Monthly Archives: March 2011

Mar.28.11-Misuse of Drugs Crowds ER

Misuse of Drugs Crowds Emergency Rooms
RONI CARYN RABIN
Some 700,000 Americans are taken to the hospital each year after ingesting drugs, both legal and illegal, a new study reports. And the care costs nearly $1.4 billion in emergency room charges alone.
The study, published in the March issue of The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, was based on data from the 2007 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample, a government database that includes information on 27 million visits to 970 emergency rooms in 27 states.
Children younger than 6 had a higher rate of emergency visits for accidental drug poisoning than any other age group, but most of the visits were precautionary, said the study’s lead author, Dr. Gary Smith, director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio: the children did not ingest toxic levels of medication.
Drug-related poisonings are increasingly a rural epidemic: measured against population, the rate in rural areas was three times that of other areas.
Injuries from misuse of drugs have been increasing for the past decade. A growing number involve prescription drugs, especially opioid painkillers like methadone, oxycodone and hydrocodone, which Dr. Smith says are being prescribed in record numbers.
In 2007, the year covered by the reports, antidepressants and pain medications were responsible for 44 percent of emergency room visits for drug-related poisonings.
Dr. Bob’s comments:
Unfortunately, many people have the concept in mind that if one pill is good at helping the cause then two pills must be better.  This could not be farther from the truth.  In desperate times people seek desperate measures.  It is too bad that our society does not put forth the effort to get away from “crisis care” versus preventative care.
Take for example your Winter Pothole formation on major roads.  What tends to happen is after a few alignments and flat tires are fixed followed by enough complaints does the “Crisis care road crew” go out and take care of the pothole.  Meanwhile, lawsuits are mounting against your small town as to whom is responsible for paying for their damages to their vehicle.  Spring nears, and all of a sudden the once poor town has enough funding to correct the problem and repave the entire road.
Your spinal health is very much the same way.  With all the misalignments that occur from activities of daily living put physical, emotional and chemical stressors on the body.  These suppress the body’s ability to function optimally.  Seeing a chiropractor to reduce and remove such misalignments in the body will reduce the need for drugs (Poisons made in a lab). This will allow your body to do its own innate sense of healing— naturally.
IF you find these comments offensive….That was not my intention.  However, “Great Spirits have always experienced violent opposition from mediocre minds” –Albert Einstein

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Mar.24.11-FDA Pulls 500 Cold Medicines from the Market

FDA Pulls 500 Cold Medicines From the Market
March 2, 2011
The FDA today announced steps to remove more than 500 prescription cold, cough, and allergy products from the market because of potential safety concerns.
The FDA asked companies to stop manufacturing the 500 products within 90 days and stop shipping them within 180 days. Some manufacturers must stop making and shipping their products immediately, the FDA warns.
There are no data on how often these now-banned medications are prescribed today, but many doctors may be unaware that they contain unapproved ingredients because these drugs are listed in the Physicians’ Desk Reference and may be advertised in medical journals.
Questions on Drug Safety
The FDA does not know if these prescription drugs are safe or not largely because they were grandfathered in before changes to the FDA’s drug approval process were enacted.
“We don’t know what they are, whether they work properly, or how they are made,” said Deborah M. Autor, director of the FDA’s Office of Compliance at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) in Silver Spring, Md., during a teleconference. “The problem is that we don’t know what the problem is.”
For example, some of these cough, cold, and allergy drugs are labeled as “time-release.” These are complicated to manufacture, and the FDA has not reviewed whether the active ingredient is released in a consistent matter over a period of time, she says. “They may be released too slowly, too quickly, or not at all.”
Kids Under Age 2
Others contain an “irrational” combination of the same types of products, such as two or more antihistamines, and some are inappropriately labeled for use by infants and young children, she says. Many contain the same ingredients as the over-the-counter cough and cold products that are no longer supposed to be used in kids under 2.
Yolandra Hancock, MD, a pediatrician at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., praises the FDA’s move.
“The new FDA decision supports modern-day pediatric practice to avoid cough syrups in children under 2 because they do more harm than good,” she says. Some may slow down breathing, and others decrease cough and allow mucus to sit in the chest, where it can cause other problems such as lung infection, she says.
“I fully support the FDA’s move in controlling access to these medications in children; it is highly appropriate and long overdue,” she says.
As to the risks these drugs pose, “for the most part, [these adverse reactions] are not serious,” says Charles E. Lee, MD, medical officer of the division of new drugs and labeling compliance at the CDER.
After the FDA crackdown on the use of over-the-counter cough and cold medicine in children younger than 2, the number of emergency room visits for adverse events decreased by 50%, he says.
“We also know that 15% of these events came from prescription cough, cold, and allergy products and included sedation/drowsiness and irritability,” Lee says.
Dr.Bob’s Comments:
“DRUGS DO NOT HAVE BRAINS TO CONTROL THEIR ACTIONS”

