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This newsletter is dedicated to your good health. If you enjoy it, please forward to others; if not, CLICK HERE and type unsubscribe. Click also if you have other requests or comments.
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In This Issue:
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Dr. Peters and Family Invade the Great Northwest
As many of you know, we have pulled up stakes and followed our Lord's leading to our own little "Promised Land." God has blessed us beyond our wildest dreams. Glory to Him!
Dr. David Atencio has taken over the chiropractic care of my precious people in Orange County, and masterfully so. I have heard nothing but good reports from my people who have been to see him. He is very conveniently located between the 405, 55 and 73 fwys. at 2981 Bristol St. Ste. B-5 in Costa Mesa, telephone 714-662-1921. I am very pleased with my choice of Dr. Atencio as my replacement - I highly recommend him. Please let me know how you like him.
Here in Washington, I am in the process of taking the reigns from the esteemed Dr. Lyle Norton. Although I have some pretty big shoes to fill, Dr. Norton believes I am a worthy replacement. I ask your prayers for the  transition, both north and south.
My new office is in Spokane Valley, WA at 807 N. Sullivan Rd. Ste. 1, telephone 509-924-0504. It is at a great location east of Spokane just off the main highway I-90. Please pray this business grows and flourishes, and that I might bless these people more even than Dr. Norton has.
Cheryl and the kids and I are very happy in our new home. We have been busy unpacking, painting, installing, fixing, etc. and are now nearly functional. Our house is located in a beautiful area with great running through lots of pine trees, along the river, exploring new territory. We are adapting well and finding pretty much everything we need - with the exception of Trader Joe's. The only thing we really miss is the wonderful people we left behind - you.
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There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though no thing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein
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Chiropractic for Chronic Spinal Pain
Latest Research Shows Chiropractic Is The "Only" Care Providing "Broad-Based, Long-Term Benefit"
In 2003, a randomized clinical trial published in the research journal Spine demonstrated that chiropractic manipulation is superior to needle acupuncture and "medication."1,2 The results of a follow-up study were recently released in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT), generating data on patient improvement over one year after care was initially provided.3
The Original Study
Initially, the patients were randomly divided into three groups: acupuncture, chiropractic manipulation, and medication. Those in the acupuncture and chiropractic manipulation groups were given "two treatments per week."
The medication group was given one of three drugs, based upon what other drugs they may have already tried. Patients in the medication group were given Celebrex (200-400 mg/day), unless it had previously been tried. The next drug of choice was Vioxx (12.5-25 mg/day), followed by paracetamol (up to 4 g/day).
The results of the 2003 study found that the "highest proportion of early (asymptomatic status) recovery was found for manipulation (27.3%), followed by acupuncture (9.4%) and medication (5%)." The chiropractic manipulation group achieved the best overall results.
The Follow-Up Study
The follow-up study3 reapplied the same measurement instruments to the patients after more than a year. The results of this follow-up study demonstrated that: "Comparisons of initial and extended follow-up questionnaires to assess absolute efficacy showed that only the application of spinal manipulation revealed broad-based, long-term benefit."
"Overall, patients who have chronic mechanical spinal pain syndromes and received spinal manipulation gained significant broad-based beneficial short-term and long-term outcomes. In patients with chronic spinal pain syndromes, spinal manipulation, if not contraindicated, may be the only treatment modality of the assessed regimens that provides broad and significant long-term benefit."
References
1.Giles LGF, Muller R. Chronic spinal pain: a randomized clinical trial comparing medication, acupuncture, and spinal manipulation. Spine 2003;28:1490-1503.
2.Chiropractic best for chronic spine pain: new research shows manipulation superior to acupuncture, drugs. Dynamic Chiropractic, Sept. 1, 2003: www.chiroweb.com/archives/21/18/18.html.
3.Muller R, Giles LGF. Long-term follow-up of a randomized clinical trial assessing the efficacy of medication, acupuncture, and spinal manipulation for chronic mechanical spinal pain syndromes. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2005;28:3-11.
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When religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine, now when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic. -Thomas Szasz
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Despite Cholesterol Levels, Exercise Helps Men Live Longer
With the avalanche of studies I've posted this year regarding how exercise can be a boost to your health in so many ways, here's another one that benefits men: Regardless how high their cholesterol levels are, males who  are physically fit can slash their risk of death due to heart disease.
Researchers collected data on more than 19,000 men (ages 20-79) who visited a clinic between 1979-95. Based on newer classifications for high cholesterol, some 42 percent of the patients surveyed required either therapeutic lifestyle changes or drug intervention -- meaning a potentially useless and toxic statin drug.
In comparison to patients with good cholesterol numbers, males who had to make lifestyle changes were at double the risk of death. For patients "needing" aggressive drug therapy, their mortality odds rose astronomically by a factor of seven.
