Pathways Article Summaries and References

Issue 01 - Spring 2004

 

Letter from the Editor
Jeanne Ohm, DC

We hope you enjoy our new look for our ICPA magazine. We will be sending it out quarterly/seasonally. For future issues we will be offering you the opportunity to purchase additional copies for your patients. Please stay tuned to our Ped Ex e-news updates for ordering information.

Another project we are launching on your behalf is additional advertising in major national publications. We have had such an overwhelming response from our members and the public about our ad in Mothering Magazine and the traffic to our Membership Referral Directory has increased significantly. We feel if we can advertise in publications like Parenting and/or Child, we will be reaching a larger audience on your behalf. Our goal remains consistent with yours—children need chiropractic care and parents need to know about this!

Our only challenge with this is the cost. Major publications are beyond our financial capabilities at this time. I was discussing this at a recent seminar, and explaining we will be needing additional funding from our members to launch this campaign. One of our members, Dr. Jason Nobles, stood up and brought me a check for $1,000 saying, please let me be the first to contribute to this project. I will help in any way I can—this is not happening anywhere else in chiropractic and we need it!

I have opened a special account just for this purpose and we are accepting funds to get this project underway. One year’s worth of advertising in a major publication costs approximately $40,000. We need all of your participation and are launching a special fund raiser to meet the needed goals. We would like our first ad to be in this fall issue so our final donation deadline is June 30, 2004. Please realize the impact this will have on your practice, the profession and of course, the children.

The Board of Directors wants to thank each and every one of your for your on-going support and enthusiasm for the ICPA and its growth. We want to acknowledge that your continued participation is the reason for our growth and we sincerely appreciate you. As practitioners ourselves, we strive to meet your expectations and needs in your own communities as you work with more and more families. Please consider yourself a part of our family and let’s grow together in research, training, education and service.

 

Feature Article:

Uncovering the Biology of Belief
Bruce Lipton, PhD

From the Article:

An Interview with Dr. Bruce Lipton
MasterTalk Volume 3, Number 9
by Dennis Perman, DC

Earlier this year, ODOC had the opportunity to bring Bruce Lipton, Ph.D. and Dennis Perman, DC, to our Spring Convention. From that association, Dr. Lipton had the opportunity to speak to the Masters Circle programs throughout America , which lead Dr. Perman to do an interview with Bruce for the MasterTalk recordings. This interview has been transcribed and is presented here with the permission of Dr. Perman...

About the Author:

Visit Dr. Lipton's site: www.brucelipton.com for additional articles.

 

Pregnancy & Birth:

Pregnancy Matters: Ultrasound in Pregnancy
Sarah Buckley, MD

This brief excerpt on Ultrasound is taken from an outstanding article by Sarah Buckley, MD, author, lecturer and practitioner in filed of pregnancy and birth. You can find out more about her and read about her work here: www.sarahjbuckley.com

From the Article:

I would urge all pregnant women to think deeply before they choose to have a routine ultrasound. It is not compulsory, despite what some doctors have said, and the risks, benefits and implications of scanning need to be considered for each mother and baby, according to their specific situation.

If you choose to have a scan, be clear about the information that you do and do not want to be told. Have your scan done by an operator with a high level of skill and experience (usually this means performing at least 750 scans per year) and say that you want the shortest scan possible. Ask them to fill out the form, or give you the information, as above, and to sign it.

If an abnormality is found, ask for counseling and a second opinion as soon as practical. And remember that it's your baby, your body and your choice...

First published in Nexus magazine, vol9, no 6, Oct-Nov 2002, Copyright Dr. Sarah Buckley. Reprinted with permission from Sarah Buckley.

References:

 

Nutritional Nuggets:

Baby Food News
Here’s the punch line. Make your own baby food.
Randall Neustaedter, O.M.D.

From the Article:

Here’s a new compelling reason. The European Food Safety Authority (equivalent to the FDA) announced that baby food jars contain a substance known to cause cancer and liver damage. The chemical, called semicarbazide, is found in the sealing gaskets of glass jars with metal lids. The chemical leaches into the foods contained in these jars...

 

Family Wellness:

A Wellness Approach for Children
Jane Sheppard

From the Article:

Healthy Child Online is a comprehensive resource providing parents and caregivers with free information and safe, natural products to enhance the health and lives of children. Healthy Child Online is a project of Future Generations, started by Jane Sheppard, a work-at-home mother, in 1997. The children are our future, and Future Generations is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the health and well-being of children by:

About the Author:

Visit Jane Sheppard's resourceful site at: www.healthychild.com

 

Parenting:

The Deadly Influence of Formula in America
Linda Folden Palmer, D.C.

