A guest editorial by Dr. Clem Martin of Bonham, Texas asks a very good question:  Have we succumbed to addictive simplicity which reduces our "science and art" to merely a mindless technique?

Nearing completion of 50 years of clinical chiropractic practice and 73 years of personal reliance on chiropractic application for comprehensive healthcare, Dr. Martin wonders whether treatment is nothing more than a "technique repeated" as so many seem to think.  "If so," he wonders, "what is the science  and art to  something so  ridiculously simple?  Why the need for an academic degree, a graduate degree ... [Read More]

The American Medical Association met in convention this past week and set about establishing their officers, policies, and objectives for the coming year.  We thought that we would share with you a very small amount of the wide ranging content that the AMA considered.  These include:

• on a 21 person board nearly 20% are from the State of Texas.
  
• AMA says "we have the opportunity to assure that our county’s health care system bears the imprint of physicians..."
• and that they..."focus on improving the health care system for patients and physici... [Read More]
  
  

It has been common of late for some healing arts practitioners to state "so what if the TMA succeeds in hijacking the word diagnosis?  It won't change how I practice--I just won't take insurances."  The question is then will an adverse outcome on the ability of healing arts practitioners other than MD/DOs to render a "diagnosis" have an adverse effect on a practitioner who does not deal with third-party payers?   The answer is yes it will.

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