Pathways Article Summaries and References
Issue 20 - Winter 2008
Articles
- Letter from the Editor
- How We Are Making Our Children Sick
- Why Light Matters
- Pharmaceuticals Are Gateway Drugs
- An Expectant Parent’s Guide to Chiropractic
- Fundamental Problems with Maternity Care in the United States
- The Importance of Skin-to-Skin Contact
- The Brand Name Bandwagon
- Children Who Feel Loved Are More Loving
- Guided Imagery for Children Dealing with Stress
- Baby Crawling - How Important It Really Is
- Healing is Spiritual
- Well Beyond Medicine - Getting Over Cold Medications
- We Are Simply Light
- Report Reveals Serious Problems in Maternity Care Quality and Value
Letter from the Editor
Jeanne Ohm, DC
There is a tendency in all of us to allow our emotions to lead us to states of elation and despair. An experience comes our way, and we often judge that experience as either good or bad, up or down, happy or sad. When we allow ourselves to judge, we enter into a state of polarity. It is important to realize, polarity seeks balance. Very often after a day of high elation, we have a day of low despair. I have become so much more conscious of this in my life and I now recognize that the swing from one emotion to another is a means of keeping me in a state of balance, extreme though it may be. I have also realized that if I do not allow myself to entertain these polarized emotions, I maintain a greater overall state of ease.
In the holistic perspective of health care, there is a lot of emphasis on maintaining this balanced state of being. We recognize the need to have balance in our nutrition, our body movement, our spine, our breath, and our ability to produce and rest. In the holistic perspective of health, we also emphasize the importance of balance in our emotional being and its direct relationship to our overall well-being. Balance in our emotions leads our entire being to a state of ease, a consciousness of trust and ultimately an easier environment for healing and wholeness.
There is a Buddist story that offers us a lesson in choosing our responses in a more holistic and balanced way…
There was an old farmer who lived in a small village. One night the farmer’s only horse ran away. The next day the farmer’s neighbors lamented, “What great misfortune has befallen you!” The farmer only replied, “Maybe yes, maybe no.”
The following morning the farmer awoke to find that his horse had not only returned, but had brought back 6 companion horses. The neighbors all rushed to congratulate the man on his great luck, to which the farmer simply replied, “Maybe yes, maybe no.”
The next day the farmer’s son tried to ride one of the feral horses, but he was thrown off and broke his leg. Having heard the news the neighbors sympathized, “You will surely become poor now as you have no one to help you on your land! How terrible!” The old man smiled and said, “Maybe yes, maybe no.”
The following afternoon a conscription officer of the army came to the village recruiting all young able-bodied men to fight in the war. The farmer’s son was passed over due to his injury.
In the holistic perspective of health, we are encouraged to look at the whole situation, and not merely judge a symptom and try to eliminate it. We are guided to make choices from a greater perspective of wellness, a perspective that draws us away from the limitations of judgment and fear into a more balanced consciousness of trust, confidence, and ease. It is this consciousness that allows us to have certainty in our innate ability to heal and be well.
As the man in the story, we should refrain from emotional judgment and allow for the bigger picture to unfold. It is a powerful lesson for us in healing and maintaining a state of balance and wellness. Author Eckhart Tolle tells us, “The moment that judgment stops, through acceptance of what is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for love, for joy, for peace.”
My wish for you is to find a greater sense of ease and peace for your family as you explore our family wellness articles and resources.
Many Blessings,
Jeanne Ohm, DC
About the Author:
Read Dr. Ohm's bio here.
FEATURE
How We Are Making Our Children Sick
Sean Manning, DC
From the Article:
The purpose of the immune system is to allow us to live in
harmony with our environment. In fact, most of the trillions of
foreign cells present within our body coexist peacefully, and
in some cases even contribute to our health and well-being.
In spite of this, chronic diseases such as allergies, asthma,
and eczema, which were rare several decades ago, have risen
exponentially, especially in children, quadrupling during the
last two decades.
The number of asthma sufferers in the United
States is expected to double by the year 2020,
affecting 1 in every 14 people and outnumbering
the combined projected populations of
New York and New Jersey. A growing number
of scientists now believe that the routine
measures taken to suppress and prevent
infections actually weaken certain responses
of a child’s immune system, allowing other
less appropriate responses to operate without
control. The reduction of childhood diseases
has been heralded as one of medicine’s finest
accomplishments, yet there are growing
suspicions that infection intervention may
be having an adverse effect; as childhood
infections have decreased, chronic afflictions
have increased...
