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Re: Student Loan Repayment Bill

Mortgage Litigation — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:28:53 -0000

A Bill to Create a Student Loan Repayment Programs for Human Service Employees. Embedded Scribd iPaper.

Re: Chiropractic Neck manipulation and Stroke Risk

Cuddlepie82 — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 10:19:02 -0000

People just refer to stroke as the only serious problem associated with cervical neck manipulation. What about other issues? I had a terrible experience and though I did not have a stroke (thank God), my neck has never been the same since. Scans revealed disc tearing and prolapse, which I did not have prior to manipulation. Point being- there are other problems and risks associated with neck manipulation that can cause significant problems and injury. Stroke is obviously at the extreme end, but there are less serious risks. Finally, two of the top neurosurgeons in the country told me that neck manipulations should never take place. I think the public need to know more about the risks associated with such practices.

Re: Student Loan Repayment Bill

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Re: Student Loan Repayment Bill

Loans — Thu, 12 May 2011 05:50:47 -0000

nice article... good for the students with loan repayment bill.

Re: When Stretching Doesn’t Work

Phlebotomy Training Online — Thu, 05 May 2011 08:58:22 -0000

This article is very informative and i don;t have flexibility. I just want to get it. Your advices and tips helped me a lot. Thanks for sharing and i will try to follow it.

Re: Student Loan Repayment Bill

student loan — Wed, 04 May 2011 02:45:23 -0000

Planning for repayment student loan is obviously important.

Re: Temporary Shortage

Joe Zappy — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:04:10 -0000

Hey, just to let you know the Musculoskeletal Pathologies Mid Term 1 study guide Q and A links bring up the Mid Term 2 study guide Q and A. There is currently no link that will show the Mid Term 1 study guide Q and A. Thanks for all your posts, they're life savers.

Re: Diagnosis

kschuster — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:15:42 -0000

Thanks for letting me know, the notes are up!

Re: Understanding loan repayment options

kschuster — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:09:43 -0000

Thank you for the comment, but one note, the article covers exactly you point...

"although chiropractors are technically covered (as all primary care physicians are included), as of writing this article, the lack of naming chiropractic specifically has blocked out entrance."

Re: Understanding loan repayment options

Arr3905 — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:31:50 -0000

some of this information is wrong, such as the $50,000 you can get from the NHSC, with 2 years of service. They do not offer the program to Chiropractors, there is a movement to get us in but i has not happened.

Re: Diagnosis

Dchicoz — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:09:04 -0000

links to questions for test 1 & 2 are not working :o(

Re: Chiropractic Neck manipulation and Stroke Risk

Chiropractor Buford — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:53:53 -0000

Chiropractic care is generally safe if it can be applied skillfully and appropriately. I have to like this natural method because it has no side effect as traditional treatment methods.

Re: Hi, My name is Christopher, and I’m a grainaholic.

manu40 — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:47:57 -0000

Wow! THat's great! It's exactly what I started to do a month ago. I've been doing pretty good so far!! That's a nice article! Good job!

Re: Bending Your Knees to Lift is Just the Beginning…

Ryan Shum — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:00:58 -0000

Nicely done Sean. Keep it up! Hope you're doing well.

Re: Stroke Recognition Tests

kmayes74 — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:59:42 -0000

In response to twilson, it would be quite difficult to "rule out" something that hasn't actually happened yet when the patient is in the chiropractor's (or MD's) office. As for the blanket statement that chiropractors are reckless, my first visit to the chiropractor for unrelenting headaches was a far superior diagnostic experience than the visit to an MD for the same complaint. The MD spent less than 15 minutes with me and wrote a prescription to be taken each time I had a headache, which was every day. He had never even met me before that day! In contrast, the chiropractor performed a thorough orthopedic and neurological exam and took x-rays that were read by an outside radiologist before laying one hand on me. On the day I received my first adjustment I walked into the office with the same headache I had every day for the last several weeks...and walked out without it! The headaches have not returned to this day and I will forever be grateful to the chiropractor who lifted that burden.

Re: Swine Flu Statistics

kschuster — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:45:18 -0000

As you had mentioned, this posting is nothing more than a 'musing', and it's designation of such means this post is not believed to be of any significant merit. A musing also contains information that is not well supported and thus I'd strongly recommend against giving it to patients.

