonde, said that the parents failed to appear for the 4 February court date. He therefore convicted them on the basis of police reports. He suspended the prison sentences pending whether or not the children receive polio vaccinations.
Asked what would happen if the parents still refuse, Judge Meganck said: "I don’t think that will happen." He explained that if they fail to obey the court then that would be a "new crime" and they would receive a new summons to appear in court.
Since the late 1960s vaccination against polio has been compulsory in Belgium for all infants before they reach 18 months old. It is the only vaccine that is compulsory. The doctor administering the vaccination gives parents a document of proof, which must then be presented to local officials in the community where the child was born. If parents fail to meet the 18 month deadline, Judge Meganck said, they are reminded by local officials. If they still refuse, the district attorney is notified.
Roland Lemye, president of the Belgian Medical Association, said that he supports compulsory polio vaccination. "Usually I believe in individual freedoms," he said. "But we need polio vaccinations to protect the children and the population. Polio is a very serious disease."
Because of privacy laws Judge Meganck could not say how many children were involved in the current court case, their ages, or the motivation of the parents for refusing polio vaccination.
From the date the parents receive official notification of their convictions they have 15 days to ask for a new hearing in Judge Meganck’s court, allowing them to appear this time with legal representation and to testify. The parents also have the option to appeal the conviction directly at the provincial level, he said.
"It would be better for them to come back to me and appear," Judge Meganck said. This would allow the parents to explain their motivation for refusing the vaccinations and to have this information in official court documents for potential appeal to a higher court. But he noted that Belgian law allows exceptions only if parents can prove that the child might have adverse health reactions to the polio vaccine.
Judge Meganck said that this was his first ever case involving polio vaccination but that a handful of cases had taken place in other jurisdictions in recent years. "There is a discussion beginning about the law," he said. "But most politicians do not want to change the law."
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for all of you present at the excellent seminar given by Dr Jeanne Ohm in Australia today
here is my online response to this publication she mentions
you can have YOUR say too....why not? See the end of the article under references for the feedback section...
joe
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/119/1/e275#R14
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Enthusiasm gets anatomy back on table
The Weekend Australian
Weekend Health pp20 (of Careers Section)
Adam Cresswell, Health editor | February 16, 2008
DISSECTION may return to the core curriculum at Sydney University's medical school after academics were stunned by the overwhelmingly positive response from students to a voluntary teaching session held over the Christmas holidays.
The university -- which this week introduced a revamped medical curriculum, featuring greatly increased teaching time for basic sciences such as anatomy -- opened its laboratories for a series of voluntary, supervised dissection classes over the holiday break, with some students travelling 90 minutes each way on public transport so they could take part.
A formal evaluation of the sessions, totalling a maximum of eight hours per student, found one participant had returned to Sydney a month early so as not to miss the sessions. One student said their "only regret is that it didn't happen earlier in the medical degree", while another said it "was part of what I had always hoped medical school would include". Yet another said simply: "Thank you so much -- best part of my MBBS degree this far".
The evaluation concluded the response from students was "overwhelmingly clear".
"The results suggest that wider opportunities for anatomy dissection for students are indicated and need faculty support," the evaluation document said.
As reported in The Australian this week (February 11), Sydney is greatly increasing the teaching time for basic sciences, including more than doubling lectures in anatomy from 500 hours to 1200 hours.
Associate Professor Tessa Ho, the university's head of medical education, said the results of the evaluation of the dissection sessions were "really overwhelming". "In 18 years uni teaching I have never seen such (positive) comments," she said.
Asked to respond on a five-point scale, ranging from "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree", to the statement "I very much enjoyed undertaking the dissection option", 100 per cent of students strongly agreed.
Another statement, that the sessions were "relevant to my degree/career", also met with 100 per cent strong agreement, and 100 per cent either agreed or strongly agreed that they gained an appreciation of anatomy from the course.
Over 90 per cent agreed or strongly agreed that dissection should be part of the core curriculum.
Ho says Sydney's curriculum review last year had noted that students had little or no opportunity to dissect. She said there was a widespread view that "it's impossible to open books, and look at plasticised structures, or online pictures, and remember the (anatomical) structures".
Under the old curriculum for the four-year course -- the country's first postgraduate entry course when it began 11 years ago -- students were instead shown "prosected" specimens already cut up, and which the students themselves did not touch but merely observed.
