Pregnancy and children

Mom, time to go. How does the mother’s body know when it’s time to begin labor? It’s a scientific mystery. However, it may be that the baby tells the mom when it’s time to leave. Two studies located a specific region in the fetal brain that may trigger labor. This finding represents the first solid proof that the fetal brain initiates labor, at least in an animal model. Fetus tells mother: It’s time for labor. (1)

Pregnancy and coffee. A Canadian study from McGill University School of Medicine of 133 women who lost their fetuses and 993 control women who had normal pregnancies showed a strong association between fetal loss and intake of caffeine. For every 100-mg dose of caffeine taken daily during pregnancy, the ratio increased their chances of losing their fetuses by 1:22.

Pregnancy and caffeine don’t go together. (2) Smoking and I.Q. In a study of 400 women it was found that preschool children whose mothers smoked heavily during pregnancy scored significantly lower on standardized I.Q. tests than kids whose mothers didn’t smoke. Mother’s smoking was linked to child’s IQ drop. (3)

It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe. – Anonymous

Chiropractic Q&A...

Q. What’s the difference between chiropractic and medical education?

A. When it comes to basic sciences there is very little difference between chiropractic and medical education. A review of schools found that the average chiropractic school curriculum totaled 4,800 hours, while the average medical school education totaled 4,667 hours.

Chiropractic students receive the same number of hours of microbiology (120 hours) as medical students and more hours of biochemistry (150 vs. 120), pathology (205 vs.162), anatomy (570 vs. 368) and physiology (205 vs. 142). Medical students have more extensive clinical training than chiropractic students. (4)

Nurses give chiropractic high marks

A survey of 1000 nurses gave chiropractic high marks. The survey to the nurses covered areas including perceived effectiveness; perceived safety; recommendations made to friends, clients and associates; and personal use. In the area of effectiveness, the nurses ranked chiropractic first, in a tie with biofeedback; chiropractic ranked second in safety behind hypnotherapy. (5)

Eat Chocolate and Live Longer?

It’s a fitting piece of news for Halloween trick-or-treaters: a study of 7,841 Harvard graduates found that chocolate and candy eaters live almost a year longer than those who abstain. Those who ate a “moderate” amount of sweets – averaging one to three candy bars a month – fared the best, having a 36% lower risk of death compared to non-candy eaters. 

Overall, candy eaters enjoyed on average nearly a year more of life. “Heavy” eaters who consumed 3 or more sweets a week, still had a 16% lower risk of death than those who almost never ate candy. (6)

Humor – The English Language

We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes; but the plural of ox became oxen not oxes.

One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese, yet the plural of moose should never be meese.

You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice; yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men, why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?

If I speak of my foot and show you my feet, and I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?

If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth, why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that, and three would be those, yet hat in the plural would never be hose, and the plural of cat is cats, not cose.

We speak of a brother and also of brethren, but though we say mother, we never say methren.

Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him, but imagine the feminine, she, shis and shim.

Chiropractic and Spinal Research...

Growth spurt, asthma. A 4-year-old girl’s asthma and breathing symptoms had been progressively worsening. She began chiropractic care. She had but one minor episode of nasal congestion and experienced a “growth spurt” in height and weight.

The asthma symptoms all but completely disappeared. Mother states, “She had to constantly run the humidifier and there is no need to do that now.” (7) Neck/back pain and vision. A young woman in her early 20's was coming in for neck and back pain and headaches. Apart from relief of her of these chronic pains, she no longer needs glasses. (8) Migraine.

This was a six month study of 127 migraine sufferers half of whom had chiropractic adjustments. The other half was the control group. The chiropractic group migraine frequency, headache duration, disability and medication use all decreased significantly: 22% reported more than 90% reduction in migraines after two months. About 50% reported significant improvement in severity of migraine episodes. (9)

You’ve got a lot of nerve...

The picture on the right isn’t a Halloween costume; it’s your nerves. Your nerves fill your entire body! If your skin, blood, muscles, bones, organs and other body parts were to disappear and only your nerves remained you’d still be visible, a little ghostlike, but recognizable (now that would be some Halloween costume). Your nerves carry energy and information to and from every organ in your body, as the picture at the left shows.

Your nerves may be irritated, impinged or “pinched” by vertebral Subluxations (misaligned spinal bones) causing your body to malfunction (become diseased). Disease can, in time, cause physical and mental disease, affecting your resistance, energy and overall health. Chiropractors are specially trained to check your body for spinal distortions or Subluxations that cause disease. For that reason everyone needs a chiropractic spinal checkup and adjustment.

Removing Subluxations corrects a major cause of dis-ease. Of course if you or someone you care about has any disease or condition, it is essential that they make sure they have no Subluxations or spinal distortions. Get your spine checked now, before disease manifests. Don’t become a ghost before your time. A body free of Subluxations works better and an ill person needs desperately to be free from Subluxations. Chiropractic has often made the difference between drugs or surgery and health and happiness.

References

1. Science News. Sept. 21, 1991;140:182.

2. Mindell EL. Let’s Live. June 1994;6.

3. Science News. Feb 12, 1994. 4. Coulter I, Adams A, Coggan P et al. A comparative study of chiropractic and medical education. Alternative Therapies. 1998;

4(5):64-75.

5. Journal of Community Health. June 2001

6. Lee I, Paffenbarger RS. Life is sweet: candy consumption and longevity. British Medical Journal. 1998;317:1683-1684.

7. Hunt JM. Upper cervical chiropractic care of a pediatric patient with asthma: a case study. J Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics. 2000;5(1).

8. Cases of the Week by Joe LeBarbera, DC, Syracuse, NY

9. Tuchin PJ, Pollard H, Bonello R. A randomized controlled trial of chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy for migraine. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. 2000;23(2):91-95.

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