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About Frank M. Painter

I was introduced to Chiro.Org in early 1996, where my friend Joe Garolis helped me learn HTML, the "mark-up language" for websites. We have been fortunate that journals like JMPT have given us permission to reproduce some early important articles in Full-Text format. Maintaining the Org website has been, and remains, my favorite hobby.

Nutritional Supplementation and JAMA

By Frank M. Painter|July 22, 2009|Nutrition|

Nutritional Supplementation and JAMA

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Editorial Commentary:

In the last few months there has been a disappointing series of nutritional studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. JAMA was rabidly opposed to supplementation until 2002, when they published an excellent article that proposed that taking supplements could reduce the risk of chronic disease. [1] That article was right on the money. This recent group of articles challenges those findings, but you will soon find that they were all seriously flawed. Let’s review these clinical trials, and consider how asking the wrong question can yield the wrong answers, and how that process generates negative bias against supplementation.

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Diplomate Specialties

By Frank M. Painter|July 21, 2009|Education|

Diplomate Specialties

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One of the requirements for license renewal is ongoing Continuing Education classes. Some doctors prefer attending Homecomings, others prefer attending Parker seminars. The only drawback with either of these venues is that specific topical classes are very short.

The beauty of attending a diplomate program is that you submerge yourself in a specific topic over a whole weekend. It’s also like joining the National Guard, because you will invest one weekend a month for 3 years. I attended LACCs (now SCUHS) rehabilitation diplomate program between ’95-’98 here in Chicago, and I highly recommend it. Other programs are available in a variety of specialties.

You may want to review the collected

Chiropractic Diplomate and Specialty Council Websites

and you may also enjoy our

Chiropractic Rehabilitation Diplomate Information Page

Orthopedic Residents Are Incompetent To Diagnose or Manage Musculoskeletal Complaints

By Frank M. Painter|July 19, 2009|Education, Ethics|

Orthopedic Residents Are Incompetent To Diagnose or Manage Musculoskeletal Complaints

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Chiro.Org Editorial Commentary:

Chiropractors pride themselves in their ability to diagnose and manage neuro-musculo-skeletal (NMS) complains. According to all the surveys, this is our bread and butter, and no one on the planet is better trained to diagnose (locate) and treat (correct) neck, low back, or peripheral joint (knee, elbow etc) complaints. But, don’t take my word for it.

Orthopedic surgeons are supposed to be the *gods* of medicine, the pinnacle of medical knowledge. First they become MDs, then rotate through a variety of specialties, and finally take residence in a highly competitive orthopedic residency program. You may want to review this interesting description of the requirements for the UCLA Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program. (more…)

How Much of Orthodox Medicine Is Evidence Based?

By Frank M. Painter|July 15, 2009|Education, Ethics|

How Much of Orthodox Medicine Is Evidence Based?

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This is an interesting letter from the British Medical Journal

Scientific heavyweights deplore the NHS money wasted on unproved and disproved treatments used by practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), [1, 2] but Lewith, a CAM proponent (see previous letter), is cited elsewhere as saying that the BMJ reckons that 50% of the treatments used in general practice aren’t proved, and 5% are pretty harmful but still being used. [3] (more…)

Evidence-based Practice

By Frank M. Painter|July 1, 2009|Education, Ethics, Journals, News, Research|

Evidence-based Practice

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As long as we’re on the topic of Evidence-based Practice, you’ll enjoy Anthony Rosner PhD’s article “The Shifting Sands of Evidence-based Medicine”.

Robert D. Mootz, DC, who is the Medical Director for the State of Washington Department of Labor and Industries also penned an interesting review in JMPT titled “When Evidence and Practice Collide” (FULL TEXT) that sheds a lot of light on EBM issues.

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Chiropractic and Infantile Colic

By Frank M. Painter|June 30, 2009|Education, Ethics, Health, Journals, News, Research|

Chiropractic and Infantile Colic

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After enjoying John’s posting on the Canadian BCA/Singh case, I feel it’s time to pour some gas on the conversation, to heat things up a bit.

First, you can review the articles under consideration at the Chiropractic and Infantile Colic page. (more…)

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