John Mitrofanis, appointed last week as Sydney University's first professor of anatomy in medical education, says he will be "making hopefully a strong case to have this (dissection) as part of the core curriculum" following the success of the Christmas pilot.
"In view of the overwhelming response from students, I think it's a pretty strong case for it to be part of the core curriculum," Mitrofanis said. "I have had students ring up from other universities enquiring whether they can do the dissection course. It's been quite bizarre, and everybody seems to be hovering (in other universities) to see how we go.
"Once they see how (Sydney's) graduates come out with a much better understanding of how the body works and how it's structured, I really think it will be a change of direction for the medical education system."
Mitrofanis says deans that in the past had cut back on science teaching had "thought they were being progressive", but the result instead is that "you take away the soul of the course".
He says he has heard of students starting their orthopaedic training who "weren't sure how many bones there were in the (lower) leg".
"That's quite embarrassing," he said. "I would understand if they didn't know about the bones in the foot, because there are lots of them and some are quite obscure. But there are only two in the (lower) leg -- the tibia and fibia.
"The beauty of this new curriculum is that it's re-found the importance of anatomy, and re-found the importance for students to have an appreciation of body structure and function.
"In the community there's an expectation ... that if you have a heart attack your doctor can explain to you how your heart pumps blood and where it's located. That was getting lost somewhere along the way."
However, Allan Carmichael, president of Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand, disagreed with Mitrofanis's prediction that other universities would follow Sydney's lead, saying Sydney's review and subsequent reforms were specific to its own circumstances. "While other schools will look at their review with interest, I don't think they will say they will respond in the same way."
Ho says the review's recommendations to increase basic science training reflect comments from students and doctors.
"The main issue that they raised was that our graduates felt relatively unprepared, compared to other medical student graduates, for clinical practice, particularly in relation to their knowledge of basic clinical sciences -- areas such as anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and pathology. We are beefing up anatomy across the first year -- clinicians were feeling that students needed a bit more of this to be clinically competent."
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amazing cesarean journalism provided by the Sydney Morning Herald
watch the movie here
http://www.smh.com.au/multimedia/2008/national/caesareans/main.html
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I did not know this.
My friend Dr Battistoni did....
Coffee and (Blood) Sugar
A diabetic recently mentioned this one to me over coffee. His coffee. I was drinking OJ.
Drinking four or more cups of coffee or tea can raise blood sugar levels around 8% over the day.
Most people have to think, "Big deal."
So do I. Big deal. 8%.
But I don't have diabetes.
The rise in sugar varied according to when the caffeine was consumed.
Morning cup? 9% rise. Lunch? 15%. After dinner? 26%.
And how does it work?
Caffeine increases insulin resistance.
Insulin controls blood sugar. Moves sugar from the blood into cells.
The caffeine is preventing sugar from being driven into cells where it can be used.
Diabetes Care, 2008; 31: 221-222
Something else to bear in mind:
Caffeine content (figures from the enormous www.energyfiend.com/the-caffeine-database)
Coffee 107 mg
Decaf 5.6 mg DE-caffeinated doesn't mean UN-caffeinated
Coke 34mg
Diet Coke 45mg No sugar, plenty of caffeine
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hi folks
fabulous tips on my site for childbirth, which i Adapted from the excellent Dr Jeanne Ohm...get a look here
Jeanne's site is http://www.ICPA4KIDS.com
AND an amazing study on midwives
I made this poster for download, easy to print, and graphic. If you can use it, you are welcome.
http://www.chiropracticierano.com.au/birth/files/page15_3.pdf
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my GOD
a-maze-ING
http://www.dubai-architecture.info/DUB-GAL1.htm
what planet is that?
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Fascinating conclusion...
Psychological response in spinal manipulation (PRISM): A systematic review of
psychological outcomes in randomised controlled trials
Complementary Therapies in Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 4, December 2007, Pages 271-283
Summary
Background
The most important risk factors for back and neck pain are psychosocial.
Nevertheless, systematic reviews of spinal manipulation have concentrated on pain
and spine related disability, and ignored psychological outcomes.
Objective
To assess whether spinal manipulation was effective in improving
psychological outcome.
Design
Systematic review of randomised controlled trials (RCTs).
Methods
RCTs were identified by searching Medline, CINAHL, Embase, CENTRAL, AMED,
PsycINFO until November 2005. Trials reporting psychological outcomes including
the mental health components of generic outcomes were extracted, and combined
where appropriate in meta-analyses.