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Mar.23.11-Chiropractic Adjustments-Powerful

Advanced Family Chiropractic
“Advanced Chiropractic Care for the Whole Family”
219 West Main Street
Montour Falls, NY 14865
Phone 607-535-7080
Robert H. Berry D.C.       Fax: 607-535-7007

March 2011
Dear AFC Patients,
Exactly how powerful is the experience of receiving a chiropractic adjustment? New evidence suggests that chiropractic care does much more than alleviate back pain—it positively affects body chemistry all the way down to the cellular level. In a nutshell, chiropractic adjustments strengthen the body, making cells and DNA more resistant to disease.
In March 2006, the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research published a landmark study that offered a long-awaited scientific explanation for why chiropractic patients experience positive health benefits. The article stated that chiropractic care could stimulate basic physiological processes that help diminish bodily stress and enhance DNA repair.

In the study, a diverse group of 76 people were divided into three categories. Group one received short-term chiropractic care. Group two received long-term chiropractic care. Group three was the control group that did not receive chiropractic adjustments. Results indicated that long-term chiropractic care of two or more years produced healthier bodies. Age, sex, nutritional supplements and prior health conditions did not hinder or enhance these results. Basically stated, chiropractic adjustment improved the overall health of everyone in groups one and two.   To look at the study results on a deeper, more scientific level, let’s examine the average human body. Everything from your career, to your family dynamic, to your eating and sleeping habits produces physical, chemical and emotional stress in your body. These stresses can obstruct and negatively affect your nervous system, which in turn hinders your body’s ability to produce naturally occurring antioxidants that fight off disease and other illness.

However , chiropractic adjustment works to remove obstructions to the nervous system. This allows internal body processes to begin functioning at normal levels, thus enhancing the body’s ability to produce healthy chemicals that work to protect cells and DNA from becoming mutated by disease.
[Source: Medical News Today, March 2006]
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Mar.21.11-Radiation Poisoning

Can a Pill Save You From Radiation Poisoning?
By Lisa Collier Cool

Faster than merchants can keep it stocked, potassium iodide (KI), the so-called “anti-radiation” pill, is flying off drugstore shelves in the U.S., especially along the West Coast. One supplier, Nukepills.com, reportedly sold out its entire supply of 250,000 pills over the weekend and has back-ordered another 1 million pills. The KI was purchased by pharmacies, corporations, hospitals and nuclear labs serving Americans who, in spite of assurances by the U.S. government that its citizens are safe, fear that radiation from the damaged Japanese nuclear reactors will travel across the Pacific Ocean and contaminate them and their families. A company spokesman told the Wall Street Journal that Nukepills has donated 50,000 pills to Japan.
Only two U.S. companies are approved by the FDA to manufacture KI. The other producer, Virginia-based Anbex Inc., is reported to have sold its entire supply of 10,000 packages, each containing 14 pills and selling for $10, on Saturday. Anbex says their offices are getting about three orders per minute for their KI pills, sold under the brand name of Iosat.
Radiation Exposure and Japan
What is potassium iodide (KI)?
Actually a salt of stable iodine—a substance our bodies need in order to produce thyroid hormones—KI is a tablet or liquid medicine that protects the thyroid from absorbing radioactive iodine, which is released into the air following a nuclear event.  It is able to block radioactive iodine because the thyroid recognizes both KI and radioactive iodine as the same substance. KI “fills up” the organ with its daily iodine quota, thus blocking the radioactive version from being absorbed. For this reason, people are generally advised to take KI as soon as the possibility of radiation contamination is known, before the damage can occur. Without such protection, the thyroid gland would quickly absorb the radioactive iodine, an internal injury that often results in thyroid cancer.
However, KI protects only the thyroid. It does not prevent radioactive iodine from entering the body through breathing, or by eating contaminated food. KI also does not protect other parts of the body besides the thyroid, and it cannot protect even the thyroid from other radioactive materials besides iodine. Nor can it reverse damage once the thyroid has been exposed to radioactive iodine. One dose of KI is effective for 24 hours.
Using Potassium Iodide After a Nuclear Radiation Emergency
Although iodized table salt also contains iodine, it doesn’t contain enough to block radioactive iodine and should not be used as a substitute for KI.
In most instances of radiation exposure, the benefits of taking KI outweigh any known risks or side effects. Newborn infants taking a repeat dose of KI increase their risk of developing hypothyroidism, or underactive thyroid.
KI is available over-the-counter and is sold without a prescription.
Radioactive poisoning.
Radiation exposure produces a number of symptoms, including hair loss, skin redness, radiation burns and, in extreme cases, acute radiation syndrome (ARS). A common effect is an increased cancer risk that can continue more than a decade after the exposure. After the atomic bomb was dropped over Japan during World War II, some survivors developed leukemia within a few years.
In the event of a nuclear accident, no one who is advised to take KI should hesitate to do so. It’s especially important for pregnant women, whose thyroids absorb radioactive iodine more quickly than those of other adults—and when the mother protects herself with KI, the thyroid of the fetus is protected as well.

