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| Mecical Journal and Health Related articles |
Self magazine takes a well researched and critical look at the link between chiropractic upper neck manipulation and stroke |
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| Families Against Abusive Chiropractic Treatment |
An advocacy group for victims of chiropractic. |
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| Quackfiles |
Chiropractic resources, articles, and links |
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| Chiropractors have to reveal risks, court rules |
This article details the recent Wisconsin Supreme court verdict that states that chiropractors have to inform patients that neck manipulation can cause stroke |
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| Chirotalk |
The skeptical chiropractic discussion forum |
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| The National Association for Chiropractic Medicine |
A consumer advocacy association of chiropractors who confine their scope of practice to scientific parameters and seek to make legitimate the utilization of professional manipulative procedures in mainstream health care delivery. |
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| Council on Chiropractic Education faces possible loss of recognition by the Department of Education |
Council on Chiropractic Education faces possible loss of recognition by the Department of Education |
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| www.chirovictims.org.uk/ |
A UK victims advocacy group |
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| www.chirowatch.com |
All you need to know about chiropractic |
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| www.chirobase.org |
A Skeptical Guide to Chiropratic History, Theories, and Practices |
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| www.orthopractic.org |
Guidelines on how to recognize safe and scientific manual therapy. |
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| Neck 911 |
Canadian Neck911 web site |
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| Links to Medical Journal and Health Related Articles |
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| Spinal manipulative therapy is an independent risk factor for vertebral artery dissection |
To determine whether spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) is an independent risk factor for cervical artery dissection. |
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| Chiropractic Manipulation and Stroke |
Several reports have linked chiropractic manipulation of the neck to dissection or occlusion of the vertebral artery. However, previous studies linking such strokes to neck manipulation consist primarily of uncontrolled case series. We designed a population-based nested case-control study to test the association. |
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| Stroke victims five times more likely to have visited chiropractor |
People under 45 who suffer a stroke are five times more likely to have seen a chiropractor in the previous week than a control group... |
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| Links to Relevant Videos |
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| Adjusting the Joints |
A one-time chiropractor challenges the claims of his former colleagues. |
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| Dangers of alternative medicine |
Donagh Diamond explores the fascination with alternative medicines and the dangers of chiropractic therapy |
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| Books |
| Chiropractic: The Greatest Hoax of the Century? The Whole Truth |
An excellent look into the history and current practices of chiropractic practitioners, by L.A. Chotkowski, M.D. For more info go to www.drchot.com |
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| Spin Doctors |
The Chiropractic Industry Under Examination. Paul Benedetti and Wayne Macphail. www.dundurn.com ISBN 1-55002-406-X
An excellent new book from Canada. |
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| Inside Chiropractic |
by Sam Homola, D.C. and edited by Stephen Barrett, M.D. A chiropractor writes about chiropractic. |
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| Chiropractic, The Victim's Perspective |
by George J. Manger. |
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