The good news: Physically active men, no matter what their cholesterol numbers said, reduced their odds of death from heart disease by 50 percent. The reason, experts believe, exercise lowers cholesterol is that it treats the risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome (these findings led one researcher to rename the condition physical inactivity syndrome).
Forbes.com August 29, 2005
Circulation August 29, 2005
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A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses. - Hippocrates
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EPA Unions Call For Fluoridation Moratorium
Although some groups believe the anniversary of fluoridation in America is something worth celebrating, they don't include EPA employee unions, representing 7,000 environmental and public health workers, who have called for a moratorium on fluoride. (Read NTEU Chapter 280's letters and position on fluoride at this link.
These 11 unions have asked Congress to consider a moratorium -- pending a review on the risks and rewards of fluoridation -- and the EPA to recognize exposure to fluoride may cause cancer. The announcement comes on the heels of a hidden Harvard study recently discovered by the Fluoride Action Network that found exposure to fluoridated tap water was responsible for an increased risk of bone cancer in boys, ages 10-19.
Of course, many towns saw the same news report, but still see nothing wrong with fluoridation, and claim few want that to change. Interestingly enough, few European countries fluoridate their water. Ever wonder why?
- Fluoride increases the tumor growth and the general cancer rate.
- Fluoride has been linked to cancer, low IQs in children, genetic disorders and muscle degeneration.
- Fluoride inhibits the formation of antibodies in the blood.
To make your feelings known about fluoridation, I urge you to visit the Fluoride Action Network's Web site and sign their online petition and send a letter to your Congressman.
Albany Democrat-Herald August 30, 2005
World-Wire August 30, 2005
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Water is the most neglected nutrient in your diet but one of the most vital. - Kelly Barton
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Antioxidant-Rich Diet Fights Cataracts
Researchers have discovered an antioxidant-rich diet of fruits and vegetables may prevent the breakdown of a crucial  mechanism, called the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway, that clears damaged proteins away from eye lenses. When too many of these damaged proteins accumulate, cataracts can grow on the eye.
This ubiquitin-proteasome pathway helps balance a healthy concentration of proteins within cells. Ubiquitin is a protein that identifies damaged proteins ripe for removal and attaches itself to them. These "conjugated" proteins then latch onto proteasomes (protein-degrading enzymes) finish the job of clearing away vision-sapping debris.
Because free radicals attack ubiquitin and other healthy proteins in the eye, the antioxidants contained in vitamins C and E can play an important role in protecting that pathway.
A good source of vitamins C and E, as well as beta carotene: Kiwi fruit.
USDA Agricultural Research Service August 2, 2005
USDA Agricultural Research Service August 2005Free Full Text Article
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The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Study Finds "Manual Therapy" Effective for Shoulder Dysfunction/Pain
A study published recently in the Annals of Internal Medicine has found "manual therapy" in conjunction with "usual medical care' to be much more effective forr shoulder dysfunction and pain than usual medical care alone.1 Researchers in The Netherlands noted significant improvements in recovery, severity of complaint, shoulder pain and shoulder disability with the addition of a 12-week course of manual therapy.
Usual medical care (control group) included "information, advice, and therapy." Control group therapy included prescriptions for oral analgesics or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), corticosteroid injections, and/or physiotherapy as needed.
Patients in the intervention group received usual care and manipulative therapy that included specific manipulations (low-amplitude, high-velocity thrust techniques) and specific mobilizations (high-amplitude, low-velocity thrust techniques) "to improve overall joint function and decrease any restrictions in movement at single or multiple segmental levels in the cervical spine and upper thoracic spine and adjacent ribs." (emphasis added) This is an important point, as this study provides evidence that by utilizing spinal manipulation to address shoulder pain and dysfunction, problems in the shoulder (and other extremities) can be addressed through manipulation of the spine.
Data on the patients were collected during and at the end of the treatment period (at six and 12 weeks) and during the follow-up period (at 26 and 52 weeks). At the completion of care (12 weeks), "43% of the intervention group and 21% of the control group reported full recovery." After a full year (52 weeks), "approximately the same difference in recovery rate (17 percentage points) was seen between groups."
The differences in results showed substantial improvement for those patients receiving manipulative therapy. (See graph below.)
The authors point out the fact that this is the first study of its kind:
"To our knowledge, this is the first trial to focus on the effectiveness of adding manipulative therapy for the cervicothoracic spine and the adjacent ribs to usual medical care for treatment of shoulder symptoms."
Reference
1.Bergman GJD, Winters JC, Groenier KH, et al. Manipulative therapy in addition to usual medical care for patients with shoulder dysfunction and pain. Ann Intern Med 2004;141:4320439
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Thank you!
We want to take this opportunity to thank all of you for referring your family and friends to us.
We are honored by your confidence in us and thank you for your generosity and your loving concern for others.
We extend a warm welcome to all our new practice members.
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