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Entries categorized 'Risk from Chiropractic'

Whataboutery! Quack trick no 7,988,771

Yesterdays Guardians front page led with a report accusing NHS hospitals of putting patients lives at risk. Not surprisingly The watchdogs failed to address sceptics concerns regarding the availability of homeopathic remedies within NHS. I wonder would Andy Lewis have protested about the use of homeopathy...

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Posted on February 17, 2010 by Richard Lanigan  |  4 Comments

Medicine is far more dangerous than chiropractic.

Zeno is angry because he believes chiropractic is bogus, he has made 600 complaints to the GCC and founded a new website Discover Chiropractic on which he offers this advice; If you have a medical condition or think that you might, or are worried about your health in any way, consult your registered...

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Posted on January 31, 2010 by Richard Lanigan  |  13 Comments

Vascular incidents happen in GP and Chiropractic clinics there is no epidemiological evidence that spinal manipulation is a causative factor.

If this lady had gone to a chiropractor the anti chiropractic rent a mouths would have been telling the Sun it was the chiropractors fault. When in fact vascular incidents in the neck are just as common after seeing a GP as they are after seeing a chiropractor (idiopathic vascular incidents ) The best...

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Posted on December 22, 2009 by Richard Lanigan  |  5 Comments

KISS:Keep it simple stupid!

No need to complicate something like “spinal manipulation”. Why not just find a good chiropractor. This kind of manipulation looks like it hurts.    Technorati Tags: chiropractic , spinal manipulation...

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Posted on August 15, 2009 by Richard Lanigan  |  2 Comments

Did pain medication cause Michael Jacksons death? Does The British Chiropractic Association want prescribing rights?

Technorati Tags: Demoral , NSAIDS , side effects , British Chiropractic Council , michael Jackson , David Beckham , Ice Did Demorol Cause Michael Jackson's Death? Friday , June 26, 200 The painkiller Demerol is rumored to have been given to Michael Jackson in the moments before he “collapsed and stopped...

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Posted on June 27, 2009 by Richard Lanigan  |  5 Comments

Chiropractic sceptic Andy Lewis wants “TRUTH”; Even a crap chiropractor must be better than Co-proxamol as a treatment for arthritis and safer to boot.

I see loads of patients with arthritis. Before Andy (the author of Quakometer reports me to the Advertising Standards Authority ) let me say there is no cure for osteoarthritis, however chiropractic, osteopathy and physiotherapy can help people cope better with it. Osteoarthritis was once a small ache...

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Posted on June 19, 2009 by Richard Lanigan  |  8 Comments

Good and bad doctors, good and bad chiropractors. Regulators care more about politics than peoples health.

Doctor tells MPs of 'intimidation' at Stafford Hospital A whistle-blowing consultant has lifted the lid on the medical practices that may have led to hundreds of deaths at a scandal-hit NHS hospital. By Martyn Halle Daily Telegraph. Published: 9:00PM BST 13 Jun 2009 Senior consultant Pradip Singh has...

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Posted on June 14, 2009 by Richard Lanigan  |  No Comments

Consent and risk from chiropractic

Consent: Its Practices and Implications in United Kingdom and United States Chiropractic Practice Langworthy JM, Cambron J. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. July 2007; Vol. 30, Iss. 6, pp. 419-431. Objective: This study explores the implementation of consent procedures in a sample...

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Posted on July 18, 2007 by Richard Lanigan  |  No Comments

Inability to identify stroke is a problem

Lack of stroke awareness puts victims at risk . (I thought this article was interesting, lack of awareness Could be causing problems for the chiropractic profession.) Polly Curtis, health correspondent Friday February 3, 2006 The Guardian Only one in five people can properly identify the symptoms of...

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Posted on February 15, 2006 by Richard Lanigan  |  No Comments

Stroke; the chiropractors nightmare.

Do a Google search of “chiropractic uk” in sixth place is www.chiropracticvictims.org.uk The home page states; Action for Victims of Chiropractic was started by Chiropractic Victim Mrs Frances S Denoon on the 20th March 2001. This site represent the only known support and pressure group in...

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Posted on January 11, 2006 by Richard Lanigan  |  No Comments