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Mar.17.11-Vaccines Found to Activate the Moron Gene

Vaccines found to activate moron genes that cause further belief in vaccines (satire)
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor

(NaturalNews) Weekend satire special: New research accidentally conducted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has discovered that vaccines activate the “moron” genes that normally lie dormant in human beings. Once activated, these “moron genes” cause individuals to lose higher brain function and the ability to question false information fed to them by doctors, drug companies and the media. This, in turn, results in even more people pursuing repeated vaccines, further causing expression of the moron genes, over and over again, until their brain function collapses to the level of a raw vegetable… otherwise known as a “voter.”

Because of their disastrous effects on higher brain function, these vaccines are now being called “Moron Vaccines.”
Moron Vaccines contain all the usual ingredients of flu vaccines and MMR vaccines, including methyl mercury, aluminum, formaldehyde and DNA fragments from diseased monkey organs. (This is truly what’s found in other vaccines…)

But Moron Vaccines have one ingredient that’s slightly different. As Dr. All Proffit, a leading vaccine patent holder, explained, “Moron Vaccines are much like regular vaccines, except instead of taking diseased material from infected cows and monkeys, we take brain cell samples from existing morons which are easy to find among our colleagues. We then weaken those brain cells to make them even more moronic, and then we inject them into infants and children, mixed with a bit of mercury to make sure it targets the neurological system for maximum effectiveness.”

The result? As Bill Gates explains, “Billions of children each year are being saved from IBFD.” IBFD is short for Intelligent Brain Function Disorder. It is an affliction affecting hundreds of millions of people each year, causing them to achieve dangerously high levels of cognitive function that causes them to ask inappropriate questions about vaccines such as, “Why have vaccines never been tested against non-vaccinated children?” Or, “Why do vaccines cause some children and teens to collapse into autism, comas or death?” Or, “Why don’t flu vaccines actually prevent flu symptoms in 99 out of 100 people who receive them?”

Those questions have no place in today’s medical system, where the correct answer to every disease is — as doctors are routinely taught — “More vaccines!”

“The population is too intelligent for its own good,” Dr. Proffit added. “The only way to keep people in line with the expectations of Big Government, Big Pharma and America’s top employers such as McDonald’s and Wal-Mart is to increase the moron density in America through a determined, long-term vaccination program carried out with the help of doctors and government medical authorities.”

To financially support that program, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is investing over fifty billion dollars to roll out Moron Vaccines on a global scale. “This will help ensure that more people buy Microsoft products,” explained Gates. “Because if they regain higher brain function, they might be tempted to run Linux instead.”

The FDA granted approval to the Moron Vaccines based on the scientific clinical trial data provided by the maker of the vaccines, most of which was, believe it or not, fabricated by morons. “This is why the data are so consistently reliable,” explained the company CEO. “When you’re studying Moron Vaccines, who better to offer an experienced perspective than an actual moron posing as a research scientist?”

The FDA was influenced in its decision to approve the vaccines by the CDC, which recently warned that America was “suffering from an epidemic of critical thinking” that threatened the future of the U.S. government, the Federal Reserve, and the vaccine industry in particular. The source of this epidemic has been traced to Rep. Ron Paul, of course.

“People who think for themselves are a threat to the U.S. government, and they are causing problems at airports, too,” said DHS secretary Janet Napolitano. “That’s why we’ve partnered with the FDA to make sure that those suffering from Intelligent Brain Function Disorder are offered ‘treatment’ at every opportunity.”

As part of that government treatment program, IBFD screening centers are now being erected at the airports, sports stadiums and Wal-Mart stores. Interestingly, Wal-Mart stores have so far found exactly zero people at their stores who suffer from Intelligent Brain Function Disorder. Apparently, all Wal-Mart shoppers are already cured. (http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=5A4B5…)

The TSA announced it would no longer hire anyone suffering from IBFD and would only hire workers after they have been injected with the Moron Vaccine. “Is is very important that TSA agents have achieved the lower IQs necessary for them to carry out their jobs of molesting air travelers,” explained TSA head John Pistole explained. “We cannot have our agents suffering from moments of cognitive awareness while they’re touching your junk. People who work in government security are better off if they simply do what they’re told without asking intelligent questions or citing the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which is a highly complex collection of sequential words that none of us can decode anymore thanks to the Moron Vaccines.”

Moron Vaccines are now mandatory in medical schools, where they are given to would-be doctors are part of an indoctrination ritual. They’re also mandatory in public schools, where children are being educated just enough to be obedient workers but not enough to actually question what role they’re playing in the grand consumerism economic raping of the planet in the name of corporate profits.

