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Chiropractic office procedures: unproven or experimental coding, patient communication

Improving documentation, selecting proper codes and minimizing risk when performing chiropractic office procedures in this category is key

Chiropractor table options and specialty equipment for pregnant patients

Prepare your office with chiropractor table options to provide care for expecting mothers. Extensive research has shown that chiropractic care during…

When pediatric chiropractic care saves lives

Why is this story so important? Because all across the world right now, especially in places like Australia, providing pediatric chiropractic care…

Joint degeneration and orthotic support

As we age there’s a gradual decline in the skeleton’s capacity to handle joint degeneration and the forces of daily living…

3 reasons doctors and DCs need to be wary of health and medical wearables

They put a new focus on health for patients, but medical wearables come with issues for health care providers

Are your patients worried about CBD and hemp oil?

Today, CBD and help oil can be found in a variety of products, many of which are designed to help individuals ease pain and achieve a higher level of health without worry. It can be delivered in capsules, soft gels and powders, and it is also in quite a few topicals and oils, making it a substance that patients can take in whatever form they’re most comfortable using.

Industry Highlights

What every health professional needs to know about cellular detoxification

Sponsored by Systemic Formulas As a society oftentimes defined by its excess, more and more Americans are choosing to undergo detoxification in an effort to undo any potential damages that these surpluses create. The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health reports that many of these detoxes revolve around diet — such as fasting, drinking […]

The benefits of using natural topical products for pain relief

Though available pain remedies include taking prescription or over-the-counter medications, engaging in physical therapy, and — in severe cases — undergoing surgery, some patients have found relief with all-natural herbal options instead. Natural emollients such as beeswax, jojoba seed oil, cottonseed oil and shea butter are good for moisturizing and softening skin, but are also effective as carriers for pain-relieving ingredients in topical creams.

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Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College’s Martha Funabashi awarded New Frontiers in Research Fund to investigate spinal manipulation therapy

TORONTO — On May 23, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) announced that CMCC researcher Martha Funabashi, PhD, has been awarded a New Frontiers in Research Fund Award, a Tri-Agency Institutional Programs Secretariat grant (CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC) for early career researchers to conduct international, interdisciplinary, high-risk and high-reward research. Funabashi’s research proposal won the award through […]

Logan University partners with Grambling State University

On May 23, Logan University announced it has partnered with Grambling State University in Grambling, Louisiana, on an articulation agreement that establishes a new 3+3 dual-degree, pre-chiropractic program between the two institutions. The program makes it possible for qualified students to earn both a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Grambling State and a Doctor […]

Chiropractor Merkle keynote speaker at Clinical Society for Integrative Oncology

Doctor of chiropractic Van Merkle in April served as the keynote speaker at the Clinical Society for Integrative Oncology in Seoul, Korea, where…

Little DaVinci appearing on Season 2 of Emmy-nominated Tomorrow’s World Today

Pittsburgh, Pa. — If you’ve ever struggled to convince a child that broccoli is a necessary part of life or had a toddler who refused to eat anything but frozen waffles for what seemed like an eternity, then you know it can be a challenge for kids to get all of the vitamins and minerals […]

ACA joins Voices Coalition to increase access to non-opioid pain treatments

The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) has joined forces with Voices for Non-Opioid Choices (“Voices”), a nonpartisan coalition of more than 20 organizations committed to preventing opioid addiction before it starts by increasing patient access to non-opioid therapies and approaches for managing acute pain. Chiropractors’ use of spinal manipulation as a non-drug approach to back pain […]

Palmer College of Chiropractic receives $100,000 grant for new Learning Commons

A $100,000 grant awarded to Palmer College of Chiropractic by the Regional Development Authority (RDA) will support campus enhancement plans that will help ensure current and future students have a top-of-the-line learning experience. This is the largest grant ever awarded to Palmer by the RDA. One of the first major projects to be undertaken is […]

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How green can your practice grow?

The United States generates an enormous amount of waste that presents a serious threat to our environment and wildlife. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Americans produced approximately 258 million tons of trash just in 2014. Recycling and “going green” are ways to reduce the amount of waste each of us produces. But just how much of a difference can we make by being more aware of our wasteful habits and working to reduce them?

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