Texas Journal of Chiropractic: Featured News, World News

Germany Raises Health Care Premiums, Cuts Health Care Pay

Published 07/27/2010 - 3:58 p.m. CDT

Faced with a ballooning deficit in Germany's health care system, Chancellor Angela Merkel's government decided...to raise premiums and cut into the profits of doctors, dentists, hospitals and pharmaceutical manufacturers.

Germany's once highly regarded mandatory health insurance covers about 72 million people, or 90 percent of the population. It has already gone through a series of reforms to stabilize its financial base. Costs are rising swiftly because of ever more sophisticated treatments and an aging population.

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Private Money?

Published 07/26/2010 - 8:00 a.m. CDT

New types of currency are popping up in the form of precious metal coins from private mints.

The U.S. Treasury Department says the Coinage Act of 1965 says 'private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether or not to accept cash. The metal, because it's a precious metal retains its value relative to today's dollar, which has deflated."

Accepting the private mint silver or precious metal currency then "...protects you from inflation that paper money gives you."

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No Health Insurance?

Published 07/25/2010 - 1:14 p.m. CDT

The health care overhaul passed earlier this year will help many uninsured get coverage starting in 2014. But until then, Americans who lose employer coverage may find buying insurance on their own unaffordable. That means many of the 46 million Americans uninsured have to foot the bill for medical care.

The AP offers suggestions on how people might cope with a lack of health insurance...

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The Advantages and Disadvantages of Chiropractic Care

Published 07/24/2010 - 7:56 a.m. CDT

A press distribution web page recently posted HERE an article about the advantages and disadvantages of chiropractic care.

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Pediatric Manipulation Risk

Published 07/23/2010 - 2:00 p.m. CDT

One review concludes that "there is currently no evidence of any adverse effects associated with chiropractic pediatric care as well as other professions using manual therapy." A second concludes that while adverse events are noted "neither causation nor incidence rates can be inferred from observational data" concerning pediatric manipulation.

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DOD Awards $7.5 Million to Study Chiropractic

Published 07/23/2010 - 7:20 a.m. CDT

The Department of Defense Defense Health Program for fiscal year 2010 includes, for the first time, a Chiropractic Clinical Trial Award "intended to support the rapid implementation of clinical trials that examine the effect of chiropractic clinical treatment either exclusively or as an adjunct to other treatments on health concerns relative to the Warfighter [member of the Armed Forces], including non-surgical orthopedic injury, pain management, smoking cessation, injury prevention, and enhancing fitness for duty."

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Chiropractic in New Mexico

Published 07/22/2010 - 3:59 p.m. CDT

There has been much interest of late regarding the laws pertaining to chiropractic in the State of New Mexico. Here are excerpts from their newly enacted law and a listing of the "drugs" that qualifying chiropractic doctors may make use of.

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Physician in Whistle-Blower Case Charged by Texas Medical Board

Published 07/22/2010 - 12:00 p.m. CDT

The Texas Medical Board has charged the family physician at the center of a nationally publicized whistle-blower case involving 2 nurses, REPORTED HERE in the Texas Journal of Chiropractic, Online.

The Medical Doctor has been charged with poor medical judgment, nontherapeutic prescribing, failure to maintain adequate records, overbilling, witness intimidation, and other violations. The two nurses have filed a federal civil suit, and the Texas Department of State Health Services has proposed a $15,000-plus fine on the involved hospital.

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FDA Warns of Prescription Drug in Weight-Loss Supplement Slim-30 Herb Supplement

Published 07/21/2010 - 12:00 p.m. CDT

An unapproved supplement marketed as a "Natural Herb for Weight Loss" contains undeclared amounts of the prescription diet drug sibutramine -- which can increase risk of heart attack and stroke, an FDA analysis found.

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