Results
One hundred and twenty nine RCTs of spinal manipulation were identified; 12
had adequately reported psychological outcomes. Six trials with a verbal
intervention comparator were combined in a meta-analysis, and found a mean benefit
from spinal manipulation equivalent to 0.34 of the population standard
deviation (S.D.) [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.23?0.45] at 1?5 months; 0.27 of the
S.D. [95% CI 0.14?0.40] at 6?12 months. Eight trials with a physical
treatment comparator were combined in a meta-analysis and found a mean benefit of 0.13
of the S.D. [95% CI 0.01?0.24] in favour of manipulation at 1?5 months; 0.11
of the S.D. [95% CI ?0.02 to 0.25] at 6?12 months.
Conclusions
There was some evidence that spinal manipulation improved psychological
outcomes compared with verbal interventions.
Lyrica sent one of my patients temporarily blind.
Now its being used for Fibromyalgia, so Pfizer have deemed that its a real disease ...hmmmm.
Good Marketing.
These companies are generally going to have to fight a big revolution that is just around the corner, driven by patient advocacy groups (like this one http://www.uppercervicalpatients.com )
Drug Approved. Is Disease Real?
By ALEX BERENSON
Published: January 14, 2008
Fibromyalgia is a real disease. Or so says Pfizer in a new television advertising campaign for Lyrica, the first medicine approved to treat the pain condition, whose very existence is questioned by some doctors.
read on here http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/health/14pain.html?ex=1357966800&en=20865e4d0f0b61d9&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
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Cancer drugs found in tap water
By Richard Gray, Science Correspondent
Britain's tap water should be monitored for powerful medicines after traces of cancer and psychiatric drugs were detected in samples, a report has warned.
The 100-page statement, commissioned by the drinking water watchdog, the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI), reveals that pharmaceuticals are finding their way into the water supply despite extensive purification treatments used by water companies.
Trace levels of bleomycin, a cancer chemotherapy drug, and diazepam, a sedative, have been found during tests on drinking water, the report reveals.
While the levels are considered too low to pose a direct risk to health, doctors have expressed concern about exposing pregnant women to drugs that could harm an unborn child.
The report, compiled for the DWI by the consultants Watts and Crane Associates, recommends that drinking water should be monitored for hazardous drugs.
The report states: "The observed concentrations of pharmaceuticals in raw waste water indicate that the major source of pharmaceuticals to the environment is via sewage treatment works effluent.
"Drinking water treatment works use a wider and technically more advanced range of processes, but again these are not specifically designed to remove pharmaceuticals and several compounds have been reported in drinking water."
But it adds: "Even in the worst-case situation, there is no significant risk to health from the intake of pharmaceuticals via drinking water."
Sue Pennison, from the DWI, said: "The recommendations are now being considered and this may include conducting testing on drinking water."
The report comes as a separate study by environmental scientists has warned that toxic chemotherapy drugs used to treat cancer patients are being washed into Britain's rivers. They, too, have called for testing of tap water to ensure there is no risk to people.
The study, carried out at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, examined the risks posed by chemotherapy drugs that escape into the environment through sewage.
The researchers estimated that an adult drinking more than three pints of water a day would receive a weekly dose of between 300 and 30,000 times lower than recommended safety levels.
They warn that a developing foetus would also be exposed to the drugs in the womb.
Andrew Johnson, the scientist who led the Wallingford study, said: "In the foetus, which is rapidly growing and comparatively tiny, the dose would be relatively higher and any damage to its cells could be far more serious.
"There is not evidence to show that drinking water treatment removes all these drugs, so while we are not wanting to alarm people, it would be foolish to assume there is no risk."
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INCREDIBLE! Manual Med
yeah chiropractors are the only ones who manipulate the body in evil ways....:-)
contributor Peter Rome says:
More of interest Joe. It is amazing the number of 'manual' organisations, and this is translated from a Russian website. I have highlighted ones of particular interest.