Walgreens stores are offering Moron Vaccine Gift Cards so that you can give the gift of lower brain function to a friend or family member. If grandma is acting up again, a vaccination targeting her higher brain function may be just the ticket to a joyful, loving family picnic. That “Grandma is staring off into the distance again” look is actually family affection, remember.

Many nursing homes and retirement centers are even thinking of switching from their current model of pharmaceutically abusing patients into a tolerable state of human vegetation to the new model of just vaccinating them instead. “It’s so much easier with the Moron Vaccines,” explained one nursing home director. “Pills required patient consent, but vaccines can be given to patients in their sleep, and when they wake up the next morning, or at least the ones that do, they’re like a whole new person… quiet, introspective and no longer argumentative.”

The Moron Vaccine is such a success that even President Obama chimed in on the issue. “Moron Vaccines help keep America strong by making sure people don’t ask too many questions about the coming economic collapse,” he said in a recent press event. “If we can manage to vaccinate the entire population, then we can probably keep the Medicare and Social Security Ponzi schemes going a few years longer, and that protects all of us in Washington from a popular revolt like the one we saw in Egypt! The Middle East is witness to the violence and destruction that can take place when populations are allowed to contemplate higher ideals such as freedom or liberty,” Obama said. “Moron Vaccines keep people comfortably numb in their lower brain functions, where they can dutifully serve the interests of the State.”
So don’t miss out on the Moron Vaccines! They’re available free of charge at any U.S. post office. The government is also offering a special discount called, “Don’t buy one, get one free!” for those who can’t do math because they graduated from Madison, Wisconsin public schools — “where education is ALWAYS secondary.”

Note: This satire article is pure fiction. If you didn’t know that by now, you have probably already taken the Moron Vaccines! Please turn yourself into the nearest TSA human resources office for possible placement within the Department of Homeland Security.
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Mar.16.11-AMA Leading Cause of Death

Advanced Family Chiropractic
“Advanced Chiropractic Care for the Whole Family”
219 West Main Street
Montour Falls, NY 14865
Phone 607-535-7080
Robert H. Berry D.C.     Fax: 607-535-7007

March  2011
Dear AFC Patients,
Thousands of medical reports have been examined, the numbers have been tallied, and the conclusion is sobering: the American medical system is the leading cause of death and injury in the United States.   The medical profession and the media have always claimed that the leading causes of death, for both men and women, are heart disease and cancer. Records show us that in 2001 cancer claimed 553,251 lives, with heart disease in the lead with 699,697 attributed deaths. But when medical reports were more closely examined, analysts found that 783,936 deaths—in a single year–were directly related to medical care misdiagnosis and carelessness.
Never before has a complete overview of the medical field been examined where medicine related deaths have been combined and totaled. Here are some of the horrific results derived from a one-year period:
·    Adverse Drug Reactions: 106,000 people dead with $12 billion in expenses.
·    Medical errors: 98,000 dead with $2 billion in expenses.
·    Bedsores leading to other complications: 115,000 dead with $55 billion in expenses.
·    Hospital acquired infections: 88,000 dead with $5 billion in expenses.
·    Outpatient mishaps: 199,000 people dead with $77 billion in expenses.
·    Unnecessary Procedures: 37,136 people dead with$122 billion in expenses.
·    Surgery-Related complications: 32,000 people dead with $9 billion in expenses.
Robert, what our healthcare system doesn’t tell you is that the human body is a powerful entity, designed to heal itself during times of illness or disorder. The spine plays a very important role in this process. If spinal vertebrae are misaligned, malfunctions and health disorders can arise. That’s why it’s so important to receive regular chiropractic adjustments.   More importantly, chiropractic adjustments are safe and involve no medicine or radical invasive procedures. In fact, it’s one of the safest and healthiest forms of care available. If you are dealing with a health problem, or are just feeling ‘under the weather’, consider chiropractic care before you put your life in the hands of the number one killer in America.
– Robert Berry, DC
[Source: Death By Medicine, Gary Null PhD, Carolyn Dean MD ND, Marin Feldman MD, Debora Maslo MD, and Dorothy Smith, PhD.]

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Mar.14.11-Anxiety & Health Effects


Holistic Chiropractic Care
Chiropractic care is about much more than bones, joints, muscles, ligaments, and tendons. The focus of chiropractic is on the musculoskeletal system, and yet the benefits of chiropractic care extend far beyond these connective tissue structures.
Chronic musculoskeletal tension results in numerous biochemical changes such as excessive and prolonged build-up of lactic acid, a metabolic end-product of muscular contraction. These metabolites, which are accumulating wastefully and unnecessarily, irritate local nerve endings. Nerve irritation leads to increases in local muscle tension, setting-up a vicious circle of muscle tension, nerve irritation, more muscle tension, and more nerve irritation. Importantly, the irritated nerves send signals to all the other parts of the body, causing increased levels of activity and unnecessary use of precious resources. In these circumstances, the person may become irritable, gets tired more easily, has sleep disturbances, and even may develop various diseases.
Chiropractic care is a powerful healing method that affects many body systems as a result of addressing stresses in the musculoskeletal system.