Optimum Immunity References:
(1) PEW Environmental Health Commission, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Reuters Health, May 17, 2000.
(2) Plagued by Cures, The Economist, Nov 22, 1997 v344 p. 95(3)
(3) Incao, P. Supporting Children’s Health-Part 1. Alternative Medicine Digest, 19.
(4) The New England Journal of Medicine 2000; 343:538-543
(5) American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2001; 164:1829-1834
(6) The 96th International Conference of the American Thoracic Society (Toronto, Canada; May 5-10).
(7) Archives of Disease in Childhood June 2002; 87:26-29
(8) Relationship between house-dust endotoxin exposure, type 1 T-cell development and allergen sensitization in infants at high risk of asthma. Lancet, 2000 May 13; 355(9216): 1680-3.
(9) O. Strannegard and I-L. Strannegard. The causes of in the increasing prevalence of allergy: Is atopy a microbial deprivation disorder? Allergy 56 (2), 91-102, 2001.
(10) Hayfield, R. The Family Homeopath, Healing Arts Press, 1994
(11) Weil, A. Spontaneous healing Random House, 1995
(12) Maternal supplementation with very-long-chain n-3 fatty acids during pregnancy and lactation augments children’s IQ at 4 years of age. Pediatrics. Vol. 111, No. 1, January 2003, pp. e39-e44.
(13) Hodge L, Salome CM, Peat JK, et al. Consumption of oily fish and childhood asthma risk. Med J Aust 1996; 164: 137-140.
(14) Prescott S, Calder P. N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and allergic disease. Current opinions in clinical nutrition and metabolic care. Vol 7(2) March 2004 pp 123-129.
(15) The Lancet, Vol 357, June 2, 2001, pp 1777-1789.
(16) Psychoneuroimmuonlogy, 2001, Ch
(17) Elenkov I, Wilder R, Chrousos G, Vizi E.S. The Sympathetic Nerve—An Integrative interface between two supersystems: The brain and the immune System Pharmacol Rev Vol. 52, No. 4:595–638, 2000.
(18) Rabin B. Stress, immune function and health, the connection, p 129. 1999.
(19) Graham, RL and Pistolese RA. An impairment rating analysis of asthmatic children under chiropractic care. Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research 1997: 1 (4): 1-8
About the Author:
Dr. Manning is a 1999 graduate of Life University, College of Chiropractic. Dr. Seán maintains a family practice dedicated to empowering people in every stage of growth and development by correcting subluxations and counseling them on how to lead more effective lives.
He has authored articles for publications such as Birthlink, Expectant Mother Chicago, and Pathways to Family Wellness. He is a frequent guest lecturer for Chicago Community Midwives, Citizens for Midwifery, and Birthlink He serves on the advisory board of the Northeastern Illinois Doula’s Association and he was a featured presenter at the Illinois State La Leche League Annual Conference in 2005 where he spoke on craniofacial and spinal subluxations and their effect on breastfeeding.
One of his current projects is developing and organizing a forum for parents and other practitioners to meet with professionals in the fields of childbirth and children’s health for the purpose of increasing public and professional awareness of all the options available to them in raising a healthy family from preconception, through pregnancy and childbirth and throughout childhood.
WELLNESS LIFESTYLE
Why Light Matters
Colleen Huber, NMD
From the Article:
Bone health is greatly dependent on quality light. We make vitamin D when our skin is exposed to optimal levels of sunlight. Vitamin D is the key to a proper quantity and balance of calcium and magnesium in the body, as well as a healthy balance of hormones. A growing body of research demonstrates that, by increasing exposure to full spectrum light, it is possible to optimize hormone levels in the body. Such balance is vital to prevent osteoporosis and fractures, as well as minimizing tooth decay.
Recent research has confirmed the essential role of vitamin D in necessary functions, including insulin secretion, cancer prevention, bone health, and hormone formation...
About the Author:
Dr. Huber NMD, is a Naturopathic Medical Doctor and Primary Care Physician currently practicing in Tempe, Arizona. Dr. Huber focuses on herbal medicine, nutrition, intravenous therapies, environmental medicine and acupuncture. She received her Naturopathic Medical degree from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine.
Visit Dr. Huber's Website: www.naturopathyworks.com
HOLISTIC HEALTH CARE
Pharmaceuticals Are Gateway Drugs
Colleen Huber, NMD
From the Article:
Gateway drugs to more serious substance abuse have often been thought of as just the illegal drugs: marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine to begin, and worse drugs, such as heroin, later. However, there are other gateway drugs, and these affect a much larger proportion of the population, and are perfectly legal.
