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To Sum Up Most of the Healthcare Field - Happy New Year!
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. - Bertrand Russell...
Craniosacral and the Woo it is
Ifirst want to apologize for the time between posts. I've been pretty busy at work, and have found it hard to find time to write. However, I get an "Evidence Express" email everyday from the folks over at Evidence in Motion, and today's included a ...
Manipulation and NSAIDs no effect - Says Lancet
Ihave been meaning to blog on the results of a Lancet article finding neither spinal manipulation or NSAIDs are effective on low back pain. However, Eric from NPAThinktank beat me to it with a post on Evidence in Motion's blog. It is very well done...
Hip Pain? Try PT Before Meds.
I just finished reading a guest editorial by Robert Wainner, PT, PhD and Julie Whitman, PT, DSc regarding first line interventions for hip pain in the most recent Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy. Their discussion points to the t...
Whole Body Vibration Exercise
Ihate "health" products being pushed on us simply with anecdotal evidence and testimonials. One of the newest fads is 'Whole Body Vibration'. The claim is that exercising on this vibrating plate significantly increases your strength versus doing th...
Low Level Laser Therapy - Our generations therapuetic ultrasound?
Stumbled across this article from Yahoo News on a chiropractor boasting the use of "Cold Laser Therapy" or as it is often referred to as - "Low Level Laser Therapy". The article itself was what you'd expect. Mostly self promotion of the DC's practi...
Homeopathy Explained and Debunked: But does it matter?
Reading one of my favorite medical blogs - Respectful Insolence - Orac posted on a Homeopath in Arizona that had a patient die after performing liposuction on her. To make this even more interesting, the assisting physician had already had 2 patient...
How To Make EBM Fit Reality
Evidence Based Medicine is dependent on us keeping up to date with current evidence. But how many of us actually have time to search our, read, and incorporate this evidence?That is why it is very important to find ways to get preprocessed literatur...
