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• Chiropractic Care May Benefit Multiple Sclerosis Patients •
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A recent case study suggests chiropractic care may not only reduce the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), but may also reverse the progression of the disease. The study followed a 47 year-old female who was first diagnosed with MS at age 44. MRI radiographs revealed Multiple Sclerosis plaquing - a specific sign of MS. Since the diagnosis, her symptoms had progressively worsened prior to initiating chiropractic care. After four months of chiropractic care, all symptoms of MS had resolved. The patient continued chiropractic care for two years and remained symptom free. Two follow-up MRI's demonstrated no new plaque formation, but more surprising, revealed a reduction in the original plaquing. In this particular case, the primary therapy was chiropractic adjustments involving the upper cervical (neck) region.
The results suggest chiropractic care may be beneficial in the co-management of patients with MS and may stimulate a reversal in the progression of Multiple Sclerosis in some patients.
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| SOURCE: Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research - May 2001, Vol 4, No.2 |
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• Chiropractic Care on the Rise •
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The number of patients who received chiropractic care between 1996 and 1999 increased significantly, according to recently released results from a Kaiser Permanente study. Chiropractic therapy was up from 8.5% in 1996 to 9.8% in 1999, said Dr. Nancy Gordon of Kaiser Permanente's Division of Research. However, when the study focused on people who had experienced severe back, neck, or shoulder pain, the rates of use of chiropractic and massage therapy increased even more, from 18.4% to 21.5% and 14.6% to 19.4%, respectively. The findings were released at the International Scientific Conference on Complementary Alternative and Integrative Medicine Research in San Francisco.
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| SOURCE: Kaiser Permanente |
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• Harvard Creates New Holistic Medical Program •
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Harvard Medical School, acknowledging that more and more patients are receiving complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments, is creating an institute for non-traditional medicine. Harvard researchers say they plan to examine the effectiveness of such treatments as chiropractic, acupuncture, herbal therapies, and massage, and will look at how they work or interact with traditional medicine. Harvard calls its program integrative medicine, for the combination of alternative and mainstream treatments. Americans make an estimated 600 million office visits to practitioners of integrative medicine each year and spend $30 billion on treatments, according to a recent Harvard study.
The program, established with a $10 million gift from San Francisco philanthropist Bernard Osher and $2 million from the school, will work in conjunction with a similar one at the University of California at San Francisco.
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| SOURCE: Associated Press |
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