You probably know all too well that pharmaceuticals often have side effects that result in the prescribing of additional pharmaceuticals.
One of the most common problems I see in my practice is the over-prescription of beta-blockers. These are utterly useless drugs. Sure they lower the blood pressure, which is why they’re prescribed. But they do that by weakening the whole cardiovascular system. So much so that at times, I have had patients who were then diagnosed with congestive heart failure. Furthermore, beta-blockers, because they weaken circulation, destroy libido, which then leads to the prescription of Viagra®, a drug that has been shown to cause blindness in some men...
About the Author:
Dr. Huber NMD, is a Naturopathic Medical Doctor and Primary Care Physician currently practicing in Tempe, Arizona. Dr. Huber focuses on herbal medicine, nutrition, intravenous therapies, environmental medicine and acupuncture. She received her Naturopathic Medical degree from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine.
Visit Dr. Huber's Website: www.naturopathyworks.com
CHIROPRACTIC FOR LIFE
An Expectant
Parent’s Guide
to Chiropractic
Stacey Rosenberg, DC
From the Article:
One of the most important times for a woman to be receiving chiropractic care is during pregnancy! From the moment of conception your body goes through a series of remarkable changes. Some are easy to spot: a growing belly, changes in posture and the changes in gait— that characteristic pregnancy “waddle.”
What we cannot see are the millions of different hormonal changes and chemical reactions occurring both in the mother and the developing baby, all of which are controlled and coordinated through the nervous system. Now more than ever, during pregnancy you need a nervous system that responds immediately and accurately to changing requirements in all parts of your body, and therefore you need a healthy spine!..
About the Author:
Sunshine Coast chiropractor, Dr. Stacey Rosenberg, has just released her first book “Natural Pregnancy, Natural Baby – Natural Remedies for Pregnancy, Birth and Post-Partum Discomforts.”
Dr. Stacey and her staff have been providing chiropractic care in Gibsons, BC since March 2001. While pregnant with her second child in 2006, she expanded her practice into an integrated health clinic, called the Gibsons Health and Wellness Centre®, with practitioners in homeopathy, clinical hypnotherapy, Hypnobirthing®, yoga, acupuncture, counseling and massage therapy. At that same busy time, she also got inspired to write a book on natural pregnancy by the wealth of information provided by the local midwives and Bellies and Babies network as well as additional professional training that Dr. Rosenberg undertook. Many hours of ‘labour’ later, it is finally ready for sale!
“Natural Pregnancy, Natural Baby” is 150+ pages of prevention, tips, techniques, remedies, and resources to help ease the common complaints of pregnancy, birth and the post-partum period. It includes nutrition, pre-natal bonding, comfort measures, herbs, homeopathy, ergonomics, chiropractic, acupressure, yoga, breast-feeding advice, Hypnobirthing® and much more!
For more information and to order “Natural Pregnancy, Natural Baby”, visit Dr. Rosenberg’s website: www.GibsonsChiropractic.com.
PREGNANCY & BIRTH
Fundamental
Problems
with Maternity Care in the United States
© 1999, 2006 Childbirth Connection. Reproduced with permission.
From the Article:
This statement was developed in response to serious and continuing problems with maternity care in the United States, including:
- The United States is the only wealthy industrialized nation that does not guarantee access to essential health care for all pregnant women and infants. Many women, especially those with low incomes, lack access to adequate maternity care.
- A large body of scientific research shows that many widely used maternity care practices that involve risk and discomfort are of no benefit to low-risk women and infants. On the other hand, some practices that clearly offer important benefits are not widely available in U.S. hospitals.
- Many women do not receive adequate information about benefits and risks of specific procedures, drugs, tests, and treatments, or about alternatives.
- Childbearing women frequently are not aware of their legal right to make health care choices on behalf of themselves and their babies, and do not exercise this right.
We must ensure that all childbearing women have access to information and care that is based on the best scientific evidence now available, and that they understand and have opportunities to exercise their right to make health care decisions. Women whose rights are violated need access to legal or other recourse to address their grievances...
Resources:
The following sources, in their present or earlier editions, helped guide the development of this statement of rights:
- American Hospital Association. The Patient Care Partnership: Understanding Expectations, Rights and Responsibilities, 2003.
- Annas, G..J. A national bill of patients' rights. New England Journal of Medicine 1998;338(10):695-699.
