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HEALTHBEAT SHOW NOTES .... Episode #107 - Recorded July 27, 2007

Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of HealthBeat, Chiropractic OnLine Today’s Health, News and informational Podcast.

In this week’s news:  We’ll Look At –

• Chiropractors now recognized in Thailand

• NJ Chiropractors Continue to Push to Restore Extremity Adjusting

• Life dissatisfaction among patients with lumbar spinal stenosis

• American Airlines to Broadcast ACA Interview

• Health Coaching

For HealthBeat, This is Dr. Todd Eglow.

Welcome to HealthBeat Podcast #107, recorded July 27, 2007.  HealthBeat is Chiropractic OnLine Today’s radio program, providing current news and commentary about Chiropractic and Health.

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Chiropractors now recognized in Thailand

Thailand has become the second place in Asia to officially recognize chiropractic treatment, according to an article in The Nation, Bangkok’s independent newspaper.

The article said testing for the certification of chiropractors took place last week, according to the President of the Thailand Chiropractic Association.

Chiropractic treatment has been available in Thailand since 1993.

For more information, surf to - The Nation – www.nationmultimedia.com

NJ Chiropractors Continue to Push to Restore Extremity Adjusting

Despite efforts by New Jersey chiropractors who pushed for passage of a bill (A-4416) that would restore their right to diagnose and adjust extremities as well as the spine, the bill did not reach the Senate in time.

In the article being cited, according to the Executive director of the Association of New Jersey Chiropractors (ANJC), the bill will pass when the legislature reconvenes in September.

The bill was necessitated because of a court decision earlier this year limiting the scope of chiropractic to spinal adjustments only. Miller said the bill was designed in less than one week, was out of committee in record time, and was passed by the Assembly under emergency status.

The bill “provides that practice of chiropractic includes diagnosis and adjustment of articulations of spinal column and other joints.”

For more information, surf to www.anjc.info

Life dissatisfaction among patients with lumbar spinal stenosis

The objective of a study published in Volume 16, Issue 7 of the European Spine Journal, was to examine self-reported life satisfaction and associated factors in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) in secondary care level, selected for surgical treatment.

Life satisfaction was assessed with the four-item Life Satisfaction scale. Depression was assessed with a 21-item Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).  Lumbar spinal stenosis related physical functioning and pain were assessed with Oswestry disability index, Stucki questionnaire, Visual Analogue Scale and pain drawings. All questionnaires were administered before surgical treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis.

Results showed that 25% of the patients with LSS were found to be dissatisfied with life. In a univariate analysis, smoking, elevated subjective disability scores and extensive markings in the pain drawings were more common in the dissatisfied patients. The dissatisfied patients also showed lower coping resources, elevated depression scores, and were more often depressed.

In conclusion, life dissatisfaction was rather common among preoperative LSS patients. Pain and constraints on everyday functioning were important correlates of life dissatisfaction. However, only younger age and somatic comorbidity were independently associated with life dissatisfaction.

These results emphasize the importance of recognizing and assessing the effect of coexisting medical conditions and they need to be addressed in any treatment program.

Surf to our Show Notes for a link to this study - http://www.springerlink.com/content/n0r838x431v12548/

American Airlines to Broadcast ACA Interview

A spokesperson for the American Chiropractic Association, the ACA, said in a recent press release, that the ACA will be featured on American Airline’s in-flight radio programming throughout the month of October.

During the 2-minute interview, Dr. Karen Erickson discusses a variety of issues, including evidence showing chiropractic’s effectiveness, the profession’s evolving role in the health care marketplace, and much more. American Airlines in-flight audio reaches more than 4 million people each month.

For more information, surf to www.acatoday.org

Health Corner – In this edition of COT HealthBeat’s Health Corner, we present a CNBC discussion on the topic of Health Coaching.

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