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Sigma Mu Delta – Member Success

A number of SMD alumni have gone on to a range of fields including public health, physician assistance, biotechnology, business, law, and teaching. Although collectively accepted to many more schools, below are only listed the health professional schools that alumni have attended or currently attend: US MD Medical Schools *Albany Medical College *Albert Einstein College [...]

John Bastyr – Life

Bastyr was born in New Prague, Minnesota on May 16, 1912. The family moved to Seattle, Washington in 1928. He graduated from the Seattle College of Chiropractic in 1931 and began a residency with C.P. Bryant, MD, at Grace Hospital. He completed his internship in 1934 and obtained the license of Naturopathic Doctor. In 1944, [...]

Palpation – Uses

Adapted from the Wikipedia article Palpation, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Simon Singh – Chiropractic lawsuit and backlash

On 19 April 2008, ”The Guardian” published Singh’s column ””Beware the spinal trap””, an article that was critical of the practice of chiropractic and which resulted in Singh being sued for libel by the British Chiropractic Association. When the case was first brought against him, ”The Guardian” supported him and funded his legal advice, as [...]

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières – Programs

Medical school Since 2004, the University of Montreal Faculty of Medicine has operated a satellite campus of its medical school at UQTR. The preclinical years are simulcast with the respective classes in Montreal, and the two clinical years are completed in the Centre hospitalier régional de Trois-Rivières (CHRTR) and the Centre hospitalier du centre de [...]

Chiropractic controversy and criticism – Ethics and claims

A Gallup Poll and various research studies and commentaries, some by chiropractors, have pointed out unfavorable facts related to the ethical standards, rampant fraud, abuse and quackery, and unsubstantiated claims made by chiropractors. A study of California disciplinary statistics during 1997–2000 reported 4.5 disciplinary actions per 1000 chiropractors per year, compared to 2.27 for MDs, [...]

Veterinary surgeon – Introduction

Adapted from the Wikipedia article Veterinary surgeon, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Dorn method – Introduction

Dorn method is a form of manual, holistic alternative therapy used to correct claimed misalignments in the spinal column and other joints. In its theoretical approach, it is somewhat related to chiropractic and osteopathy, although it is different in its practical application. It was developed in the 1970s by the German lay-healer Dieter Dorn. Early [...]

Trick or Treatment – Contents

The book evaluates the scientific evidence for acupuncture, homeopathy, herbal medicine, and chiropractic, and briefly covers 36 other treatments. It finds that the scientific evidence for these alternative treatments is generally lacking. Homeopathy is concluded to be completely ineffective: “It’s nothing but a placebo, despite what homeopaths say”. Although the book presents evidence that acupuncture, [...]

Veterinarian – Veterinary specialties

As opposed to human medicine, general practice veterinarians greatly out-number veterinary specialists. Most veterinary specialists work at the veterinary school, or at a referral center in large cities. As opposed to human medicine, where each organ system has its own medical and surgical specialties, veterinarians often combine both the surgical and medical aspect of an [...]

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