Cheers,
Peter
Official site of the All-Russian Association of Manual Medicine (VAMM)
http://manmed.narod.ru/
Ivanichev GA Manual therapy. Leadership. Atlas
http://www.infamed.com/manu/
Novokuznetsk State Institute of Advanced Medical Training
http://www.giduv.ru/
The department manual therapy, reflexology and Neurology
http://manual.giduv.ru/
MANUALNAYA THERAPY
http://www.nvkz.kuzbass.net/doc/
Chuvash Republican Center vertebrology and manual therapy
http://manual-therapy.narod.ru/
Manual Therapy Center of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
http://www.cmt-moscow.com/
Applied kineziologiya
http://kinesiolog.ru/
ORTHO-BIONOMIYA I SEGMENTARNOE POSITIONING (SPINE CORRECTION, TAZA I KONECHNOSTEY)
www.manual-med.narod.ru/
The clinic doctor Bobyrya
http://www.spina.ru/
Recent advances podiatrii
http://www.stopa.ru/
"Rehabilitation Centre" - private polyclinic Eliseeva - Gurova
http://www.mtj.ru/center.htm
Dnipropetrovsk society manual therapists
http://WWW.drmts.narod.ru
PTK Ltd. "VERMET" - equipment for manual therapy
http://www.vermet.ru/
International Society of the cervical spine research
http://www.scrs.org/
International Society for the study of lumbar spine
http://www.issls.org/
International Society for the study of scoliosis
http://www.srs.org/
Australian Centre for musculo-skeletal research
http://www.cms.uwa.edu.au/
Journal "European spine journal" - European Spine Research Society
http://www.eurospine.org/
"Spine" - an international research journal Spine
http://www.spinejournal.com/
Journal "Manual therapy" (UK)
http://www.harcourt-international.com/journals/math/
The Canadian Academy manipulyatsionnoy therapy
http://www.manipulativetherapy.org/
Canadian Association of manual therapy
http://www.orthopractic.org/
The North American Institute of manual therapy
http://www.naiomt.com/
Panel studies of vertebrates manipulation
http://www.cchs.usyd.edu.au/Academic/ESS/smrg/smrg.html/
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Journey of a Cheeseburger
this is great
take heed!
http://www.abc.net.au/health/thepulse/stories/2008/02/07/2156368.htm
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i like this too
good positive slant
lets go men...and I am sure women will not be much different too
thanks Ted
Hey Joe this story basically says it all about health and longevity. The marriage paragraph would have Hugh Hefner disagree though.
Ted
http://www.abc.net.au/health/thepulse/stories/2006/11/23/1795297.htm
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Drinking 500ml of beetroot juice a day can significantly reduce blood pressure, UK research suggests.
The key beneficial ingredient appears to be nitrate, which is also found in green, leafy vegetables.
The researchers found that in healthy volunteers blood pressure was reduced within an hour of drinking the juice.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7228420.stm
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Favorable effects of berry consumption on platelet function, blood pressure, and HDL cholesterol
Background: Berries are a particularly rich source of polyphenols. They also contain other bioactive substances, such as vitamin C. Previous studies indicated that the consumption of polyphenol-rich foods (eg, cocoa, tea, and red wine) may induce beneficial changes in pathways related to cardiovascular health. Whether the consumption of berries has similar effects is unknown.
Objective: We aimed to investigate the effects of berry consumption on hemostatic function, serum lipids, and blood pressure (BP).
Design: Middle-aged unmedicated subjects (n = 72) with cardiovascular risk factors consumed moderate amounts of berry or control productsfor 8 wk in a single-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled intervention trial.
Results: Berry consumption inhibited platelet function as measured with a platelet function analyzer (using collagen and ADP as platelet activator) [changes: 11% and –1.4% in the berry and control groups, respectively; P = 0.018, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)]. Plasma biomarkers of platelet activation, coagulation, and fibrinolysis did not change during the intervention. Serum HDL-cholesterol concentrations increased significantly more (P = 0.006, ANCOVA) in the berry than in the control group (5.2% and 0.6%, respectively), but total cholesterol and triacylglycerol remained unchanged. Systolic BP decreased significantly (P = 0.050, ANCOVA); the decrease mostly occurred in subjects with high baseline BP (7.3 mm Hg in highest tertile; P = 0.024, ANCOVA). Polyphenol and vitamin C concentrations in plasma increased,whereas other nutritional biomarkers (ie, folate, tocopherols, sodium, and potassium) were unaffected.
Conclusion: The consumption of moderate amounts of berries resulted in favorable changes in platelet function, HDL cholesterol, and BP. The results indicate that regular consumption of berries may play a role in the prevention of cardiovascular disease.
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/87/2/323?etoc
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I DONT want spinal X RAYS....
how many times have you heard that?
