Tom Deters, D.C. editor-in-chief of Muscle and Fitness magazine and associate publisher of Flex magazine, spoke to the National College of Chiropractic (NCC)'s Sports Injury and Physical Fitness Council as a guest speaker. Dr. Deter lectured on diet strategy, performance nutrition, and body fat control. "Nutrition is a basic component of health and fitness," he said. "If we can predict or determine something, such as high body fat, we could also identify the patient as being high risk for cancer, diabetes or heart disease. This way, we could offer better care."
Dr. Lawrence M. Power was appointed dean of Academic Affairs at Parker College of Chiropractic. Dr. Power is a magna cum laude graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic. He has a bachelor's degree as well as additional diplomas in philosophy and education from the Marist Brothers Teaching Order (a monastic teaching order), with a master's degree in science from St. Francis College in Leeton, Australia and a senior science master's degree from St. Joseph's College in Mildura, Victoria, Australia. He has practiced in Queensland, Australia for the past 14 years.
The New York College of Chiropractic (NYCC) recently signed agreements with Herkimer County Community College of Herkimer, NY and Ulster County Community College of Stone Ridge, NY for the colleges to offer a pre-chiropractic program. Students intending to matriculate from NYCC will receive priority consideration in the admission selection process if they have achieved an associate of science degree from their college's pre-chiropractic program. The two community colleges are supervised by the State University of New York and are fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Said NYCC President Dr. Kenneth W. Padgett, "We are pleased to have these colleges join us in working toward a prosperous academic future."
Cleveland Chiropractic College at Kansas City (CCCKC)'s preceptorship program now has grown to a nationwide program. Once encompassing only a four-state area of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, students have now entered preceptorships in New Jersey, Ohio, Arizona, Utah, South Dakota, Washington, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Alabama and Wisconsin. CCCKC students must meet all clinical requirements before entering a preceptorship.
At commencement ceremonies held on April 11th, NCC graduated 78 new doctors of chiropractic. William M. Harris, D.C., president of the Foundation for the Advancement of Chiropractic Education (FACE), was the commencement speaker and received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from NCC President Dr. James F. Winterstein. Margaret E. Hurley and Christopher D. Owens graduated summa cum laude; Julia B. Edmanns and Jay S. Greenstein graduated magna cum laude; and Laura L. Baffes and Mary T. Powers graduated cum laude.
DCs in the northwestern region of Indiana recently formed an association to deal with the issues specific to that area of the state. The Northwestern Indiana Chiropractic Association (NICA) is "working to expand the parameters of chiropractic care in the northwest Indiana area, increase the public awareness of the need for chiropractic care, and to promote mutual co-operation among northwest Indiana chiropractors."
Many relevant diagnostic signs are not performed deliberately by the examiner or by the patient at the examiner’s direction. They are observed as the patient reacts to their condition. Fortin’s finger sign, Minor’s sign, and Vanzetti’s sign are three examples of this principle.
Spearheaded by burgeoning scientific and clinical research literature, psychedelics have reached a level of media coverage and popular interest that has not been seen for over half a century. By “psychedelics,” we are referring to the unique class of substances that includes psilocybin (the active compound found in so-called “magic mushrooms”), LSD, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), ayahuasca, 5-MeO-DMT, and mescaline – each of which occurs in the natural world (except for LSD, which is a semi-synthetic compound).
While working at the Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque, N.M., one of the primary care physicians stated that imaging every patient prior to receiving chiropractic was not medically necessary. It was at that point I reconsidered the need for the imaging of every patient to avoid malpractice.