- Annas, G. J. The Rights of Patients: The Authoritative ACLU Guide to the Rights of Patients, third edition. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2004.
- The Boston Women's Health Book Collective. Sections on "Childbearing" and "Knowledge is Power." In: Our Bodies, Ourselves: A New Edition for a New Era. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005;417-524, 699-758.
- Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS). The Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative, 1996.
- Enkin, M., Keirse, M. J. N. C., Neilson J., Crowther, C., Duley, L., Hodnett, E. and Hofmeyr, J. A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth, third edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
- International Childbirth Education Association, Inc. The Pregnant Patient's Bill of Rights. Minneapolis: ICEA, 1975.
- President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry. Appendix A: Consumer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. In its Quality First: Better Health Care for All Americans.
- United Nations. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948.
Website:
THE OUTER WOMB
The Importance of
Skin-to-Skin Contact
Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC
From the Article:
There are now a multitude of studies that show that mothers and babies should be together, skin-to-skin (baby naked, not wrapped in a blanket) immediately after birth, as well as later.
The baby is happier; the baby’s temperature, heart, and breathing rates are more stable and normal; and the baby’s blood sugar is elevated. In addition, skin-to-skin contact immediately after birth allows the baby to be colonized by the same bacteria as the mother. This, plus breastfeeding, are thought to be important in the prevention of allergic diseases. When a baby is put into an incubator, his skin and gut are often colonized by bacteria different from his mother’s.
We now know that this is true not only for the baby born at term and in good health, but also for the premature baby. Skin-to-skin contact and Kangaroo Mother Care can contribute much to the care of the premature baby. Even babies on oxygen can be cared for skin-to-skin. This helps reduce their needs for oxygen, and keeps them more stable in other ways as well...
References:
Revised January 2005. Written by Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC. © 2005
About the Author:
Dr. Jack Newman graduated from the University of Toronto medical school in 1970, interning at the Vancouver General Hospital. He did his training in paediatrics in Quebec City and at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto from 1977-1981, to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada in 1981 as well as Board Certified by the AAP in 1981. He has worked as a physician in Central America, New Zealand and South Africa. He founded the first hospital based breastfeeding clinic in Canada in 1984. He has been a consultant for UNICEF for the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative, evaluating the first Baby Friendly Hospitals in Gabon, the Ivory Coast and Canada.
Dr. Newman was a staff pediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children emergency department from 1983 to 1992, and was, for a period of time the acting chief of the emergency services. However, once the breastfeeding clinic started functioning, it took more and more of his time, and he eventually worked full time helping mothers and babies succeed with breastfeeding. He now works in several clinics around the city of Toronto.
Dr. Newman has several publications on breastfeeding, and in 2000 published a help guide for professionals and mothers on breastfeeding, called, Dr. Jack Newman's Guide to Breastfeeding in Canada (revised edition, January 2003), and The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers in the US.
Contact Dr. Jack Newman:
- Option 1 : Dr. Jack Newman's Guide to Breastfeeding (called The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers in the USA)
- Option 2: Email Dr. Jack Newman at drjacknewman@sympatico.ca (please keep brief)
- Option 3: Call Dr. Jack Newman at 416- 813-5757
NUTRITION
The Brand Name Bandwagon
Jo Robinson
From the Article:
Industry experts predicted that, by 2005, half of the fresh meat products in the supermarket would carry a brand name. No more anonymous, shrink-wrapped beef, lamb, and pork. The reason for the branding is simple: merely adding a name to a package of steaks can increase sales by thirty percent.
Why do brand names carry such clout? Part of the answer is“word association.” The right brand name can trick customers
into believing that meat that comes straight from the feedlot
is the most wholesome, nutritious product they can buy.
Here’s how it works. Imagine that you’re the owner of a large
herd of Angus cattle in Iowa, and you’re wondering if jumping
onto the branded meat bandwagon will boost your sales.
To find out, you hire a team of marketing consultants. The
consultants inform you that adding a brand name can be very
effective, as long as you follow their advice...
About the Author:
Jo Robinson is a New York Times best selling writer. She is the author or coauthor of 11 nationally published books including Pasture Perfect, which is a comprehensive overview of the benefits of choosing products from pasture-raised animals, and The Omega Diet (with Dr. Artemis Simopoulos) which describes how an omega-3 enriched Mediterranean diet may be the healthiest eating program of all. To order her books or learn more about grassfed products, visit www.eatwild.com.