I just updated my website and thought you might want to check it out. To visit, just click on the links below or paste the URLs into your browser.
Site http://www.chiropracticsafety.com.au
X ray danger...you can refer to this comparative table
http://web.mac.com/jierano/Site_5/X_ray_danger.html
AND psychstudy
http://web.mac.com/jierano/Site_5/psychstudy.html
Take a look and let me know what you think!
The x ray danger sorts out once and for all the myths of chiro x rays and compares them to the MORE dangerous medical scans...share the URL with any skeptics...
The psychstudy is also a grabber....check it out
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"Inherited wealth is a misfortune which merely serves to dull man's faculties."
Alfred Nobel
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The Lancet 2008; 371:404-410
Iatrogenic events in admitted neonates: a prospective cohort study
Summary
Background
Iatrogenic events are increasingly recognised as an important problem in all people admitted to hospital. However, few epidemiological data are available for iatrogenic events in neonatal high-risk units. We aimed to assess the incidence, nature, preventability, and severity of iatrogenic events in a neonatal centre and to establish the association of patient characteristics with the occurrence of iatrogenic events in neonates.
Methods
We undertook an observational, prospective study from Jan 1, 2005, to Sept 1, 2005, including all neonates admitted in the Division of Neonatology of an academic, tertiary neonatal centre in southern France. Iatrogenic events were defined as any event that compromised the safety margin for the patient, in the presence or absence of harm. The report of an iatrogenic event was voluntary, anonymous, and non-punitive. The primary outcome was the rate of iatrogenic events per 1000 patient days.
Findings
A total of 388 patients were studied during 10 436 patient days. We recorded 267 iatrogenic events in 116 patients. The incidence of iatrogenic events was 25·6 per 1000 patient days. 92 (34%) were preventable and 78 (29%) were severe. Two iatrogenic events (1%) were fatal, but neither was preventable. The most severe iatrogenic events were nosocomial infections (49/62 [79%]) and respiratory events (nine of 26 [35%]). Cutaneous injuries were frequent (n=94) but generally minor (89 [95%]), as were medication errors (15/19 [76%]). Most medication errors occurred during administration stage (12/19 [63%]) and were ten-fold errors (nine of 19 [47%]). The major risk factors were low birthweight and gestational age (both p<0·0001), length of stay (p<0·0001), a central venous line (p<0·0001), mechanical ventilation (p=0·0021), and support with continuous positive airwary pressure (p=0·0076).
Interpretation
Iatrogenic events occur frequently and are often serious in neonates, especially in infants of low birthweight. Improved knowledge of the incidence and characteristics of iatrogenic events, and continuous monitoring could help to improve quality of health care for this vulnerable population.
Affiliations
a. Division of Neonatology, La Conception Hospital, EA 3279, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Marseille, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
b. Medical Evaluation Department, Public Health Department, EA 3279, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Marseille, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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would you like an antimicrobial with that?
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/infection-goes-with-intensive-care-top-doctor/2008/02/12/1202760301406.html?sssdmh=dm16.302359
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yuck...
BMJ 2008;336:348 (16 February), doi:10.1136/bmj.39486.577396.DB
News
Belgian parents are sentenced to prison for not vaccinating children
Ned Stafford
Hamburg
Two sets of parents in Belgium who refused to have their children vaccinated against polio, which is compulsory under Belgian law, were convicted earlier this month. Each parent was fined 5500 (£4100; $8000) and sentenced to five months in prison.
In an interview with the BMJ the presiding judge, Bart Meganck of the Court of First Instance in the Flemish city of Dendermonde, said that the parents failed to appear for the 4 February court date. He therefore convicted them on the basis of police reports. He suspended the prison sentences pending whether or not the children receive polio vaccinations.
Asked what would happen if the parents still refuse, Judge Meganck said: "I don’t think that will happen." He explained that if they fail to obey the court then that would be a "new crime" and they would receive a new summons to appear in court.
Since the late 1960s vaccination against polio has been compulsory in Belgium for all infants before they reach 18 months old. It is the only vaccine that is compulsory. The doctor administering the vaccination gives parents a document of proof, which must then be presented to local officials in the community where the child was born. If parents fail to meet the 18 month deadline, Judge Meganck said, they are reminded by local officials. If they still refuse, the district attorney is notified.
Roland Lemye, president of the Belgian Medical Association, said that he supports compulsory polio vaccination. "Usually I believe in individual freedoms," he said. "But we need polio vaccinations to protect the children and the population. Polio is a very serious disease."
