Back Surg. Part 3

Back Surgery: Too Many, Too Costly, Too ineffective, Part 3 By J.C. Smith, MA, DC Medical Myths The reason for the ineffectiveness of spine surgeries in general for nonspecific back pain, which constitutes 85 percent of all low back pain cases,61 is not due to faulty...

CNN Slams CAM

CNN Slams CAM Again Certainly the bias in the media is a constant concern for complementary and alternative healthcare providers (CAM), whether it is “professional amnesia” as Tony Rosner, PhD, described the forgetfulness of the medical media to acknowledge CAM...

Back Surg. Part 2

Back Surgery: Too Many, Too Costly, Too Ineffective, Part 2 By J.C. Smith, MA, DC David Spodick, MD, professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts, has stated: “Surgery is the sacred cow of our health-care system and surgeons are the sacred cowboys...

More Malarkey @ CNN

More Malarkey @ CNN.com The continuing flurry of news articles has revealed the abuse, expense, and “inefficient” nature of medical spine care (opioids, ESIs, and fusions). The following is a short list of recent news articles critical of medical spine care:...

JFK’s Bad Back

Kennedy & Chiropractic: Which Conspiracy? The 50th anniversary of the death of President John F. Kennedy rekindles shocking memories of those indelible four days in November 1963 when the world first heard the unbelievable news of the assassination that cut him...