PARENTING
Children Who Feel Loved Are More Loving
Pam Leo
From the Article:
Author Louise Hart wrote, “How many of you think your parents loved you as a child? Now, how many of you felt loved as a child?” When Hart speaks to parent groups she asks those two questions and consistently gets the same response. When she asks the first question most of the hands in the room go up, on the second question just a sprinkling of hands remains.
Knowing we are loved is not the same as feeling loved. Knowing the sun is shining by seeing it out the window is a very different experience than going outside and feeling the warmth of the sun on your skin. Children need to know they are loved and they need to feel loved by us and connected to us. Feeling loved and connected is the emotional fuel that gets them through the day...
Resources:
- The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman & Ross Campbell, M.D.
- The Winning Family: Increasing Self-Esteem in Your Children and Yourself by Louise Hart
- Connection Parenting by Pam Leo
About the Author:
Pam Leo is an independent scholar in human development, a parent educator, a certified childbirth educator, a doula, a parent, and a grandparent.
Website: www.connectionparenting.com
FAMILY LIFE
Guided Imagery
for Children Dealing with Stress
Ashia James, PhD
From the Article:
Similar to adults, children can experience stress at home or at school. Stress can manifest in the form of anxiety, illness, or unconstructive conduct. Guided imagery and visualization can be used to alleviate tension experienced by children and produce positives outcomes.
Doctors have confirmed that stress can affect anyone,
even children. Feeling some level of stress is normal but
when the stressor(s) exceed the child’s ability to cope, the
stress may be manifested in others ways, such as mood
swings, acting out, anger, changes in sleep patterns, and
bedwetting. Some children experience physical effects,
including nervousness, stomachaches, headaches,
and infections. Others have trouble concentrating or
completing schoolwork (Lingren, 1998; Rutherford, 2002).
Herbert Lingren, an Extension Family Scientist verified
that children under stress change their behavior and
react by doing things that are out of the norm for their
usual behavior. “Reactions to stress vary with the child’s
stage of development, ability to cope, and the length of
time the stress continues, intensity of the stress, and the
degree and support from family and friends.” The two most
frequent indicators that children are stressed are change
in behaviors and regression of behaviors (1998)...
References:
- Lingren, H.G. (1998). Children and stress [Electronic Version]. Family Life. Retrieved November 18, 2004 from www.ianrpus.unl.edu/family/nf387.htm
- Reznick, C. (1994). Empowering kids through imagery [Electronic Version]. Atlantis: The Imagery Newsletter. Retrieved July 17, 2004 from www.imageryforkids.com/art_empoweringkids.asp
- Rief, S.F. (2002). The add/adhd checklist. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
- Rossman, M.L. (2000). Guided imagery for self healing: An essential resource for anyone seeking wellness. California: New World Library.
- Rutherford, K. (2002). Childhood stress. Retrieved November 18,
2004 from www.kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/feelings/stress.html
About the Author:
For more information on practical applications of guided imagery, contact:
Ashia James, PhD, CHt
Hypnosis Educator and Practitioner
Natural Solutions & Education Center
P.O. Box 473
Elberton, GA 30635
info@naturalsolutionsaec.com
MOVING AND LEARNING
Baby Crawling - How Important It Really Is
Bernardo R. Sañudo Diez, DC
From the Article:
There is nobody in the world as busy as a one-year-old baby, possibly the most productive year of his entire life. So numerous and so different are all his experiences; he goes up and down and touches, smells, feels, and tastes almost everything that comes into his grasp.
His brain needs to put some order to the myriad of experiences he is coming in contact with; it needs to “file” and organize the areas where culture, beliefs, ideas, and knowledge will be stored along all the life of this being.
The baby is too busy: without his knowledge he is growing and his nervous system is maturing. He accomplishes this by performing many activities, including resting to replenish his strength, doing happy but unarticulated movement of his hands, and kicking the air with his little legs...
References:
- Bogduk N, Twomey L. Clinical Anatomy of the Lumbar Spine: Churchill Livingstone, 1992.
- White A, Panjabi M. Clinical Biomechanics of the Spine: Lippincot, 1990.
- Papalia D, Wendkos S, Duskin R. Developmental Psychology: McGraw Hill, 2001.
- Anrig C, Plaugher G. pediatric Chiropractic: Williams & Wilkins, 1998.
- McEwan MH, Dihoff RE, Brosvic GM: Early infant crawling experience is reflected in later motor skill development. Percept Motor Skills, 72(1):75-9, 1991.
About the Author:
Dr. Sañudo graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic, Iowa and practices in Mexico city, Mexico, he has a general chiropractic family practice. He holds many areas of interest in chiropractic such as rehabilitation, pediatrics, sports, spinal trauma and biomechanics.