ANXIETY & Health Effects

Humans appear to be hard-wired for modest levels of anxiety as a fear-arousal warning mechanism. Anxiety may be characterized as uneasiness, fear, worry, and apprehension. Anxiety is a common psychological state in which the basic message is “get away from this situation”. The state is usually accompanied by numerous physiologic components including surges of the hormone adrenaline, increased heart rate and elevated blood pressure, and increased blood flow to the major muscle groups as the body prepares for “fight or flight”.

These are all normal responses to environmental threats. The overall process is orchestrated by the amygdala and hippocampus, two regions of the brain’s limbic system which process memory, emotional response, and spatial navigation. But for many people, if anxiety states become frequent and prolonged by various developmental circumstances in childhood and their teenage years, they may begin to respond to perceived rather than real threats. The anxiety state may persist and even become the default condition for the individual.

Those with chronic anxiety may experience chronic back pain,1,2 chronic muscular tension, fibromyalgia,3 headaches, chest pain, shortness of breath, and heart palpitations. Chronic anxiety may cause a person to anticipate the worst, to have ongoing feelings of dread, to be constantly irritable and tense, and to experience panic attacks. Eventually the person may become worn out from the constant drain on their inner resources and a likely outcome is depression. The person simply cannot take any more stress.

Chronic anxiety has a specific impact on the musculoskeletal system. Persistently elevated levels of adrenaline create ongoing tension in the postural muscles of the lower back and the weight-bearing, antigravity gluteal muscles, pelvic musculature, and hamstrings. The long-term results may include chronic lower back pain, inflammation of the sciatic nerve, and lumbar disc disease. Of course, any of these health problems create more anxiety for the person, establishing a vicious circle of anxiety, pain, more anxiety, and more pain.
Solutions for chronic anxiety usually require multidisciplinary holsitic approaches. Nutrition, for example, is a key factor in restoring a person’s homeostatic mechanisms. Significantly reducing one’s intake of simple carbohydrates – soda, muffins, cookies, cake, fast food, and even juice – will often have a substantial impact. Making sure to have five servings of fresh fruits and vegetables every day will also provide great benefit.
Chiropractic care can frequently provide considerable assistance to those with chronic anxiety. By normalizing activity within the musculoskeletal system and reducing muscular stress and tension, chiropractic care helps eliminate an unnecessary source of biochemical and physiologic stress.
1Newcomer KL, et al: Anxiety levels, fear-avoidance beliefs, and disability levels at baseline and at 1 year among subjects with acute and chronic low back pain. Phys Med Rehabil 2(6):514-520, 2010
2Hurley DA, et al: Physiotherapy for sleep disturbance in chronic low back pain: a feasibility randomised controlled trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disord 11:70, 2010 [11 pages]
3Silverman S, et al: Toward characterization and definition of fibromyalgia severity. BMC Musculoskeletal Disord 11:66, 2010 [9 pages]
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Mar.10.11-Healthy Living Newsletter

Healthy Living Chiropractic Newsletter
Advanced Family Chiropractic
219 West Main Street
Montour Falls, NY 14865
Phone: 607-535-7080

Tired of being sick and tired? Welcome to the world of chiropractic ~ discovers how natural health can be.

We are not teasing you with this picture, but inspiring you. What’s the best time to be reminded of soft, warm breezes, sunshine and beaches? We don’t need it in the summer. Remember, every day brings us closer to spring.

I like winter because I can stay indoors without feeling guilty.
– Teresa Skelton

This issue’s table of contents
·    Chiropractic and pregnancy pain
·    Words of wisdom
·    Hormone replacement therapy drugs Prempro® and Premarin® …
·    Interviews with Andrew Wakefield, M.D.
·    Kids get measles from the measles vaccine!
·    Did you know?
·    Researching chiropractic
·    Please keep your laptop off of your lap
·    Do you have a non-vaccinated child? Please take this survey.
·    Humor
·    References

This issue has a lot of valuable information you may not see anywhere else. If you have any questions or comments please write to us. Feel free to send this to your friends and relatives and if you’d like a hard (printed) copy, stop by the office.

Stay warm – spring is coming.

Chiropractic and pregnancy pain

A Norwegian study reveals that one-third of patients seek chiropractic care as first choice for pain during pregnancy.

The study interviewed the first 100 pregnant women presenting at a chiropractic clinic. The interview included reasons for visiting the clinic, average weeks of pain, where they were in pain and the number of chiropractic visits. The study found that 90% of the patients’ chief complaint was pelvic pain and for 30% of the patients chiropractic was their first choice for care.

Those who had never had back pain before waited the shortest time before seeking care. The authors also found that the longer the patients waited to seek chiropractic care the more areas of pain they experienced and the more areas of the spine needed adjusting. (1)

Words of Wisdom
Your true place is a place of light. Even if you find yourself in the midst of darkness and sorrow, you must remember this is not your home.

