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Health Care Myths

Deadly Recipe: The Ingredients of a Flu Shot

by Dr. Brandon Harshe

This is a pretty funny take on something I take pretty seriously. Enjoy!

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A Chiropractic Miracle Story

by Dr. Brandon Harshe

Here’s a video where Chiropractor Dr. Chris Burfield describes his wife’s birthing experience and his baby’s resultant miracles. Right arm paralysis and torticollis somehow, someway, gone after Chiropractic. But I suppose all my skeptic friends reading this will say “It’s only placebo… no RCTs will prove Chiropractic did anything, so it didn’t really work. It [...]

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Miracle Baby Returning to Life or Just What Nature Intended?

by Dr. Brandon Harshe

Anyone who has given birth in a hospital, or whose wife has given birth in a hospital, knows that they are expecting emergencies. Once the doctor has “delivered” the baby, the nurses are ready to rush the baby off to the nursery, healthy or not, separating the mom and her new child immediately. Here’s a [...]

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Position Statement on Tiering of the Chiropractic Profession

by Dr. Brandon Harshe

(Editor’s note: this is the position statement on tiering by the Foundation for Vertebral Subluxation.) A Masters Degree in Advanced Clinical Practice is being promulgated within the profession which purports to give chiropractors a broader immersion in clinical studies including pharmacology. It is reported that the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners is planning to develop [...]

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Charms, Spells, and Enchantments: Harry Potter or Pharmaceuticals?

by Dr. Brandon Harshe

The pharmaceutical industry dominates the United States today. From Hepatitis B vaccines at childbirth, to 1 out of every 3 commercials on TV, to the largest presidential campaign donations. Pharmaceutical companies have had a stranglehold on our society for some time now, and it is only getting worse. When looking at the word “pharmaceutical” itself, [...]

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Tour of the Palmer “Chiropractic” Clinic

by Dr. Brandon Harshe

I’m sure many readers of this blog have also come across this video at some point. I won’t say much else because the video says it all. Try to enjoy, but if you throw up in your mouth I understand. LOL!

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An Argument Chiropractic Skeptics Avoid, Armchair Skepticism, & the Blood-Curdling Horror of Poison Oak

by Dr. Brandon Harshe

There is a growing movement on the Internet called the skeptic movement, or modern skepticism. These are people that reject any and all ideas without seeing sufficient proof that an idea actually exists. Here is an actual explanation of skepticism from Skeptic.com. “Some people believe that skepticism is the rejection of new ideas, or worse, [...]

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A Response About Pre-Natal Care

by January Harshe

(Editor’s note: This is a blog post I wrote for The Skinny on January on April 9, 2009 when I was pregnant with my fourth child.) I had a friend post a response to me about my thoughts on pre-natal care.  She expressed her thoughts about how it is valuable and how mortality rates have [...]

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Dr. Christopher Kent’s Response to the GCC’s Ruling on Vertebral Subluxation in the UK

by Dr. Brandon Harshe

Recently, Dr. Christopher Kent responded to the GCC’s ridiculous ruling on the vertebral subluxation. Below are some excerpts. You can read the entire response here. “A straw man argument is based on misrepresentation of an opponent’s position. To “attack a straw man” is to create the illusion of having refuted a proposition by substituting a [...]

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Position Statement on Chiropractic & Stroke

by Dr. Brandon Harshe

(Editor’s note: The following is the Foundation for Vertebral Subluxation position statement regarding Chiropractic and stroke.) There is no human experimental evidence that chiropractic adjustments or neck manipulations are causally related to strokes. The claims and statements that have been made and that have been interpreted by plaintiff attorneys and plaintiff experts to contend a [...]

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