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Happy Independence Day!

Enjoy the Fireworks Over the Lady of Liberty in NYC

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

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Memorial Day (2015)
In Memory of Those Who Have Fallen

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The Bivouac of the Dead

The muffled drum’s sad roll has beat
The soldier’s last tattoo’
No more on life’s parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few;

On Fame’s eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread;
But Glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.

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The Alamo, Part 2: The Texas Medical Association
Continues to Suppress Chiropractic

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SOURCE:  Texas Medicine ~ May 2015

By Kara Nuzback

Edited from their article:

The Affordable Care Act promotes collaboration and team treatment of patients. The Texas Medical Association agrees collaborative care is crucial, but the association wants to ensure physicians remain the head of the team. With the Texas Legislature in full swing, physicians face several bills that would challenge that leadership and expand the scope of practice for nurses, chiropractors, and other health professionals without a license to practice medicine.

Fort Worth pediatrician Gary Floyd, MD, says he started testifying before the legislature in defense of patients in the 1990s. Every session, a similar onslaught of bills arises from nonphysician practitioners aiming to expand their scope of practice.

“A lot of them are reaching beyond what they’ve been educated and trained to do, and beyond what their skill sets allow them to do,” he said. “That puts patients in danger.”

These medical professionals also put their own licenses at risk, he says. “When you over-reach, you get in trouble,” he added.

Dr. Floyd does not downplay the need for nurses and other midlevel professionals, but he emphasizes the importance of physician supervision. “They are part of a physician-led health care team,” he said. “We strongly believe that is the best model for delivering care.”

That roughly translates into: They can only do what WE permit, and no more!

This section is quite revealing:

Chiropractors:

TMA has gone up to bat against the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners (TBCE) in the past to fight rule changes that would expand chiropractors’ scope.

In 2006, TMA took TBCE to court to invalidate the board’s adoption of rules that would have allowed chiropractors to make diagnoses and perform needle electromyography (EMG) and spinal manipulation under anesthesia (MUA). In 2012, an appellate court invalidated TBCE’s rules allowing EMG and MUA, but it said it had no jurisdiction to consider the diagnosis rule. TMA appealed the diagnosis decision to the Texas Supreme Court the same year, but in 2013, the high court decided not to hear the case. The issue of chiropractors diagnosing medical conditions is not yet resolved.

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Happy Mother’s Day!

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Women are the backbone of Civilization

Happy Thanksgiving! (2014)

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Happy Thanksgiving To ALL Our Friends!!!

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Our Annual Research Donation

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The Board of Chiro.Org held their annual Board meeting in November and unanimously approved a $3000 donation to Chiropractic Research to the ICPA. This will be the twelfth year in a row that Chiro.org has made a research tithe. Our total contribution to date is $24,000.

This year also marks our 10th year supporting the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association’s research projects, always aimed at demonstrating the benefits of chiropractic care for children.

A big ‘thank you‘ to our sponsors because, without them we wouldn’t have been able to donate so much back to Chiropractic.

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