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HEALTH NEWS FOR SEPTEMBER 2004

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Feature Articles:
Chiropractic Versus Muscle Relaxants
Back Surgery – Disappointing Outcomes
Smoking and Pregnancy
Green Tea Good For Blood Pressure
Chiropractors Part Of Olympic Team Medical Staff




Chiropractic Versus Muscle Relaxants
A recent study published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics compared the success of chiropractic care, muscle relaxants and a placebo for the relief of subacute low back pain (back pain present 2-6 weeks). According to the findings, chiropractic was more beneficial than placebo in reducing pain and more beneficial than either placebo or muscle relaxants in reducing Global Impression of Severity Scale (a measure of overall severity).
SOURCE: JMPT. July-August 2004 • Volume 27 • Number 6

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Back Surgery – Disappointing Outcomes
After studying more than 18,000 patients with low back pain, researchers found those with previous back surgeries (roughly 20 percent of the group studied) were found to have significantly worse general health status than those without surgery. This highlights the importance of exhausting safer, non-invasive forms of care, such as chiropractic, prior to considering surgery.
SOURCE: Spine. 29(17):1931-1937, September 1, 2004.

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Smoking and Pregnancy
English researchers confirmed previous studies linking smoking during pregnancy to an increased occurrence of cleft palate – a birth defect characterized by a split or opening in the roof of the mouth; cleft lip is where there is failure of the upper lip to completely join. In this recent study, maternal smoking during the first trimester of pregnancy increased the odds of cleft lip with or without cleft palate by 1.9 fold and the risk of cleft palate by 2.3 fold. Moreover, there was evidence that passive smoking also raised the risk of these and other orofacial cleft defects.
SOURCE: Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal. July 2004.

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Green Tea Good For Blood Pressure
Taiwanese researchers have found green tea and oolong tea drinkers less likely to develop high blood pressure. In The Archives of Internal Medicine report, the researchers stated that certain varieties of tea contain some 4,000 chemical compounds, including flavonoids that help protect against heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure.
SOURCE: The Archives of Internal Medicine. July 2004.

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Chiropractors Part Of Olympic Team Medical Staff
For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, two doctors of chiropractic served on the official U.S. Olympic Team medical staff, an elite group of health care providers selected by the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) to treat U.S. Olympiads. Dr. Ira Shapiro of Old Bridge, N.J., and Dr. Marc Jaffe of Summit, N.J., joined 44 other medical professionals serving the U.S. Olympic Team at the Summer Games in Athens, Greece. Congratulations doctors!
SOURCE: American Chiropractic Association. August 12, 2004.

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