Your essential self lies in an inseparable bond with the Source of Light. From there it extends a glimmer of itself below to illuminate the darkness.
– Tzvi Freeman

Interviews with Andrew Wakefield, M.D.
Dr. Wakefield is the British gastroenterologist who was viciously attacked for reporting that parents told him their children developed autism after vaccination.

Below are an audio interview and a video interview of his side of the story. After you watch and listen, you decide.

http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=B9D23224EC0AE34FD5415B72B27B1BE5

Watch Dr. Andrew Wakefield on the Alex Jones show.

Kids get measles from the measles vaccine!
This is coming from the MMWR which is the U.S. government’s own publication. We’ve always known that vaccinated kids can contract measles. There are numerous reports in the medical journals of epidemics in fully vaccinated populations. Here is just one from Illinois in which 17 high school students who were fully vaccinated came down with measles even though 99% of the high school population was vaccinated with the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine. (2)

Did you know?
Dr. Seuss’ first book, And to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street, was rejected 27 times before he stepped into an office elevator and bumped into an old friend who happened to be working at a publishing house.

Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham after being challenged by Bennett Cerf (his editor) to produce a book using fewer than fifty different words.

Researching Chiropractic
Pervasive developmental disorder. A three-year-old boy, who was diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder by a pediatrician, had communication problems, apraxia and speech delay. The child received chiropractic care over the course of 5 months to his upper cervical (neck) and sacral regions.

The outcomes were measured by re-assessments, parental evaluation and health care provider and teacher reports. The child began making friends, became more interactive and less defiant and was reported to be an overall happier child following the introduction of chiropractic care. (3)

Please keep your laptop off of your lap

A new study finds that using your laptop computer where it was designed to be used (in your lap) can lower your sperm count. Researchers took the temperature in the testes of men working on their laptops. In just 10-15 minutes, the temperature down there rose to levels high enough to damage sperm production. (4)

Do you have a non-vaccinated child? Please take this survey.
Studies published in medical journals reveal that non-vaccinated children are significantly healthier than vaccinated children. One such study on the health of non-vaccinated children is being conducted right now and you can be a part of it.

It is a short survey. So far over 700 parents have participated, but to have accurate results at least 2000 participants are needed. Please go to http://www.vaccineinjury.info/vaccinations-in-general/health-unvaccinated-children.html

It’ll only take a few minutes of your time at most and future generations will thank you.

Humor
What are grandparents?

(Taken from papers written by a class of 8-year-olds)
·    They can take their teeth and gums out.
·    Grandparents don’t have to be smart.
·    They have to answer questions like ‘Why isn’t God married?’ and ‘How come dogs chase cats?’
·    When they read to us, they don’t skip. They don’t mind if we ask for the same story over again.
·    Everybody should try to have a grandmother, especially if you don’t have television because they are the only grownups who like to spend time with us.
·    They know we should have snack time before bedtime, and they say prayers with us and kiss us even when we’ve acted badly.
·    A 6-year-old was asked where his grandma lived. ”Oh,” he said, ”She lives at the airport, and when we want her, we just go get her. Then when we’re done having her visit, we take her back to the airport.”
·    Grandpa is the smartest man on earth! He teaches me good things, but I don’t get to see him enough to get as smart as him!
·    It’s funny when they bend over; you hear gas leaks, and they blame their dog.

Bye!!!

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Mar.7.11-Arthritis Prevention and Chiropractic

Arthritis Prevention and Chiropractic
Chiropractic prevents arthritis in accident victims, the elderly and the sedentary
By Mark Studin DC, FASBE(C), DAAPM, DAAMLP

According to the Arthritis Foundation (2007), “Forty-six million [46,000,000] Americans are currently living with arthritis, the nation’s leading cause of disability, and we are all paying a high price for it. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that the annual cost of arthritis to the United States economy was $128 billion in 2003 and increased by $20 billion between 1997 and 2003.

CDC attributes the dramatic increase to the aging of the population, predominantly baby boomers, and increased prevalence of arthritis. CDC also estimates an additional 8 million new cases of arthritis will be diagnosed in the next decade” (http://www.arthritis.org/cost-arthritis.php).
Arthritis, A.D.A.M., Inc. (2010, February 5), “…is inflammation of one or more joints, which results in pain, swelling, stiffness, and limited movement. There are over 100 different types of arthritis…
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Arthritis involves the breakdown of cartilage. Cartilage normally protects the joint, allowing for smooth movement. Cartilage also absorbs shock when pressure is placed on the joint, like when you walk. Without the usual amount of cartilage, the bones rub together, causing pain, swelling (inflammation), and stiffness.
You may have joint inflammation for a variety of reasons, including:

