Education

New Study Ties Processed Foods To ADHD in 78% of Children

By Frank M. Painter|February 10, 2011|ADHD, Attention Deficit, Education, Food Sensitivity, Pediatrics, Processed Foods, Research, Supplementation|

New Study Ties Processed Foods To ADHD in 78% of Children

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According to a new study, just published in Lancet Journal, a diet free of processed foods significantly reduces the symptoms of ADHD in 78% of 4-8 year old children. This 5-week study involving 100 subjects found that 63% of them experienced a relapse in ADHD symptoms upon re-introduction of problem foods into the diet.

This randomized crossover study was titled Effects of a Restricted Elimination Diet on the Behaviour of Children With Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (INCA study). Patients in the Netherlands and Belgium were enrolled via announcements in medical health centres and through media announcements. In the open-label phase (or first phase), children aged 4—8 years, who were diagnosed with ADHD, were randomly assigned to either 5 weeks of a restricted elimination diet (diet group) or to instructions for a healthy diet (control group). [1]

In the second phase, those children who responded positively (with an improvement of at least 40% on the ADHD rating scale) proceeded into the second phase, with a 4-week double-blind crossover food challenge, in which they were exposed to either a high-IgG or low-IgG food diet (classified on the basis of every child’s individual IgG blood test results).
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AECC partners with Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College

By John Wiens DC|January 19, 2011|Education|

Source Anglo-European College of Chiropractic

Postgraduate students at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) are enrolling on the AECC’s Master of Science Advanced Professional Practice (Clinical Sciences) following a unique agreement forged between the two institutions.

Canadian-based students entering the three-year programme have access to a CMCC Research Supervisor and also benefit from being able to speak directly to AECC tutors during their studies.

The Clinical Sciences programme is one of eleven MSc courses currently delivered at the AECC and it is possible that further courses could be entered onto by CMCC students in the future. Both the AECC and CMCC are delighted at being able to forge a collaborative form of study.

“We’re very excited about this program because it finally offers the opportunity for more chiropractors to access postgraduate education,” says Dr. Paula Stern, Director of Graduate Studies at CMCC. “As well as being available on a part time basis, there is flexibility to the program. As a professional Masters, it allows individuals to choose courses of interest. A candidate may choose to focus on a variety of topics such as geriatrics, chronic pain or disability.” (more…)

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Chiropractic: A Profession Coming of Age ~ An Interview with David Chapman-Smith, LL.B.

By Frank M. Painter|January 6, 2011|Education, Health Care Reform|

Chiropractic: A Profession Coming of Age ~
An Interview with David Chapman-Smith, LL.B.

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SOURCE: Health Insights Today

Interview by Carl S. Cleveland III, DC

David Chapman-Smith, the Secretary-General of the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC), is a New Zealand-born attorney who now resides in Toronto, Canada. Chapman-Smith’s introduction to chiropractic came when he represented the New Zealand Chiropractic Association before that nation’s Commission on Inquiry into Chiropractic in the late 1970s. The Commission’s report was the world’s first major independent evaluation of chiropractic and set the stage for many later advances.

For Chapman-Smith, the whirlwind years of the New Zealand Commission were a prelude to what has become a career-long mission on behalf of chiropractic. He has served the WFC since its inception in the late 1980s and is widely recognized as the world’s leading non-chiropractor advocate for the profession. (more…)

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Whiplash, aka Cervical Acceleration – Deceleration Injury, aka, Whiplash – Associated Disorder

By Frank M. Painter|January 1, 2011|Education, Whiplash|

Whiplash, aka Cervical Acceleration – Deceleration Injury, aka, Whiplash – Associated Disorder

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A rose by any other name can still be a thorny experience for our patients, no matter what you call it.

Chiropractic care is very effective at reducing the pain, and for promoting healing, following a whiplash injury. The Whiplash Page combines primary literature sources with journal abstracts to review all aspects of whiplash injury and recovery. (more…)

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Chiropractic Reaches Consensus On Terminology For Stages Of Care

By Frank M. Painter|December 8, 2010|Documentation, Education|

Chiropractic Reaches Consensus On Terminology For Stages Of Care

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SOURCE: ACAnews ~ November 2010

By Nataliya V. Schetchikova, PhD

This article reports on the JMPT study titled:

Consensus Terminology for Stages of Care: Acute, Chronic, Recurrent, and Wellness
J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2010 (Jul); 31 (9): 651–658

For more than a century, chiropractic has largely existed in isolation from mainstream health care, evolving with its own philosophy, system of education and approach to patient care. And, like other groups that develop independently of the mainstream, the profession has created its own unique system of terminology.

The problem is, the terms—namely, preventive, supportive and maintenance care—are poorly understood by allopathic providers, patients and payers alike, which makes it difficult for DCs to communicate the value of their services and, essentially, prevents the profession from fully integrating into mainstream health care. And especially in the past decade, the difference in terminology started to cause problems in the reimbursement arena.

“The government and private payers started designing stages of chiropractic care using their own language and using this as a basis for denying care,” says Ritch Miller, DC, chairman of ACA’s Medicare Committee. “For example, Medicare doesn’t pay for maintenance care—but the definition of maintenance care is so gray that it’s left up to the claims adjusters to decide what it is, and many beneficiaries are wrongly denied care because of the interpretation of these terms,” he adds. (more…)

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Skeletal Manifestations of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases

By Frank M. Painter|December 6, 2010|Education|

Skeletal Manifestations of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases

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SOURCE: Current Opinion in Endocrinology 2010 (Dec); 17 (6): 540–545

[Editor’s Note: Although this article tilts towards medical management, this review of physical findings in various autoimmune diseases will be a useful refresher course for the field. Don’t forget to tally this as part of your Continuing Ed hours.]

Several autoimmune diseases carry with them an increased risk of osteoporotic fractures and osteonecrosis, adding significantly to the morbidity and mortality of these conditions. The accelerated bone mineral density (BMD) and integrity loss seen with these diseases is often not entirely explained by traditional risk factors, and autoimmunity itself may play a role in its pathogenesis. Mechanisms for skeletal change not only include some well defined risk factors, such as corticosteroid use, but may also include chronic inflammation and immune dysregulation. The complex nature of these processes carries implications for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and osteonecrosis among patients with autoimmune diseases. (more…)

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