People who work in public healthcare, or are involved with the promotion of health practitioners or techniques, do not have an absolute right to a reputation. It is most important that the claims, behaviours and results achieved are subject to the highest levels of public scrutiny. It is only in doing so that we can [...]

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1. What Next for the British Chiropractic Association? The BMJ has today published an exchange between the British Chiropractic Association and Professor Edzard Ernst examining the claims of the BCA that chiropractic is effective in treating childhood ailments...
2. A Carnival [...]

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From Confessions of a Quackbuster
http://quackfiles.blogspot.com/2006/12/chiropractic-index-to-all-entries-here.html
1/23/2010 5:35:00 AM
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Interesting observations from chiropractor KenNiemann, linked here without comment:

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California Center For Fitness & Functional Medicine :: Therapies :: Chiropractic


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From Confessions of a Quackbuster
http://quackfiles.blogspot.com/2007/07/interesting-observations-from.html
8/1/2007 12:08:00 AM
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You know, having asked David Bellamy earlier in the week to use his influence as Patron of the British Homeopathic Association, to urge them to unequivocally condemn those lay homeopaths who travel to Africa to treat HIV, malaria and TB with sugar pills, you might be surprised to learn that I am not expecting any [...]

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1. How the British Chiropractic Association Targets Children The British Chiropractic Association do not appear to be too hot on evidence. Given that they are suing Simon Singh, a science writer, for saying that they promoted treatments for...

2. From The Quackometer
   http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2011/09/the-british-homeopathic-association-undermine-public-confidence-in-medicine.html
   9/2/2011 5:44:09 AM
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No. I’ve not been converted and I’m not urging you all to realise that the future of humanity and an end to all pain, suffering and diseases known to man lies in the chiropractic way. It’s the name of a chiropractic clinic in Edinburgh. They wanted to spread the word about the benefits of chiropractic and [...]

From Zeno's Blog
http://www.zenosblog.com/2010/01/discover-chiropractic/
1/27/2010 11:01:57 AM
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The British Chiropractic Association has finally dropped their misconceived libel action against Dr Simon Singh. Best of all, the BCA have done this in Chiropractic Awareness Week. The first announcement of it was from the Chambers of one of Simon’s QCs, William McCormick: British Chiropractic Association v Singh – BCA admits defeat. The BCA today served a Notice of [...]

From Zeno's Blog
http://www.zenosblog.com/2010/04/chiropractic-awareness-week-2008-2010/
4/15/2010 8:03:19 PM
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The Foundation for Chiropractic Progress surpasses 2011 goal. The Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (F4CP), architect of the longest running public awareness campaign for the chiropractic profession, recently announced its cumulative 2011 coverage numbers at an astounding 3.46 Billion — greatly surpassing their initial goal of 2 billion. Tracked by a reliable public relations formula, the… more

From Skeptic.com
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12/20/2011 5:03:31 PM
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Last week, we saw the “first national conference” of the College of Medicine – the organisation that has arisen from the ashes of Prince Charles’ Foundation for Integrated Health. The Foundation closed last year after it failed to provide its accounts after an employee ran off with all the money. The College of Medicine appears to [...]

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1. The Role of UK Universities in Chiropractic The decision by the British Chiropractic Association to sue Simon Singh will undoubtedly bring increased scrutiny of chiropractic. I would like to start with a first look at the education...
2. A Carnival of Bogus* [...]

   From The Quackometer
   http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2011/05/doses-of-expedience.html
   5/23/2011 6:12:58 AM
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CCE Holds Public Meeting - Anti- Subluxation Activist Elected as Chairman | The Chronicle of Chiropractic. It is asserted by several organized groups within the chiropractic profession that the CCE  purposely ignores the conservative faction of the profession and that it is systematically using its monopoly on accreditation to reshape the chiropractic ... more

From Skeptic.com
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Skepticcom/~3/qHp6YpsvrfY/
1/24/2012 1:04:54 PM
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Subluxation-free Chiropractic? The long-simmering internecine wars among various factions of chiropractic recently reached a full boil when the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) had the audacity to eliminate the word “subluxation” from its draft 2012 “Standards for Doctor of Chiropractic Programs.” The CCE is the official U.S. Department of Education-approved accreditation agency for chiropractic colleges. [...]

From Science-Based Medicine
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=8252
11/18/2010 10:00:38 PM
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Chiropractic is a diverse collection of beliefs and practices occurring under a broad regulatory label. The differences among various chiropractics are so stark that it is difficult to make general statements about chiropractic practice. At one end of the spectrum, however, are so-called “straight” chiropractors who adhere to the original philosophy of D.D. Palmer – [...]

From Science-Based Medicine
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/chiropractic-neurology/
11/17/2011 12:31:26 AM
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The General Chiropractic Council, a UK-wide statutory body with regulatory powers, has just published a new position statement on the chiropractic subluxation complex: The chiropractic vertebral subluxation complex is an historical concept but it remains a theoretical model. It is not supported by any clinical research evidence that would allow claims to be made that it [...]

From Science-Based Medicine
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=5339
5/29/2010 5:00:42 PM
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In April 2008 best selling UK author Dr Simon Singh wrote an opinion piece in the Guardian newspaper regarding chiropractic treatments that contained the following paragraph: “The British Chiropractic Association claims that their members can help treat children with colic, sleeping and feeding problems, frequent ear infections, asthma and prolonged crying, even though there is [...]

