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World Chiropractic Alliance protests Kaiser Permanente policy change
The World Chiropractic Alliance (WCA) has contacted Kaiser Permanente to voice its opposition to the health plan company’s decision to exclude cervical Chiropractic Manipulative Treatment (CMT) from its policy coverage.
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Vietnam vet brings chiropractic to Texas State Guard
The response to recent articles in The Chiropractic Journal gives ample proof that the chiropractic community has a great interest in the profession’s role in the US military forces, National Guard, and veterans affairs. This month, we spotlight a member of a lesser-known military unit: the Texas State Guard.
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Chiropractic critic’s libel verdict overturned
Britain’s apparent war on chiropractic ramped up on the legal front when a Court of Appeal unanimously overruled an earlier decision that disparaging remarks made by science and medical writer Simon Singh about the British Chiropractic Association were libel. The appeals court now says his comments were simply “opinions” that fall within a defense of fair comment.
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Chiropractic tops other CAM approaches for back pain relief
Another research study, this one published in the May/June 2010 issue of Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, has shown that chiropractic and other non-medical approaches are effective in relieving back pain.
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Rheumatologists weigh in on CAM
A recent study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health shows that chiropractic may be more “acceptable” to some members of the mainstream medical profession but major hurdles still exist between any real integration of the two.
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