I had also noted in the post that the vaccination alone is unlikely the causal agent, and if anything, the post is somewhat a parody on the abuse of statistics (i have a host of extra variable off the top of my head but i wanted to see if any readers had things to say). But, that said, "wondering" is the start of research. Logic and research both start with a question, often jumpstarted by a confusing revelation. This post suggests that we should look deep into the situation to piece out why these statistics are occurring, be it vaccination related or pure happenstance. Also as you said, the post is a subject of debate, not fact.

I agree, critical thinking is something that is often lacking, hence why most of my personal posts just present data while leaving my own personal opinions out of it. I feel people are smart enough to make their own decisions, and in either direction, and I don't care if it mirrors my own as long as its well informed.

Thank you for the comment!

Re: Swine Flu Statistics

A concerned DC... — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:46:30 -0000

If these ridiculous statistics make you wonder, you should really focus more on critical thinking skills during your education. The entire field of epidemiology is proof that drawing faulty, partially accusatory, inflammatory, alarmist conclusions from this data is totally and completely invalid - whether it "makes you think" or not. Posting them on a chiropractic student website only furthers the stigma that chiropractors and chiropractic schools leave a lot to be desired in the critical thinking department. As a chiropractor and recent graduate, I can say that sadly, this is too often the truth. There are reasonable questions to ask on the subject - such as why two people live in the same house and only one gets sick (how can we talk about, affect, or enhance this 'immunity')

Mongolia has far, far fewer chiropractors than America does. Should we think about this correlation as well? There are no less than thousands of differences between Americans and Mongolians in general - are all of these "correlations" that should "make us think"?

You were on the right track when you said that correlation does not equal causation. It is a shame you did not stop typing with that sentence.

The facts as we know them about the safety of the swine flu vaccine ARE NOT the basis of decision for families choosing the pass on vaccination. Alarmist reactions in the media and special interest groups are. Sure, you get your holistic, vegetarian family who claims to have done all the research (and maybe they have) but they knew which decision they were going to make before they started. When you go looking for the outcome in the evidence, you'll usually find it - no matter what outcome you are looking for. I hope you'll remember that as a chiropractor you'll have patients in your office that are giving you the responsibility of educating them regarding matters such as these. I hope, for your patients' sake and the sake of your credibility, liability, and inter-professional relations that you will be much more measured in that communication than you were in this post.

Having said all of that, this is but a blog and this post was in a section called musings. By definition, one is allowed to muse over whatever one chooses - and encouraging debate is good for both your website traffic and the subject at hand.

Re: Stroke Recognition Tests

kschuster — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:41:48 -0000

Hardly the purpose of this article, but at any rate I'll reply. Your comments are fortunately, inaccurate. MD's prescribe medications that have far higher risk rates than those seen in Chiropractic, for example statins which are given to prevent heart attacks are actually linked to causing heart attacks. That does not mean MD's are Quacks and dangerous, they are just using the best tools that they currently have, as do chiropractors.

If you doubt my statin statement I'll write an article on that topic in the near future.

Re: Stroke Recognition Tests

skeptic — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:37:41 -0000

I agree with twilson, I don't see any md's adjusting people's necks! You're quack actoins are just dangerous.

Re: Stroke Recognition Tests

twilson — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:34:27 -0000

If chiropractors can't rule out a stroke they shouldn't adjust. This is just proof that Chiropractors are reckless and that people should see MD's only.

Re: Swine Flu Statistics

twilson — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:26:11 -0000

Of course I'm going to get vaccinated! Even if the odds of the swine flu killing me are low, they are still there!! Plus I don't want to be sick at any rate!

Re: ADHD and nutrition: finding an alternative treatment that works

kschuster — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:50:04 -0000

Charlotte, I am not familiar with EFT and would like to know more about it. Could you please provide any available research for EFT? Thank you.

Re: Is the Mercury in Thiomersal Dangerous

kschuster — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:48:13 -0000

Hi matt, the author is myself, Kristopher Schuster. How did you find this website?

Re: Is the Mercury in Thiomersal Dangerous

Matt — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:32:35 -0000

Who is the author of this article please?

Please provide information.

Re: Lutein

kschuster — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:41:38 -0000

Obviously a dosage of 2000ppm, it is somewhat unrealistic, as it works out to about 4 grams a day if i've converted it properly for a standard rat weight.

However, what is interesting is that the researchers first tested to see what dosage level the rats where able sustain without showing any signs of distress, disease, or weight loss. It was not that no signs of distress were noted until ... Read Morethe rates received a 2500ppm dosage level. I say that this is interesting because it lends credence to the idea that a lot of things that we consume in excess don't overtly harm us, but are really killing us from the inside.