- An autoimmune disease (the body attacks itself because the body immune system believes a body part is foreign)
- Broken bone
- General wear and tear
- Infection (usually cause by bacteria or viruses)…
With some injuries and diseases, the inflammation does not go away or destruction results in long-term pain and deformity. When this happens, you have chronic arthritis. Osteoarthritis is the most common type and is more likely to occur as you age. You may feel it in any of your joints, but most commonly in your hips, knees or fingers. Risk factors for osteoarthritis include:

- Being overweight
- Previously injuring the affected joint
- Using the affected joint in a repetitive action that puts stress on the joint (baseball players, ballet dancers and construction workers are all at risk)
Arthritis can occur in men and women of all ages. About 37 million people in America have arthritis of some kind, which is almost 1 out of every 7 people” (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002223). With hypomobility (less mobility or movement), adhesions occur in a joint (the region where 2 bones connect).
According to A.D.A.M., Inc. (2010, March 30), “Adhesions are bands of scar-like tissue that form between two surfaces inside the body and cause them to stick together. As the body moves, tissues or organs inside are normally able to shift around each other. This is because these tissues have slippery surfaces.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Inflammation (swelling), surgery, or injury can cause adhesions to form almost anywhere in the body…Once they form, adhesions can become larger or tighter over time. Symptoms or other problems may occur if the adhesions cause an organ or body part to twist, pull out of position, or be unable to move as well.
Adhesions may form around joints such as the shoulder…or ankles, or in ligaments and tendons. This problem may happen:

- After surgery or trauma
- With certain types of arthritis
- With overuse of a joint or tendon
Symptoms
Adhesions in joints, tendons, or ligaments make it harder to move the joint and may cause pain…Adhesions in the pelvis may cause chronic or long-term pelvic pain.
Signs and tests
Most of the time, the adhesions cannot be seen using x-rays or imaging tests” (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002462).
Over time, with a sedentary lifestyle as seen in many portions of the population and increasingly with the elderly, joints become hypomobile. Hypomobility is also seen in trauma-related cases and repetitive use injuries, such as reading while looking down for extended periods, carrying heavy items, holding the phone between one’s shoulder and ear, prolonged use of hands, wrists, back and neck, excessive use of computers, etc. As time progresses, internal scar tissue or adhesions continue to develop and further increases the loss of mobility.
According to Cramer, Henderson, Little, Daley and Grieve in 2010, previous studies have shown that this hypomobility causes degeneration of the joints that connect the bones, which results in arthritis. As time goes on, both the adhesions (internal scar tissue) and arthritis increase. Therefore, with the persistent sedentary lifestyle?and no?chiropractic care for the hypomobility, the arthritis will get worse over time.

Cramer et al. (2010) also reported that according to their laboratory studies, chiropractic adjustments increase the “Z gap” or spacing between the joints/bones?and increase mobility of the joints. As a result, the adjustments prevent further development of adhesions, degeneration and osteophytes, which is the arthritic process. In short, chiropractic adjustments prevent arthritis.
Regardless of the timing of the beginning of chiropractic care, it conclusively increases mobility and prevents loss of mobility, preventing the development of internal scar tissue (adhesions) and, therefore, arthritis.
This breakthrough research that affects approximately 1 in 7 Americans is also draining our economy with its $128 billion price tag. While not all arthritis is a result of hypomobility, much of it is. If every person was under chiropractic care, we could not only positively affect the lives of every American, we could potentially rescue the economy of the United States and every other country and insurer in the world that assumes risk for an aging and hypomobile society.

References:
1. Arthritis Foundation. (2007, January 17). Cost of arthritis increases to $128 billion annually. Retrieved from http://www.arthritis.org/cost-arthritis.php
2. A.D.A.M., Inc. (2010, February 5). Arthritis. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002223
3. A.D.A.M., Inc. (2010, March 30). Adhesion. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002462
4. Cramer, G. D., Henderson, C. N. R., Little, J. W., Daley, C., & Grieve, T. J. (2010). Zygapophyseal joint adhesions after induced hypomobility. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 33(7), 508

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Mar.3.11-Newsletter-Healthy Living Chiropractic

Healthy Living Chiropractic Newsletter
Advanced Family Chiropractic
219 West Main Street
Montour Falls, NY 14865
Phone: 607-535-7080

Tired of being sick and tired? Welcome to the world of chiropractic ~ discovers how natural health can be.

We are not teasing you with this picture, but inspiring you. What’s the best time to be reminded of soft, warm breezes, sunshine and beaches? We don’t need it in the summer. Remember, every day brings us closer to spring.

I like winter because I can stay indoors without feeling guilty.
– Teresa Skelton

This issue’s table of contents
·    Chiropractic and pregnancy pain
·    Words of wisdom
·    Hormone replacement therapy drugs Prempro® and Premarin® …
·    Interviews with Andrew Wakefield, M.D.
·    Kids get measles from the measles vaccine!
·    Did you know?
·    Researching chiropractic
·    Please keep your laptop off of your lap
·    Do you have a non-vaccinated child? Please take this survey.
·    Humor
·    References

This issue has a lot of valuable information you may not see anywhere else. If you have any questions or comments please write to us. Feel free to send this to your friends and relatives and if you’d like a hard (printed) copy, stop by the office.