From Young Australian Skeptics
http://www.youngausskeptics.com/2010/12/body-brilliant-chiropractic-1-at-manipulation/
12/5/2010 8:03:07 PM
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A spirited exchange about chiropractic arose in response to a recent post proposing “The Cure” for the legalization of implausible and unproven diagnostic methods and treatments. Some comments pointed to the implausibility of the chiropractic “subluxation” and the lack of robust evidence of efficacy/effectiveness for spinal manipulation, as well as the difficulty of understanding what [...]

From Science-Based Medicine
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/spinal-fusion-chiropractic-and-subluxation/
11/3/2011 4:00:41 PM
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I just found this over at Forbes.com.

The headline above should be good for a laugh, but believe it or not, chiropracters around the world are claiming that they can help your body repair its DNA. All of them cite the same 2005 article as evidence, so I read the article to find out what it was all about.

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From Skeptics in the Pub NZ
http://skepticsinthepub.net.nz/forum/chiropractic-cures-your-dna
11/15/2011 6:59:35 AM
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Today, the University of Wales announced that it is to cease accrediting degrees at all but two colleges. The University has made a business in education by accrediting degrees from private colleges both here in the UK and across the world. But in doing so, it has been criticised for letting standards drop and allowing bogus [...]

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1. The Role of UK Universities in Chiropractic The decision by the British Chiropractic Association to sue Simon Singh will undoubtedly bring increased scrutiny of chiropractic. I would like to start with a first look at the education...

2. From The Quackometer
   http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2011/10/mctimoney-chiropractic-college-in-deep-trouble.html
   10/4/2011 5:03:59 AM
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Chiropractic has origins in mysticism and vitalistic thinking. Given its popularity and seeming mainstream acceptance, it's easy to forget that these days. Fortunately, Daryl Cunningham reminds us of the history of chiropractic, including its philosophical underpinnings and potential complications:

From Respectful Insolence
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scienceblogs/insolence/~3/4AYfBKvx714/a_brief_history_of_chiropractic.php
8/23/2011 6:00:00 PM
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From Skeptic's Subreddit
http://www.reddit.com/r/skeptic/comments/o2ym0/for_neck_pain_chiropractic_and_exercise_are/
1/5/2012 7:55:25 AM
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Sam Homola recently posted an article at Science-Based Medicine where he describes his attempts to remove pseudoscience (i.e. subluxations) from chiropractic so as to provide treatments that provide legitimate effective treatment for back pain. It can be hoped that Homola succeeds but he has been at this since the early 1960s and progress has been [...] Related posts:

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From Matharu's Rants and Raves
http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/12/30/729.html
12/31/2011 7:05:28 AM
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It's always frightening when lawyers delve into the realm of medicine.

Such was the thought running through my mind when I came across the most recent issue of the Yale Journal of Medicine & Law. The result is what I would most accurately characterize as--shall we say?--uneven. Even though the authors try to don the mantle of skepticism, for the most part they fail. Perhaps the best example of this failure is this particular article entitled Chiropractic Medicine: "Quackery's" Struggle for Fair Practice. Rarely have I seen an article as chock full of misinformation about chiropractic written by an apparent non-chiropractor. I'll show you what I mean. First, the author (Eduard Vangelder) begins with the classic logical fallacy of appealing to popularity:

Chiropractic medicine is a [...]

From Respectful Insolence
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scienceblogs/insolence/~3/E6WDdUkZM88/the_yale_journal_of_medicine_law_blows_i.php
8/19/2011 12:00:00 AM
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Edzard Ernst recently commented on two Cochrane reviews involving chiropractic, which drew my attention to these reviews. I have to admit finding the results a little surprising. In general, the total body of evidence fails to support most of the … Continue reading →

From The SkeptVet Blog
http://skeptvet.com/Blog/2011/03/chiropractic-the-more-we-look-the-less-we-find/
3/21/2011 9:03:47 AM
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Steven Novella recently wrote about so-called “chiropractic neurology” and its most outspoken proponent, Ted Carrick.  In 2005 I published an article in The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine (Vol 9, No 1, p. 11-15) entitled “Blind-Spot Mapping, Cortical Function, and Chiropractic Manipulation.” It was an analysis of a study Carrick had published. Carrick read a shorter, [...]

From Science-Based Medicine
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/blind-spot-mapping-cortical-function-and-chiropractic-manipulation/
11/29/2011 7:00:05 PM
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When I graduated from Lincoln Chiropractic College in 1956, I had come to the conclusion that chiropractic’s subluxation theory, that misaligned vertebrae can cause organic disease, was not true. When I began my practice in Panama City, Florida, I limited my practice to care of mechanical-type back pain and related problems. Back then, that was [...]

From Science-Based Medicine
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/subluxation-theory-a-belief-system-that-continues-to-define-the-practice-of-chiropractic/
12/30/2011 7:00:23 PM
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A link to my blog revealed an article promoting chiropractic care and treatment for scoliosis. It claims that, "it has been proven to be just as effective, if not more, than the existing treatment options [preventing] further progression" and also, "momentous improvement" from using chiropractic. Is this true? No.

From A canna’ change the laws of physics
http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/chiropractic-care-and-treatment-for-scoliosis/
8/1/2009 4:55:23 AM
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A Professor of Chiropractic appears upset with people questioning the safety of Chiropractic, as it really works for musculoskeletal disorders. The problem is with all the anti-democratic, exclusive, positivist scientists who have not made it into the post-normal age who are ontologically commited to only part of the knowledge base. That's very naughty!

From A canna’ change the laws of physics
http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/in-praise-of-chiropractic/
7/4/2009 4:05:12 AM
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