This is a recent Wall Street Journal article by a surgeon who has worked at Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, D.C. General Hospital, Harvard and others). One of the benefits of chiropractic care is we have a much lower patient hospital admission rate so our patients have a decreased risk of being injured or dying in hospitals.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444620104578008263334441352.html

This is a new study from the European Spine Journal which reviewed nine previous studies on patients with chronic neck pain with and without pinched nerves. It found no better results for surgery than non-surgical treatments. 
Why do insurance companies pay billions of dollars for ineffective, expensive and dangerous treatments and then always state that they need huge increases in premiums to keep up with the increasing medical costs?


http://www.healio.com/orthopedics/spine/news/online/%7B240B53CC-40C2-4912-B8FC-6BA2BF748F69%7D/Spine-surgery-did-not-improve-outcomes-for-patients-with-chronic-neck-painhttp://www.healio.com/orthopedics/spine/news/online/%7B240B53CC-40C2-4912-B8FC-6BA2BF748F69%7D/Spine-surgery-did-not-improve-outcomes-for-patients-with-chronic-neck-pain

Here is another in a now long list of studies showing increased harm of anti-inflammatory drugs in people routinely using them before exercise mistakenly believing they will decrease soreness or injuries. In fact inflammation is an integral part of the healing process and these drugs actually delay and interfere with healing.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/05/for-athletes-risks-from-ibuprofen-use/

Meningitis outbreak brings attention to treatment of back pain

Very good article in the Chicago Tribune that features an Illinois doctor of chiropractic with a discussion of the dangers of several types of back treatments. http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/bs-hs-chiropractors-meningitis-20121104,0,7986435,full.story Any thoughts on the topics of this article?