MIND-BODY
Healing
is Spiritual
Laurel Clark, DM, DD
From the Article:
Recently, there have been news stories about scientists who are cloning pigs. The great benefit of this research, say the newscasters, is that pigs are anatomically similar to humans so they hope to clone organs that can be used for human transplants. Science fiction? No. Bizarre? Yes. Well, maybe not so bizarre. Medical science has been using animal products to treat human disease for years. Diabetics take insulin derived from pigs. Some vaccines are derived from animal diseases. Pigskin has been used for grafts on human skin. Many “breakthroughs” in medical science are made by doing experiments on animals and then the experimental treatments are tried on people.
How can doctors expect human beings to benefit from animal
research? When they view the body as a physical machine
divorced from any soul or spirit, it is easy. A body is a body.
Parts are parts. Surgeons take one tube and replace it with
another. A piece of intestine may be used to replace an
esophagus. A vein in a leg is used to repair a heart. What
difference does it make if the part comes from another human
or an animal?..
About the Author:
Laurel Clark, D.M., D.D. is President of the School of Metaphysics headquartered in Windyville, MO. A student and teacher of Metaphysics since 1979, she speaks to educational institutions, professional and civic groups about the power of the mind. She gives intuitive health analyses and is an interfaith minister and psi counselor. Dr. Laurel mentors transformative Spiritual Focus Weekends at the College of Metaphysics. she has authored several books, including Karmic Healing, Healing for a Higher Purpose, Dharma: Finding Your Soul's Purpose, Concentration, Interpreting Dreams for Self Discovery, and her latest, The Law of Attraction and Other Secrets of Visualization. She can be contacted at som@som.org or (417) 345-8411.
INFORMED CHOICE
Well Beyond Medicine
- Getting Over Cold Medications
Darrel Crain, DC
From the Article:
Very young children come down with colds. Agreement with this statement is universal among parents, pediatricians, drug makers, and even the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). But there is less agreement over whether or not medicine is helpful to little ones suffering from a cold.
“It’s important to point out that these medicines are safe and effective when used as directed…” said Linda A. Suydam, president of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association, quoted in The Washington Post, October 12, 2007.
“Clearly, the products don’t work and are unsafe,” said Joshua M. Sharfstein, M.D., Baltimore Health Commissioner, also quoted in The Washington Post.
Could these two views be any further apart? Both of them can’t be right, so which one is making things up, the cold medicine industry spokesperson, or the doctor?
“Take a cold remedy and get over the cold in seven days, otherwise recovery will take a week,” according to traditional folk wisdom...
About the Author:
Dr. Darrel Crain is a Family Chiropractor and Natural Health Writer practicing in San Diego, California. He is the President of the CCA San Diego County District.
Dr. Crain can be reached at: 619-445-0100
GRATITUDE
We Are Simply Light
An excerpt from the book, The Breakthrough Experience, by Dr. John Demartini
From the Article:
I’m amazed by the number of people I meet every week who believe that they will one day get to perfection, instead of acknowledging that there already is perfection. They have the illusion that they weren’t perfect in some situation, and if they had acted differently they would have been. The duality is the perfection, and the combination of the two sides serves to put us right into our hearts. Our societies promote the concept that you can get to or achieve perfection, but that most acts are imperfect, and so are we.
But I ask, “Where is God not? Where is divine perfection not?”...
News and Events
Report Reveals Serious Problems in Maternity Care Quality and Value
Overuse of Cesarean Section and Other Interventions Puts Women and Babies at Risk, Increases Costs
From the Article:
New York NY – More than 31% of U.S. births are now by cesarean section although a 5% to 10% rate is best for mothers and babies. The extra cost is in excess of $2.5 billion per year. These cesareans do not result in reductions in maternal and newborn deaths, but they cause unneeded exposure to the dozens of adverse effects more common with c-sections. This is just the most striking example of how health care provided to mothers giving birth exposes them to avoidable harm and expense. These conclusions are found in Evidence- Based Maternity Care: What It Is and What It Can Achieve, a report released recently by Childbirth Connection, The Reforming States Group, and the Milbank Memorial Foundation. The report cites an extensive body of evidence to make the case that, despite paying top dollar, American women do not receive the best maternity care. It is the most comprehensive review to date of how maternity care is delivered, financed, and experienced by mothers, families, and health care payers. It concludes that maternity care can be significantly improved using evidence based care...
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