Natural family Online Editor's Note: This groundbreaking analysis from noted author, health educator and advocate Dr. Linda Folden Palmer is the first time a health expert has published an examination of the available scientific research comparing the death rates of formula-fed and breastfed babies. While the results hold no surprises for breastfeeding educators and advocates, the study may prove to be a rude awakening for the millions of Americans who have bought into the myth that infant formula is a perfectly safe breast milk substitute. We've summarized Dr. Palmer's detailed research for our cover story here.

From the Article:

Homebirth or hospital? Cloth or disposable? Early exposure to large numbers of other children? Extreme or relaxed sanitation? Pets in the house?

The answers to the swirl of questions surrounding the birth of a baby are not simple. There are no overall right or wrong answers. Parenting involves a huge number of choices, starting from before conception and reaching through childhood and beyond.

Dr. Joseph Mercola says, "This groundbreaking and MUST read analysis from a noted author is the first time a health expert has published an examination of the available scientific research comparing the death rates of formula-fed and breastfed babies. While the results hold no surprises for breastfeeding educators and advocates, the study may prove to be a rude awakening for the millions of Americans who have bought into the myth that infant formula is a perfectly safe breast milk substitute...

About the Author:

Linda Folden Palmer, DC, is the author of the healthy parenting book: Baby Matters, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Caring for Your Baby. She provides telephone consultations for colic, lactation difficulties, child nutrition, food allergy issues, and infant sleep challenges. Promoting attachment and natural parenting principles, she is dedicated to raising awareness about how powerfully early parenting and healthcare choices can influence a child's mental and physical outcomes. Find her at www.babyreference.com.

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Family Life:

Sleeping Through the Night
Katherine Dettwyler, Ph.D.

This essay was originally directed to one person. It has been edited slightly to make it less specific.

From the Article:

Someone from parent-l passed along a post about children sleeping through the night on to me and asked me to respond. I was one of the original parent-l folks, but haven’t been on for a long time. I am an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Nutrition at Texas A&M University, and I do research on infant/child feeding beliefs/practices both cross-culturally and from an evolutionary perspective, as well as research on children’s health and growth. I know from firsthand experience that being a new parent is a difficult time of adjustment, especially when expectations don’t match reality, especially when our culture has taught us that children should have certain needs/wants/behaviors and then our children don’t seem to fit that mold...

About the Author:

Dr. Katherine A. Dettwyler is now a semi-retired Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at Texas A&M University, where she taught from 1987 to 2000. She is the author of Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa, which recounts tales of her fieldwork on child health in Mali. Dancing Skeletons was awarded the 1995 Margaret Mead Award from the American Anthropological Association and the Society for Applied Anthropology. She is also the co-editor of Breastfeeding: Biocultural Perspectives, which includes her own two chapters “Beauty and the Breast: The Cultural Context of Breastfeeding in the United States,” and “A Time to Wean: The Hominid Blueprint for a Natural Age of Weaning in Modern Human Populations.”

 

Pregnancy & Birth:

Women's Health Risks Associated with Orthodox Medicine: Part One
Gary Null, PhD, Debora Rasio, MD, and Martin Feldman, MD

From the Article:

During the past century, a medical establishment has evolved that has positioned itself as the exclusive provider of so-called scientific, evidence-based therapies. For the first 70 years of the 20th century, little effort was made to challenge the establishment’s paradigm, which we call the orthodox medical approach. In the past 30 years, however, there has been a growing awareness of the importance of an alternative approach to medical care, one that, either on its own or as a complement to orthodox medicine, emphasizes nontoxic and noninvasive treatments and prevention...

About the Author:

Gary Null, nationally syndicated talk show host & producer of PBS specials, is a consumer advocate, investigative reporter, NY Times best-selling author and an award-winning documentary filmmaker.  Gary believes that, "You must be empowered before you can be whole," and he empowers all who will listen with life-changing facts that promote wellness.

Gary has conducted over a hundred major investigations and has produced numerous documentaries in which he encourages his viewers to take charge of their lives and health.  Among his dozens of videos are titles like "The Pain, Profit and Politics of AIDS," "Chronic Fatigue," "Diet for a Lifetime, and "Cancer, A Natural Approach."

Gary Null lives the active, healthful life that he advocates. He regularly competes in races and marathons and has trained thousands of people in his "Natural Living Walking and Running Club "to do the same."

References:

www.garynull.com

 

 

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