Because of privacy laws Judge Meganck could not say how many children were involved in the current court case, their ages, or the motivation of the parents for refusing polio vaccination.
From the date the parents receive official notification of their convictions they have 15 days to ask for a new hearing in Judge Meganck’s court, allowing them to appear this time with legal representation and to testify. The parents also have the option to appeal the conviction directly at the provincial level, he said.
"It would be better for them to come back to me and appear," Judge Meganck said. This would allow the parents to explain their motivation for refusing the vaccinations and to have this information in official court documents for potential appeal to a higher court. But he noted that Belgian law allows exceptions only if parents can prove that the child might have adverse health reactions to the polio vaccine.
Judge Meganck said that this was his first ever case involving polio vaccination but that a handful of cases had taken place in other jurisdictions in recent years. "There is a discussion beginning about the law," he said. "But most politicians do not want to change the law."
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for all of you present at the excellent seminar given by Dr Jeanne Ohm in Australia today
here is my online response to this publication she mentions
you can have YOUR say too....why not? See the end of the article under references for the feedback section...
joe
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/119/1/e275#R14
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Enthusiasm gets anatomy back on table
The Weekend Australian
Weekend Health pp20 (of Careers Section)
Adam Cresswell, Health editor | February 16, 2008
DISSECTION may return to the core curriculum at Sydney University's medical school after academics were stunned by the overwhelmingly positive response from students to a voluntary teaching session held over the Christmas holidays.
The university -- which this week introduced a revamped medical curriculum, featuring greatly increased teaching time for basic sciences such as anatomy -- opened its laboratories for a series of voluntary, supervised dissection classes over the holiday break, with some students travelling 90 minutes each way on public transport so they could take part.
A formal evaluation of the sessions, totalling a maximum of eight hours per student, found one participant had returned to Sydney a month early so as not to miss the sessions. One student said their "only regret is that it didn't happen earlier in the medical degree", while another said it "was part of what I had always hoped medical school would include". Yet another said simply: "Thank you so much -- best part of my MBBS degree this far".
The evaluation concluded the response from students was "overwhelmingly clear".
"The results suggest that wider opportunities for anatomy dissection for students are indicated and need faculty support," the evaluation document said.
As reported in The Australian this week (February 11), Sydney is greatly increasing the teaching time for basic sciences, including more than doubling lectures in anatomy from 500 hours to 1200 hours.
Associate Professor Tessa Ho, the university's head of medical education, said the results of the evaluation of the dissection sessions were "really overwhelming". "In 18 years uni teaching I have never seen such (positive) comments," she said.
Asked to respond on a five-point scale, ranging from "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree", to the statement "I very much enjoyed undertaking the dissection option", 100 per cent of students strongly agreed.
Another statement, that the sessions were "relevant to my degree/career", also met with 100 per cent strong agreement, and 100 per cent either agreed or strongly agreed that they gained an appreciation of anatomy from the course.
Over 90 per cent agreed or strongly agreed that dissection should be part of the core curriculum.
Ho says Sydney's curriculum review last year had noted that students had little or no opportunity to dissect. She said there was a widespread view that "it's impossible to open books, and look at plasticised structures, or online pictures, and remember the (anatomical) structures".
Under the old curriculum for the four-year course -- the country's first postgraduate entry course when it began 11 years ago -- students were instead shown "prosected" specimens already cut up, and which the students themselves did not touch but merely observed.
John Mitrofanis, appointed last week as Sydney University's first professor of anatomy in medical education, says he will be "making hopefully a strong case to have this (dissection) as part of the core curriculum" following the success of the Christmas pilot.
"In view of the overwhelming response from students, I think it's a pretty strong case for it to be part of the core curriculum," Mitrofanis said. "I have had students ring up from other universities enquiring whether they can do the dissection course. It's been quite bizarre, and everybody seems to be hovering (in other universities) to see how we go.
"Once they see how (Sydney's) graduates come out with a much better understanding of how the body works and how it's structured, I really think it will be a change of direction for the medical education system."
Mitrofanis says deans that in the past had cut back on science teaching had "thought they were being progressive", but the result instead is that "you take away the soul of the course".
He says he has heard of students starting their orthopaedic training who "weren't sure how many bones there were in the (lower) leg".