Stay warm – spring is coming.

Chiropractic and pregnancy pain

A Norwegian study reveals that one-third of patients seek chiropractic care as first choice for pain during pregnancy.

The study interviewed the first 100 pregnant women presenting at a chiropractic clinic. The interview included reasons for visiting the clinic, average weeks of pain, where they were in pain and the number of chiropractic visits. The study found that 90% of the patients’ chief complaint was pelvic pain and for 30% of the patients chiropractic was their first choice for care.

Those who had never had back pain before waited the shortest time before seeking care. The authors also found that the longer the patients waited to seek chiropractic care the more areas of pain they experienced and the more areas of the spine needed adjusting. (1)

Words of Wisdom
Your true place is a place of light. Even if you find yourself in the midst of darkness and sorrow, you must remember this is not your home.

Your essential self lies in an inseparable bond with the Source of Light. From there it extends a glimmer of itself below to illuminate the darkness.
– Tzvi Freeman

Interviews with Andrew Wakefield, M.D.
Dr. Wakefield is the British gastroenterologist who was viciously attacked for reporting that parents told him their children developed autism after vaccination.

Below are an audio interview and a video interview of his side of the story. After you watch and listen, you decide.

http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=B9D23224EC0AE34FD5415B72B27B1BE5

Watch Dr. Andrew Wakefield on the Alex Jones show.

Kids get measles from the measles vaccine!
This is coming from the MMWR which is the U.S. government’s own publication. We’ve always known that vaccinated kids can contract measles. There are numerous reports in the medical journals of epidemics in fully vaccinated populations. Here is just one from Illinois in which 17 high school students who were fully vaccinated came down with measles even though 99% of the high school population was vaccinated with the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine. (2)

Did you know?
Dr. Seuss’ first book, And to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street, was rejected 27 times before he stepped into an office elevator and bumped into an old friend who happened to be working at a publishing house.

Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham after being challenged by Bennett Cerf (his editor) to produce a book using fewer than fifty different words.

Researching Chiropractic
Pervasive developmental disorder. A three-year-old boy, who was diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder by a pediatrician, had communication problems, apraxia and speech delay. The child received chiropractic care over the course of 5 months to his upper cervical (neck) and sacral regions.

The outcomes were measured by re-assessments, parental evaluation and health care provider and teacher reports. The child began making friends, became more interactive and less defiant and was reported to be an overall happier child following the introduction of chiropractic care. (3)

Please keep your laptop off of your lap

A new study finds that using your laptop computer where it was designed to be used (in your lap) can lower your sperm count. Researchers took the temperature in the testes of men working on their laptops. In just 10-15 minutes, the temperature down there rose to levels high enough to damage sperm production. (4)

Do you have a non-vaccinated child? Please take this survey.
Studies published in medical journals reveal that non-vaccinated children are significantly healthier than vaccinated children. One such study on the health of non-vaccinated children is being conducted right now and you can be a part of it.

It is a short survey. So far over 700 parents have participated, but to have accurate results at least 2000 participants are needed. Please go to http://www.vaccineinjury.info/vaccinations-in-general/health-unvaccinated-children.html

It’ll only take a few minutes of your time at most and future generations will thank you.

Humor
What are grandparents?

(Taken from papers written by a class of 8-year-olds)
·    They can take their teeth and gums out.
·    Grandparents don’t have to be smart.
·    They have to answer questions like ‘Why isn’t God married?’ and ‘How come dogs chase cats?’
·    When they read to us, they don’t skip. They don’t mind if we ask for the same story over again.
·    Everybody should try to have a grandmother, especially if you don’t have television because they are the only grownups who like to spend time with us.
·    They know we should have snack time before bedtime, and they say prayers with us and kiss us even when we’ve acted badly.
·    A 6-year-old was asked where his grandma lived. ”Oh,” he said, ”She lives at the airport, and when we want her, we just go get her. Then when we’re done having her visit, we take her back to the airport.”
·    Grandpa is the smartest man on earth! He teaches me good things, but I don’t get to see him enough to get as smart as him!
·    It’s funny when they bend over; you hear gas leaks, and they blame their dog.

Bye!!!

References
1. Aas-Jackobsen E, Miller JE. Chiropractic care during pregnancy: survey of 100 patients presenting to a private clinic in Oslo, Norway. Journal of Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics. 2010;11(2):771-774.
2. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000359.htm
3. Handt M. Improvement in a child with pervasive developmental disorder undergoing chiropractic care. Journal of Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health – Chiropractic. 2011;1:5-8.
4. Sheynkin M. Protection from scrotal hyperthermia in laptop computer users. Fertility and Sterility. 2010;95(2):647-651.

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