• Fighting infertility at the chiropractor
• Mother's milk = smarter kids
• 72-year-old runners
• Words of Wisdom
• Chiropractic Q&A
• Antibiotic use and breast cancer
• Chiropractic and spinal research
• Humor

Fighting Infertility at the Chiropractor
 That was the title of a Feb. 25, 2004 CBS2 News Special Report discussing Dr. Medeline Behrendt, a chiropractor. Out of 15 women who were unable to become pregnant (some for over a decade), after receiving chiropractic adjustments 14 of them got pregnant, carried to term and became mothers. The report merely reminds people of what chiropractors and their many patients have known for over a hundred years, as it stated:
 
  
Startling new research shows a possible link between spinal adjustments and increased fertility in some women. 

How does chiropractic help? The ovaries, uterus, fallopian tubes and other structures needed to nurture a healthy pregnancy all need a healthy nerve supply from the spine in order to function properly. If the spine is misaligned (subluxated), nerves going to those organs may be affected causing the organs to function at less than 100%.
Chiropractors check the spine for subluxations and correct them, thus permitting your body to be more balanced with all its organs receiving proper nerve communications and energy.
Over six million couples in the US alone have fertility problems, spending tens of thousands of dollars trying to get pregnant, often without success. Why not go in for a spinal checkup to see if you have a subluxation affecting the reproductive system? If you do, an adjustment may hold the key to a successful pregnancy. (1) 

Mother's milk = smarter kids
 Researchers followed over 1000 children for 18 years to see if those who were breastfed were different from the non-breastfed babies. They discovered that more breastfeeding was associated with consistent and statistically significant increases in 1) IQ; 2) reading comprehension, mathematical ability, and scholastic ability 3) teacher ratings of reading and mathematics and 4) higher levels of attainment in school leaving examinations. The authors wrote: "Breastfeeding is associated with small but detectable increases in child cognitive ability and educational achievement. These effects are 1) pervasive...and 2) relatively long-lived, extending throughout childhood into young adulthood." This is another study showing that breastfeeding is good for babies' brains. All babies need to be breastfed for at least the first year of life and preferably for 2, 3, or 4 years. (2)

72-year-old runners
 Old age does not mean sick age. With more people realizing that exercise, even regular walking, keeps your body healthier we'll been seeing more and more stories such as the Aberdeennews.com report on two 72-year-olds who run half marathons: "At an age when many of their friends are using walkers or wheelchairs to get around, Dick Wilson, a 72-year-old man from Kansas, and Paul Heitzman, also 72, are doing just the opposite." Heitzman began running right before his 60th birthday to stay in shape. Remember, your body (and mind) will rust out faster than it will wear out. (3)

Words of Wisdom

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them. - Plato

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. - Albert Einstein

When a husband brings his wife flowers for no reason, there's a reason. - Molly McGee 

Chiropractic Questions and Answers
What is the main difference between chiropractic and medicine?
Some people think the difference between medicine and chiropractic is that one approach is drug-free while another treats with drugs. While that is an important difference, there are others.
The chiropractic approach is to permit the body to function better by correcting a major impediment to body function: the vertebral subluxation. 
The medical approach is largely to suppress symptoms such as pain, nausea, vomiting and fever with drugs and to manage (not cure) diseases. The chiropractic natural, drug-free outlook is gaining great popularity as people are increasingly made aware of the dangers of drugs and surgery. Drugs and surgery may be at times necessary, but should be used with caution since those approaches are dangerous. Also, suppressing disease symptoms with antibiotics, steroids and other drugs may drive a disease deeper. (See next two articles).

Antibiotic use and breast cancer
For centuries vitalist healers have claimed that suppression of disease with drugs can cause more serious illness. In the Feb. 18, 2004 Journal of the American Medical Association researchers found that antibiotic use was associated with an increased risk of fatal breast cancer - the more antibiotics taken, the more breast cancer. Papers suggesting such a link appeared decades ago. It didn't matter which class of antibiotic was used. (4) 

Chiropractic and Spinal Research
Remember, all people can benefit from chiropractic care no matter what condition they may have. 
Improved breathing, better vision, normalized blood pressure, relief from allergies and more. Over 1,000 chiropractic patients were interviewed in this Swedish study. Although many patients came in for back and neck conditions, they noticed many other improvements in breathing, digestion, clearer/better/sharper vision, circulation, ringing in the ears, acne/eczema, menstrual problems, asthma/allergies better, sense of smell heightened, reduced blood pressure, numbness in tongue gone, hiccups gone, menses function returned, cough disappeared, double vision disappeared, tunnel vision disappeared, less nausea, etc. (7) 
Multiple Sclerosis and Chiropractic. A 24-year-old female with nerve sensations (paresthesia) and tingling in her upper and lower extremities, stiffness in left arm and hand, and chronic fatigue diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The condition, which medically has no cure, resolved with chiropractic spinal care. (8)
Sciatica and disc herniation. This is the case history of two patients with incapacitating sciatica pain due to diagnosed disc herniation. After initial chiropractic adjustments follow-up scans showed complete absence of disc herniation in the first patient. The 2nd patient's follow-up scan showed the bulge shifting away from the nerve. Both patients' pain levels decreased from severe to minimal. The patients regained the ability to stand, sit and walk for longer periods without discomfort; lifting tasks also became easier. The patients were able to return to work after 3 and 9 months respectively. (9) 


Humor

Answers given by elementary school age children to the following questions:

Why did God make mothers?
1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.

How did God make mothers?
1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. God made my mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.

What ingredients are mothers made of?
1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men's bones. Then they mostly use string. I think.

Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?
1. We're related.
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's moms like me.

What kind of little girl was your mom?
1. My mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.
2. I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3. They say she used to be nice.

What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?
1. His last name.
2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer? Does he make at least $800 a year?

Why did your mom marry your dad?
1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my mom eats a lot.
2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My grandma says that mom didn't have her thinking cap on.

Who's the boss at your house?
1. Mom doesn't want to be boss, but she has to because dad's such a goofball.
2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
3. I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.

What's the difference between moms and dads?
1. Moms work at work and work at home, and dads just go to work at work.
2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3. Dads are taller and stronger, but moms have all the real power 'cause that's who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friend's.

What does your mom do in her spare time?
1. Mothers don't do spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.

What would it take to make your mom perfect?
1. On the inside she's already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.
2. Diet. You know, her hair. I'd diet, maybe blue.

If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?
1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I'd get rid of that.
2. I'd make my mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me.