"That's quite embarrassing," he said. "I would understand if they didn't know about the bones in the foot, because there are lots of them and some are quite obscure. But there are only two in the (lower) leg -- the tibia and fibia.
"The beauty of this new curriculum is that it's re-found the importance of anatomy, and re-found the importance for students to have an appreciation of body structure and function.
"In the community there's an expectation ... that if you have a heart attack your doctor can explain to you how your heart pumps blood and where it's located. That was getting lost somewhere along the way."
However, Allan Carmichael, president of Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand, disagreed with Mitrofanis's prediction that other universities would follow Sydney's lead, saying Sydney's review and subsequent reforms were specific to its own circumstances. "While other schools will look at their review with interest, I don't think they will say they will respond in the same way."
Ho says the review's recommendations to increase basic science training reflect comments from students and doctors.
"The main issue that they raised was that our graduates felt relatively unprepared, compared to other medical student graduates, for clinical practice, particularly in relation to their knowledge of basic clinical sciences -- areas such as anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and pathology. We are beefing up anatomy across the first year -- clinicians were feeling that students needed a bit more of this to be clinically competent."
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amazing cesarean journalism provided by the Sydney Morning Herald
watch the movie here
http://www.smh.com.au/multimedia/2008/national/caesareans/main.html
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I did not know this.
My friend Dr Battistoni did....
Coffee and (Blood) Sugar
A diabetic recently mentioned this one to me over coffee. His coffee. I was drinking OJ.
Drinking four or more cups of coffee or tea can raise blood sugar levels around 8% over the day.
Most people have to think, "Big deal."
So do I. Big deal. 8%.
But I don't have diabetes.
The rise in sugar varied according to when the caffeine was consumed.
Morning cup? 9% rise. Lunch? 15%. After dinner? 26%.
And how does it work?
Caffeine increases insulin resistance.
Insulin controls blood sugar. Moves sugar from the blood into cells.
The caffeine is preventing sugar from being driven into cells where it can be used.
Diabetes Care, 2008; 31: 221-222
Something else to bear in mind:
Caffeine content (figures from the enormous www.energyfiend.com/the-caffeine-database)
Coffee 107 mg
Decaf 5.6 mg DE-caffeinated doesn't mean UN-caffeinated
Coke 34mg
Diet Coke 45mg No sugar, plenty of caffeine
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hi folks
fabulous tips on my site for childbirth, which i Adapted from the excellent Dr Jeanne Ohm...get a look here
Jeanne's site is http://www.ICPA4KIDS.com
AND an amazing study on midwives
I made this poster for download, easy to print, and graphic. If you can use it, you are welcome.
http://www.chiropracticierano.com.au/birth/files/page15_3.pdf
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my GOD
a-maze-ING
http://www.dubai-architecture.info/DUB-GAL1.htm
what planet is that?
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Fascinating conclusion...
Psychological response in spinal manipulation (PRISM): A systematic review of
psychological outcomes in randomised controlled trials
Complementary Therapies in Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 4, December 2007, Pages 271-283
Summary
Background
The most important risk factors for back and neck pain are psychosocial.
Nevertheless, systematic reviews of spinal manipulation have concentrated on pain
and spine related disability, and ignored psychological outcomes.
Objective
To assess whether spinal manipulation was effective in improving
psychological outcome.
Design
Systematic review of randomised controlled trials (RCTs).
Methods
RCTs were identified by searching Medline, CINAHL, Embase, CENTRAL, AMED,
PsycINFO until November 2005. Trials reporting psychological outcomes including
the mental health components of generic outcomes were extracted, and combined
where appropriate in meta-analyses.
Results
One hundred and twenty nine RCTs of spinal manipulation were identified; 12
had adequately reported psychological outcomes. Six trials with a verbal
intervention comparator were combined in a meta-analysis, and found a mean benefit
from spinal manipulation equivalent to 0.34 of the population standard
deviation (S.D.) [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.23?0.45] at 1?5 months; 0.27 of the
S.D. [95% CI 0.14?0.40] at 6?12 months. Eight trials with a physical
treatment comparator were combined in a meta-analysis and found a mean benefit of 0.13
of the S.D. [95% CI 0.01?0.24] in favour of manipulation at 1?5 months; 0.11
of the S.D. [95% CI ?0.02 to 0.25] at 6?12 months.
Conclusions
There was some evidence that spinal manipulation improved psychological
outcomes compared with verbal interventions.
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