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Table Of Contents
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Chiropractic: Evidence-Based Modern Scientific Resources and Other Articles
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Cardiovascular Disease: Evidence-Based Modern Scientific Resources
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Health Unlimited by Dr. Immerman : A full text handbook to natural health
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Health Articles: Scroll down page for this frequently updated section.
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Valuable Links: Scroll down page for this frequently updated section.
1. Chiropractic: Evidence-Based Modern Scientific Resources and Other Articles
Click here or on the title above for a new page with more detailed information. You will learn what happens when a chiropractor is the first contact provider compared to an MD for low back pain in a typical health insurance plan, in this case the Tennessee Blue Cross Blue Shield plan. Costs for care were 40% less when the chiropractor was the first contact provider.
You will also learn what happens when chiropractic care is added to a large health plan like AHCCCS. This has been thoroughly researched and here is the answer: Reduced surgeries, hospitalizations, MRIs, x-rays and overall back care costs. We have the evidence.
What happens when chiropractors become primary care physician (PCP) gatekeepers? This has been thoroughly researched with results published in peer-reviewed medical literature which we have posted.
Chiropractic treatment has been studied scientifically at great length resulting in publication of recent peer-reviewed journal articles. The results are reviewed on our separate page.
The alternative treatments for typical neck and back pain are NSAIDs (Advil, Motrin, aspirin) and opiates (Lorcet, Vicodin, Oxycontin, etc.). Chiropractic is much safer than these alternatives and so should be tried first. Read the truly startling evidence about these common drugs and make intelligent choices by clicking here.
Is chiropractic effective for any non-neuromusculoskeletal conditions such as asthma or fibromyalgia? We report the scientific evidence.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the AMA engaged in an active conspiracy to boycott chiropractic and "contain and eliminate" the entire profession. In 1987, the AMA was issued a Permanent Injunction Order in an effort to ban any further efforts to destroy the chiropractic profession. Read a newspaper article about how the boycott continues and must stop.
Click here to go to the page with all of ACS' information on chiropractic.
2. Gross Overutilization of Spinal Injections and Surgery
Click here or on the title above to open a new pagewith excerpts from the invaluable highly referenced 2009 online medical journal article "Overtreating Chronic Back Pain: Time to Back Off?" The authors include Richard A. Deyo, MD, MPH; Sohail K. Mirza, MD, MPH; Judith A. Turner, PhD; Brook I. Martin, MPH. The link to the full article ishttp://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/58695.This study documents gross overutilization of invasive, highly expensive epidural injections and spinal surgeries. In most cases, inexpensive and relatively safe chiropractic procedures would make far more sense.
On the new page you will also find a special investigative articleon back surgery by Harvard Medical School Professor and writer for The New Yorker, Jerome Groopman, M.D., from April 8, 2002 entitled "A Knife in the Back."This article is a must-read for those wishing to understand the overutilization of back surgery.
3. Dangers of NSAIDS and Opiate Pain Medications
The "Silent Epidemic" of NSAIDs
Why not just put all patients on NSAIDs? Here's why.
4. Cancer: Evidence-Based Modern Scientific Resources
Clicking here or on the title above will open a new page with peer-reviewed journal articles, in depth reports from the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, George Lundberg, M.D., former editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, David Servan-Schreiber, an M.D. and a PhD, and many more reliable and authoritative sources.
Everything you read will point you in one direction: You do have some control over whether or not you will get cancer based on your lifestyle choices. Furthermore, if you have cancer, you can influence the course of the disease by the lifestyle choices you make. We have assembled a unique assortment of references for educational purposes. Just click here to go to the ACS Cancer Evidence-Based Scientific Resource Center.
5. Cardiovascular Disease: Evidence Based Scientific Resources
Senior medical authorities have now proven that most patients who receive coronary bypass surgery and angioplasty/stenting procedures could have solved their problems by changing their diet. Read the scientific evidence from institutions such as the Cleveland Clinic.The cost savings would be huge if diet were substituted as treatment for surgical cardiology in many cases. Click here to open the ACS Cardiovascular Disease Evidence-Based Scientific Resource Page.
