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What a productive year 2008 was and we are anticipating even greater accomplishments in 2009. Thank you for your support, your on-going membership and for the wonderful community of like-minded, committed chiropractors you have created. Here is a brief recap of the fulfillment of our mission: Research, Training and Education: 2008 was a hugely successful year for research! You can see all endeavors on our website. Please check out our most recent Research Update here: If you are not currently signed up to receive Research Updates, please do so here: For 2009, we are initiating another 9 certification locations to add to the 9 we are currently offering. Visit all scheduled classes here: Remember: All classes have license renewal in surrounding states and you can take one class from the series or all! 1- Pathways magazine continues to grow in leaps and bounds. You can help this growth by:
Exciting News! Pathways will be hitting the newsstands this spring! We will keep you posted on this... 2- Our public web site: www.icpa4kids.org
3- Family Wellness First e-Newsletter
Membership: Our membership has grown to a strong 3,000 dedicated chiropractors from 22 countries around the world. The powerful impact we are having on the future of chiropractic and for family wellness is just beginning... ICPA Supporters and their Benefits for You! We appreciate the support of other groups in chiropractic who recognize the importance of our mission and therefore extend benefits to our members. Here some of our supporters: This unique and vitalistic community event program will increase community awareness of your valuable services and build incredible alliances with like minded practitioners in your town. There is a significant ICPA membership discount for those who sign up for this outstanding program by February 7th, 2009. Read why this event is so valuable for your practice and how to get your discount: www.icpa4kids.com/Partners/Indigo_Child/indigo_letter_1-09.htm The Dead Chiropractic Society's California Jam: This weekend in March will be one of the largest celebrations in chiropractic. All ICPA members will receive a $99 discount off registration. Check this out...it is going to rock - big time! To read more about the March California Jam visit: www.CaliforniaJam.org Access the special ICPA registration form: www.icpa4kids.com/CAJamReg_Form-ICPA.pdf Holistic Pediatric Association Membership: ICPA members receive a significant discount for membership with the Holistic Pediatric Association (HPA). Be part of the holistic movement...parents are looking for us and this site brings them our way. Read about the HPA here: www.hpakids.org On behalf of our members, the ICPA participates in numerous chiropractic events around the world. Visit this page, view our current schedule of events and register to be with us: www.icpa4kids.com/community/professional.htm Barack Obama's Invite to You... Here is an exciting opportunity for you to offer a spinal exam for children that will get national publicity! President Elect Barack Obama has put out a call for community service on Martin Luther King Day, January 19, 2009. Here's a suggestion: You can sign your office up as a host and offer complimentary consultations/exams for children! Read about this exciting opportunity for community outreach here: www.usaservice.org Sign up your office here: www.usaservice.org Enter your event in their YouTube contest here: www.usaservice.org An Amazing Glimpse at Neural Connections If you have had the pleasure of hearing Dr Joe Dispenza present his work, you have been fortunate. Attendees of the ICPA 2008 Extravaganza were given two outstanding presentations by Dr Dispenza. Now Joe has a new web site with the footage of nerve cell connection in the brain! Visit: www.drjoedispenza.com and see startling micro-photography of actual new connections happening in the brain. Amazing video! enjoy! For those of you who missed the ICPA Extravaganza, you can order cds of Dr. Joe's presentation here: www.familywellnessfirst.org/cd_orders.html This month's News to Use is reflective of a great shift we are experiencing in government, science, health practices and public awareness and demand. Read through and celebrate the role you have as a chiropractor in this shift. The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Pediatrics Just recently an article on Pediatric CAM was published in the Journal Pediatrics. It showed that chiropractic care for children was the second most used CAM therapy. There were some considerations about the paper that needed to be addressed. On behalf of chiropractic, Dr. Matt Mc Coy wrote a letter to the editor of pediatrics, to clarify some misstated points of the article. Read the letter to the editor here: www.pediatrics.aappublications.org Alternative Medicine is Mainstream From the article: "The latest scientific studies show that our bodies have a remarkable capacity to begin healing, and much more quickly than we had once realized, if we address the lifestyle factors that often cause these chronic diseases. These studies show that integrative medicine can make a powerful difference in our health and well-being, how quickly these changes may occur, and how dynamic these mechanisms can be." Access the article here: www.online.wsj.com Leave the Sinking Ship: A must read article by Deepok Chopra refuting a Wall Street Journal bash on integrative medicine. From the article:"The blind allegiance to "evidence-based medicine" overlooks how readily this form of research can be manipulated. It was first developed to isolate patentable agents for drug formulations. In scientific arenas outside of mainstream medicine, this "statistics-based medicine" is regarded as dubious science at best. Narrowly confining itself to costly, selectively published, industry-sponsored clinical trials, to promote pharmaceutical products, "evidence based medicine" is the marketing "icon" used by the current system to squelch lower cost competitors. " Read the entire article here: www.huffingtonpost.com FDA Dissidents Complain to Obama: "Managers with incompatible, discordant and irrelevant scientific and clinical expertise in devices...have ignored serious safety and effectiveness concerns of FDA experts," the letter said. "Managers have ordered, intimidated and coerced FDA experts to modify scientific evaluations, conclusions and recommendations in violation of the laws, rules and regulations, and to accept clinical and technical data that is not scientifically valid." Read more here: www.comcast.net/articles/news-health/20090109/FDA.Dissidents Update on Dr. Sears and his Vaccine Recommendations Robert Sears, MD author and leader to some in CAM care recently wrote a book providing an alternate vaccine schedule. First the book was touted as a great contribution to parents undecided about vaccines and even supportive for those who decided not to vaccinate. Apparently the AMA criticized him, and in this report on WebMD, Sears clarifies his real position on vaccines. Read carefully... "I almost see myself as an ally of the AAP in that I'm finding ways to encourage parents who otherwise would not vaccinate [their children] to go ahead and vaccinate," Sears says. "I believe that my options will actually increase the vaccination rate." Read the article here: www.medscape.com Efficacy of Pneumococcal Vaccine Questionable
Clinical trials have produced conflicting results on the efficacy of unconjugated pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in adults, Dr. Anke Huss from University of Bern and colleagues explain in the January 6 issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Meta-analyses have also produced varied results depending on the trials included. Read more here: www.medscape.com Federal Panel Votes for Millions in Vaccine Research Will there be change we can believe in? Only if we become involved... The two people who are to lead the new White House Office of Health Reform - Tom Daschle and Jeanne Lambrew - coauthored a book earlier this year titled "Critical: What We Can Do About the Health Care Crises." As government officials, they will have much to do with its reform in the coming months and years. Here are a few of their thoughts on health care:
These are strong points reveals their understanding of some root corruption. Will they go beyond the faulty existing structure, dismantle it and build from a new base? Since the book does not mention holistic health care and its part in the solution, we can help to inform them. Write to them and send it to: Tell them that natural health must be a fundamental base in the reform of health care. Many, many blessings, Doctor's Site: www.icpa4kids.com Please forward this PedEx to colleagues who would be interested. Thanks! It is not, and never will be, our intention to send unsolicited email or spam of any kind. Please accept our apologies if you have received this email without subscribing to our list. If you do not wish to receive further issues of PedEx, please unsubscribe at the bottom of this email. Also be sure to sign up for our two other e-Newsletters: Family Wellness First (for your patients) and ICPA Research Updates. You can do so here: www.icpa4kids.com/pedEx IMPORTANT: Our newsletter is sent from the domain "icpa4kids.com". Please configure your spam filter or email rules to accept email from this domain. |