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Scientists Demonstrate Mammalian Regeneration Through a Single Gene Deletion

By John Wiens DC|March 17, 2010|Research|

ScienceDaily (Mar. 16, 2010) — A quest that began over a decade ago with a chance observation has reached a milestone: the identification of a gene that may regulate regeneration in mammals. The absence of this single gene, called p21, confers a healing potential in mice long thought to have been lost through evolution and reserved for creatures like flatworms, sponges, and some species of salamander.

In a report published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from The Wistar Institute demonstrate that mice that lack the p21 gene gain the ability to regenerate lost or damaged tissue.

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How Do You Access The News?

By Frank M. Painter|March 15, 2010|News|

How Do You Access The News?

The Chiro.Org Blog

When your not here, catching up on chiropractic news, how else do you access the news? (more…)

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Become Our FaceBook Friend

By Frank M. Painter|March 9, 2010|News|

If you use FaceBook for social networking, you may become become our FaceBook Friend at:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=109865037867&ref=ts

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New Evidence Supporting the Effectiveness of Chiropractic Spinal Manipulation for Cervicogenic Headache

By Frank M. Painter|March 5, 2010|Headache, News, Research|

New Evidence Supporting the Effectiveness of Chiropractic Spinal Manipulation for Cervicogenic Headache

The Chiro.Org Blog

Thanks to ChiroACCESS for access to this information!

The chiropractic Center for Outcomes Studies at Western States Chiropractic College has completed a new study that provides additional support for the use of spinal manipulation in the treatment of cervicogenic headaches. This study adds to a growing body of independent research that supports the efficacy of chiropractic care. The new study compared two doses of therapy as described in the abstract below.

Dr. Mitch Haas and his team at Western States Chiropractic College investigated the differences in dose (8 versus 16 treatments) and between high velocity low amplitude spinal manipulation versus light massage in the treatment of cervicogenic headache. (more…)

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We’re so good at medical studies that most of them are wrong

By John Wiens DC|March 3, 2010|Research|

Source ars technica

It’s possible to get the mental equivalent of whiplash from the latest medical findings, as risk factors are identified one year and exonerated the next. According to a panel at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, this isn’t a failure of medical research; it’s a failure of statistics, and one that is becoming more common in fields ranging from genomics to astronomy. The problem is that our statistical tools for evaluating the probability of error haven’t kept pace with our own successes, in the form of our ability to obtain massive data sets and perform multiple tests on them. Even given a low tolerance for error, the sheer number of tests performed ensures that some of them will produce erroneous results at random. (more…)

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