6. Inflammation, Toxemia and Detoxification: Key to Understanding Health and Disease; Rheumatoid Arthritis: Its Roots and Solutions Found in Diet
Click here or on the title above to learn everything you ever wanted to know about inflammation, anti-inflammatory drugs and herbs and the wisdom of their use, toxemia and the role of toxins in the cause of disease, and the value of detoxification in the maintenance and restoration of health.
Inflammation is a natural part of the healing process that is turned on by the body when needed. Inflammatory diseases include osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, neuritis, gastritis, sinusitis and every other disease with a name ending in "itis." It makes no sense to take anti-inflammatory drugs and herbs to stop this healing process. Learn the cause of inflammation by clicking here.
It has long been thought that toxins are at the root of many diseases, and that inflammation is turned on by the body to destroy the toxins. Detoxification to eliminate toxins may be the answer. Click here to learn all about the theory about toxemia as a central cause of disease, and the value of detoxification as a major solution.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a classic inflammatory disease. All of the above-described theories about inflammation, toxemia and detoxification have been scientifically tested with rheumatoid arthritis patients and the results have been published in scientific journals. Click here to read how rheumatoid arthritis can be managed without drugs if ingestion of certain toxins in foods is completely avoided. These studies proved the validity of the theory of toxemia as a major cause of inflammatory diseases.
7. Key Resources on Fever
Fever: Is it good for you or bad for you? Should you take drugs to lower your fever? At what temperature should you give your children fever medications? What are the benefits of fever? Click here or on the title above and find the answers to all these questions.
ACS has assembled a number of references including journal articles from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the New York Times, and CBS. You will be surprised to learn the true facts about fever compared to what the experts call persistent unfounded "fever phobia." Click here to read the full story about fever, including its great benefits.
8. Health Unlimited - A Full Text Guide Online
By Alan M. Immerman, D.C.
Author's Introduction: This is a full book mainly addressing nutrition and detoxification which was published by Naturegraph Publishing in 1989. It is now out-of-print so I decided to post it full text on the Internet for free. I hope you find it helpful. Click here to read full book online in PDF format.
9. Health Articles
Health Unlimited!by Alan M. Immerman, D.C. A complete book online. This guide to health was used as a text at Parker College of Chiropractic. Go to http://soilandhealth.org/02/0201hyglibcat/HlthUltd.pdf.
"Can Diet Prolong Lifespan?" by Alan M. Immerman, D.C., ACA Journal, February 1982
"Evidence for Intestinal Toxemia" by Alan M. Immerman, D.C., ACA Journal, April 1979
"Scientific Basis for the Concept of Toxemia" by Alan M. Immerman, D.C., ACA Journal, June, 1981
10. Links
True North Health Education and Fasting Center at http://www.healthpromoting.com/index.htm
Dean Ornish M.D. Lifestyle Program on WebMD at http://www.webmd.com/diet/ornish-diet-what-it-is
International Association of Hygienic Physicians at http://www.iahp.net/index.htm
National Health Association and the American Natural Hygiene Society at http://www.healthscience.org/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/
The Bruce Levine Home Page for responsible critical commentary on psychiatry and psychology at http://www.brucelevine.net/www.brucelevine.net
Dan Murphy, D.C. Home Page at danmurphydc.com
Spine Research Institute of San Diego and Arthur Croft, D.C. at http://www.srisd.com/index2.htm
11. Addiction Screening Resources for Your Practice
DASH Drug Abuse Screening Test
DAST Drug Abuse Screening Test
ADDICTION SCREENING TEST CPT CODES
99408 Alcohol and drug intervention 15-30 minutes
99409 Alcohol and drug intervention 30+ minutes
96150 SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral & Treatment)
ADDICTION-RELATED ARTICLES AND STUDIES
New View of Addiction Stirs Up a Storm, the fix
Substance Abuse: A Prenatal to Grave Public Health Issue, Dynamic Chiropractic
Drug Harms in the UK: A Multi-criteria Analysis, The Lancet, 2010
CNN.com: Painkillers are a Gateway to Heroin