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This update features information on a
landmark SOT related article discussing
chiropractic and wellness care, a recent
article on chiropractic, stroke and our
responsibilities, caution about
nephrological secondary affects following
MRI/MRA scans with a gadolinium-based
contrast agent, and lastly spinal trauma and
immune function.
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Multinational survey of chiropractic patients: reasons for seeking care.
JCCA J Can Chiropr Assoc. 2008 Aug;52(3):175-84,
Blum C, Globe G, Terre L, Mirtz TA, Greene L, Globe D.
INTRODUCTION: This study explores the extent
to which consumers seek wellness care when
choosing chiropractors whose practice methods
are known to include periodic evaluative and
interventional methods to maintain wellness
and prevent illness.
METHODS: Using an international convenience
sample of Sacro-Occipital Technique (SOT)
practitioners, 1316 consecutive patients
attending 27 different chiropractic clinics
in the USA, Europe and Australia completed a
one-page survey on intake to assess reason
for seeking care. A forced choice response
was obtained characterizing the patient's
reason for seeking chiropractic care.
RESULTS: More than 40% of chiropractic
patient visits were initiated for the
purposes of health enhancement and/or disease
prevention.
CONCLUSION: Although prudence dictates great
caution when generalizing from this study, if
confirmed by subsequent research among other
similar cohorts, the present results may lend
support to continued arguments of consumer
demand for a more comprehensive paradigm of
chiropractic care, beyond routine
musculoskeletal complaints, that
conceptualizes the systemic, nonspecific
effects of the chiropractic encounter in much
broader terms.
COMMENT: This study is significant since a
prior study performed by the World Federation of Chiropractic's
"Consultation on Identity" found that
only 6% of patients seek wellness care from
chiropractic providers.
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Gadolinium, MRI, and End-Stage Kidney Disease
FDA Alert, Updated December 2006
RE: Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents for
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scans
(marketed as Omniscan, OptiMARK, Magnevist,
ProHance, and MultiHance)
Since June 2006, FDA has been reviewing
reports about patients who developed a new
disease --Nephrogenic Systemic
Fibrosis/Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy
(NSF/NFD)--after they received a
gadolinium-based contrast agent during a
magnetic resonance imaging scan (MRI) or
magnetic resonance angiography (MRA).
As of
December 21, 2006, 90 individuals with
NSF/NFD had been reported to FDA; all had
moderate to end-stage renal disease prior to
their MRI or MRA with a gadolinium-based
contrast agent. Their clinical
characteristics are described in more detail
below. Physicians should carefully assess the
need for gadolinium-based contrast agents in
patients with moderate to end-stage renal
disease when performing an MRI or MRA.
The signs and symptoms of NSF/NFD include:
- For the skin - burning or itching,
reddened or darkened patches; and/or skin
swelling, hardening and/or tightening
- For the eyes - yellow raised spots
on the
whites of the eyes
- For the bones, joints and muscles
- joint
stiffness; limited range of motion in the
arms, hands, legs, or feet; pain deep in the
hip bone or ribs; and/or muscle weakness
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Impaired Antibody Synthesis after Spinal Cord Injury is Level- Dependent and is Due to Sympathetic Nervous System Dysregulation.
Exp Neurol. 2007 Sep; 207(1): 75-84. Lucin KM, Sanders VM, Jones TB, Malarkey WB, Popovich PG.
Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) are
highly susceptible to infection. This
post-traumatic immune suppression is thought
to occur via alterations in sympathetic
nervous system (SNS) or
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis
function. Normally, the HPA axis and SNS help
coordinate proper immune function. After SCI,
the HPA axis becomes activated and descending
input to sympathetic preganglionic neurons
(SPNs) is impaired.
Because lymphoid organs are innervated by
SPNs distributed throughout the thoracolumbar
spinal cord, we predicted level-dependent
immune suppression after SCI due to
activation of the HPA axis and loss of
descending input to SPNs.
Using a mid-thoracic (T9) spinal contusion
injury model, we found that CORT was elevated
after SCI with aberrant patterns of diurnal
CORT synthesis evident through at least the
first 24 h post-injury. However, splenic NE
and antibody synthesis were similar to
uninjured controls. Injury severity did not
change these parameters.
In contrast, high-level SCI (T3) caused
sustained increases in CORT and splenic NE
along with impaired antibody synthesis and
elevated splenocyte apoptosis. The
immunosuppressive effects of T3 SCI were
caused by NE acting at beta2-adrenergic
receptors (beta2AR) and could be reversed
using beta2AR blockers. Interestingly,
impaired antibody after T3 SCI could be
mimicked after T9 SCI with a beta2AR agonist.
These data illustrate the immunosuppressive
effects of the SNS after high-level SCI and
indicate that immune deficits may be overcome
using beta-blockers.
Comment: Regarding SOT's CMRT theory
it is interesting that cortisone function was
affected following an induced (T9) spinal
contusion injury.
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Passings: Dr. David Walther
It is with deep sadness I wish to inform you
about the passing of David Walther, DC, world
renowned author, teacher, and developer of
Applied Kinesiology methods. Dr. Walther,
71, died Wednesday night (September 10, 2008).
He was diagnosed with an illness in January
2008 but continued to serve his patients
until the fatigue caused him
to retire on August 11, 2008.
For those who had the opportunity to meet
him, they had the gift of being in the
presence of a humble, caring, giving genius.
While he will be sorely missed, he has left a
legacy that will live beyond him.
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