The First National Conference on Chiropractic and Pediatrics, sponsored by the International Chiropractors Association (ICA) and the Foundation for the Advancement of Chiropractic Tenets and Sciences (FACTS), will be held November 15-17 at the Pan Pacific Hotel in San Diego, California. Over 20 speakers will present lectures on a broad spectrum of topics, and the conference will feature paper presentations and workshops on dealing with difficult cases. For more information contact: ICA, 1110 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22201.
National College Faculty Member Testifies to NIH
Marion McGregor, D.C., M.Sc., recently testified at the National Institute of Health's (NIH) Office of Research on Women's Health. Dr. McGregor is associate professor at the National College of Chiropractic's (NCC) department of research, and her testimony was a consensus effort by the college's research department. The meeting, called by the Task Force on Opportunities for Research on Women's Health, allowed the public sector to identify the needs and opportunities for biomedical research on women's health issues.
Dr. McGregor's testimony focused on the role of conservative health care and chiropractic spinal manipulation in treating certain conditions that occur during women's reproductive years including primary dysmenorrhea and low back pain during pregnancy and labor. She also spoke on the issue of women using chiropractic and gave a cost/benefit analysis of chiropractic care. Her testimony, among others, will help the task force set the women's health research agenda for the different institutes of the NIH for the next 10-15 years.
NYCC Seneca Campus Gets Occupancy Certificate
The newly-completed buildings at the New York Chiropractic College (NYCC) Seneca Falls campus recently received their certificates of occupancy. The administration building was the first to receive a certificate. NYCC will hold opening ceremonies for the Seneca Falls campus September 1, and September 13-15.
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.
On Feb. 1, 2024, two more legislators – John R. Carter (R-Texas) and Robert “Bob” Good (R-Va.) – co-sponsored the Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2023, bringing the co-sponsor total to 155, two more than the total achieved over the entire two-year congressional cycle in which identical legislation last appeared (2021-22).
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.
