While June is almost over there is still enough of summer left to get some healthy sun exposure. In the past sunscreen was an item even my family used without thinking much about what was in it and what that…
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Stay Safe in the Sun
Tagged with: Alternative Medicine, Health Care Costs, Health Care Policy, sun safety, sun tanning, sun tanning safely, sunscreen, suntan lotion, tanning oil, Vitamin D
Posted in Healthcare Policy and Politics, Wellness
Posted in Healthcare Policy and Politics, Wellness
Journal of the AMA recommends chiropractic for back pain
Can you believe that the Journal of the AMA recommends chiropractic for back pain? I could hardly believe it, based on their past actions, the American Medical Association has rarely admitted any benefit to seeing a chiropractor. Technically, though, where…
Tagged with: AMA, Back Pain, back pain Geneva IL, Chiropractic, chiropractor, Disc Degeneration, Disc Herniation, Failed Back Surgery, Geneva Chiropractic, Geneva Chiropractor, Health Care Policy, JAMA, Journal of the AMA, Low Back Pain, Spine Care, Spine Fusion, Staker Chiropractic
Posted in Back Pain, Healthcare Policy and Politics
Posted in Back Pain, Healthcare Policy and Politics
Primary Care Physician Shortage
(Note: Some of the numbers and facts I will discuss here are based on an interview I have access to based on a membership I have in a healthcare news source, this an interview of the Vice President for education…
Tagged with: AAFP, Affordable Care Act, American Academy of Family Physicians, Chiropractic, chiropractors as primary care doctors, doctor, Family doctor shortage, Health Care Policy, healthcare, insurance, Obamacare, physician, Physician shortage, Primary Care Physician Shortage
Posted in Healthcare Policy and Politics, Wellness
Posted in Healthcare Policy and Politics, Wellness
Chiropractic History: The Begining
Chiropractic has a long history, a lot longer than some people realize. Chiropractic started in 1895 when David Daniel Palmer or D.D. Palmer as he is referred to in our profession, put an idea to the test. D.D. Palmer had a…
Tagged with: 1918 Flu Pandemic, 1918 Spanish Flu, Alternative Medicine, B.J. Palmer, Back Pain, Chiropractic, chiropractic health care, Chiropractic history, chiropractic wellness, chiropractor, D.D. Palmer, Disc Herniation, flu, Geneva Chiropractic, Geneva Chiropractor, Harvey Lillard, health care, Health Care Policy, history of chiropractic, Palmer, Palmer College of Chiropractic, sick care, Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918, Spine Care
Posted in Back Pain, Healthcare Policy and Politics, Neck Pain, Uncategorized, Wellness
Posted in Back Pain, Healthcare Policy and Politics, Neck Pain, Uncategorized, Wellness
Medicare Benefits From Chiropractic
A few months back I wrote a post on how Complimentary and Alternative Medicine can reduce health care costs if implemented more widely instead of suppressed. Insurance companies the state, local, and federal government have all been looking at suppressing…
Tagged with: Alternative Medicine, Alternatives to Back Surgery, Back Fusion, Back Pain, CAM, Chiropractic, Disc Degeneration, Disc Herniation, Failed Back Surgery, Health Care Costs, Health Care Policy, Illinois State Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Audits, Medicare costs, Medicare expenditures, Medicare Savings, neck pain, Projected Medicare Spending, Spine Care, Spine Fusion, Staker Chiropractic
Posted in Healthcare Policy and Politics
Posted in Healthcare Policy and Politics
Complementary and Alternative Medicine May Help Reduce Health Care Costs
Complementary and Alternative Medicine May Help Reduce Health Care Costs A report published in the January 2013 issue of the journal Health Affairs noted that higher utilization of complementary and alternative medicine may help reduce health care costs. The authors…
Tagged with: alternative healthcare, Alternative Medicine, alternative treatment, alternative treatment for back surgery, alternative treatment for neck surgery, Back Pain, CAM, Chiropractic, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Geneva Chiropractor, headaches, Health Affairs, Health Care Costs, Health Care Policy, Illinois State Medicaid, leg pain, neck pain, surgery alternative
Posted in Healthcare Policy and Politics
Posted in Healthcare Policy and Politics