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Infants Need Chiropractic
Disc Herniation and Back Surgery
Soda Causes Obesity
Another PAIN Drug Found to be "Too Deadly"
They’ve Gone Public With Their Profit Motive!
WARNING for
Diabetics taking Antibiotics
All Infants Need
Chiropractic
The newborn that knew only the warmth, softness, darkness, quiet and
comfort of the womb is suddenly exposed to a cold, noisy, hard,
harsh, blinding world. Separated from mother, often dangled from its
heels and struck on its rear, these procedures can cause permanent
physical trauma and emotional scarring. As one expert has stated:
"The birth process, even under optimal controlled conditions, is
potentially a traumatic, crippling event for the fetus.the
application of standard orthodox procedures may prove intolerable to
the fetus. Most signs of neonatal injury observed in the delivery
room are neurological." (3)
For these reasons all infants need a chiropractic checkup to see if
they have subluxations (nerve stress) in their bodies. Subluxations
may cause serious health problems in infancy and in later life.
Chiropractors are specially trained to locate and remove
subluxations helping your child's body to work as naturally as
possible.
There are numerous reports of babies suffering from colic; diarrhea;
constipation; crying; vision, hearing, neurological, digestive and
developmental problems and more responding to chiropractic care.
Home birth or hospital birth?
The late Robert Mendelsohn, M.D. one of America's leading
pediatricians, wrote: "If you have your baby in a hospital, you will
be exposed to an array of obstetrical hazards. Having your baby at
home is less risky. Procedures such as ultrasound diagnosis,
internal fetal monitoring, excessive use of sedatives, pain
relievers and anesthetics, pitocin-induced labor, and the temptation
to resort to delivery by caesarean section, are largely avoided when
you play it safe and have your baby in your very own bed."(4)
For these reasons, you'll find natural childbirth, home birth,
breastfeeding and similar practices more common among chiropractors'
families.
In conclusion
Give your baby the best possible chance to have a healthy life. That
includes natural childbirth, breastfeeding, and avoidance of drugs
and medical procedures (except in emergencies). You have your baby's
eyes checked, heart checked, hearing checked-why not include a
chiropractic spinal checkup? It could change their lives.
Disc Herniation and Back
Surgery
A study of CT scans
showed that 27% of healthy people over the age of 40 had a herniated
disc, and 60% had spinal abnormalities that were judged significant.
And yet none of these people had nagging back pain. Just because a
disc is unhealthy does not mean it is the cause of the back pain.
That's why the majority of disc operations fail. (1)
Too many people in agony
from sciatica and spinal, disc and pelvic pain learn the hard way:
in most cases surgery is not the answer. The return of the pain
after back surgery is so common it has a special name: Failed Back
Surgery Syndrome. Over half of all back surgeries fail - the pain
returns. That leaves the original problem plus a weakened, damaged
spine (from the surgery).
Chiropractic has an
excellent record with disc sufferers, often saving them from the
bleak prospect of surgery. Chiropractic care is also often effective
at helping those who already have gone through orthopedic surgery.
Why? Because it doesn't treat symptoms - it addresses the cause.
Dr. John Upledger,
developer of CranioSacral Therapy, writes: "Although 'curing' may
remove the symptoms of a disease from the outside, so to speak, it
usually leaves the underlying causes of the symptoms untouched." (2)
Remember, the pain is not the problem; it is a warning that there is
a problem. When you correct the cause then the pain, inflammation
and suffering will in almost all cases disappear.
Soda Causes Obesity
Could Soda be a Cause of the Obesity Epidemic?
Two groups of researchers hope to
add evidence to the theory that soda and other sugar-sweetened
drinks don't just go hand-in-hand with obesity, but that they are
one cause, perhaps the leading cause.
Those making the case against
soda include some of the nation's top obesity researchers at
prestigious institutions like Harvard and Yale.
The Evidence: Soft drink
consumption rose more than 60% among adults and more than doubled in
kids from 1977-97. Obesity in society roughly doubled in that time.
Scientists say these parallel trends are one criterion for proving
cause-and-effect.
Biologically, the calories from
sugar-sweetened beverages are fundamentally different in the body
than those from food.
The main sweetener in soda,
high-fructose corn syrup, can increase fats in the blood called
triglycerides. This raises the risk of heart problems, diabetes and
other health related complications.
This sweetener also doesn't
stimulate the production of insulin to make the body ''process''
calories, nor does it trigger the production of leptin, a substance
that depresses appetite, as other carbohydrates do, explained Dr.
George Bray of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton
Rouge, La.
''There's a lack of fullness or
satiety. The brain just seems to add it on,'' said Dr. Louis Aronne,
a Weill-Cornell Medical College doctor who is president of the
Obesity Society.
THE BOTTOM LINE: Proving that
something like soda causes disease is not easy. It took many decades
to implicate tobacco, asbestos and other substances now known to
cause cancer. It would be especially tough for a disease as complex
as obesity. Soda consumption is a lifestyle choice that clearly does
not contribute to health. So, let’s decide how much we’re spending
to hurt ourselves and earmark those funds in a way that would
contribute to good health, not just for ourselves but our kids too!
Another PAIN Drug Found to be "Too Deadly"
On February 28, 2006, citing more
than 2,000 deaths over 20 years, the Public Citizen Health Research
Group called for the FDA to ban the prescribed pain reliever known
as Darvon/Darvocet. "It’s an extremely dangerous drug and it's just
reckless for any company to be selling it, and it's reckless in the
extreme for the FDA to allow this to stay on the market," said the
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They’ve Gone Public With Their Profit Motive!
As reported by Reuters
on February 17, 2006, "The side effects of new drugs are receiving
more attention than they deserve," said Eli Lilly CEO Sidney Taurel,
unnecessarily delaying the regulatory approval process. Asked why
regulators have slowed down the approval of new drugs, Taurel told
Reuters there was too much emphasis on drugs' side effects.
WARNING for
Diabetics taking Antibiotics
Bristol-Myers Squibb is warning
against the use of the antibiotic drug Tequin in diabetic patients
after reports of several fatalities, the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration said on February 16, 2006.
The company is adding a
contraindication warning for diabetics to the drug's label as well
as strengthening its warning that Tequin can cause both low and high
blood sugar levels in patients.
The label will include warnings
that patients who are older, have renal insufficiency and take other
medicine that affects glucose levels can also be at risk, according
to the agency.
"The FDA will continue monitoring
Tequin's safety to ensure that its benefits outweigh the risks to
patients," the FDA said in a statement.
Tequin is typically prescribed to
treat patients with pneumonia, bronchitis, gonorrhea and other
infections, such as those affecting the skin, urinary tract or
kidneys.
Since Tequin was approved in
1999, there have been "rare cases of life-threatening events"
involving patients who took the drug, and while most of those
incidents were reversible, there were a few fatal outcomes, the FDA
said.
Risks of blood sugar swings were
added to the warnings section of Tequin's label in 2002.
And yet Tequin continues to be
prescribed to people with diabetes.
Why?
The drug had global sales of
about $150 million last year.
THE BOTTOM LINE: The CEO
of at least one drug company went public about his company’s stand
that the benefits of their drugs outweigh the risks. The FDA will
continue to monitor drugs to ensure their stated benefits outweigh
the known and unknown at this time risks. Doesn’t it seem to be
quite a cavalier attitude when the risks include death. But, then
again, let’s not forget that this is not just about the patient,
it’s big business too. Don’t you wish they cared more about you than
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