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HEALTHBEAT SHOW NOTES .... Episode #117 - Recorded October 5, 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 –

• Registration for International Whiplash Trauma Congress  - IWTC

• Chronic Migraine Headaches and Personality Profiles

• Prevalence of Lumbar Facet Arthrosis

• CMS publishes final phase of Stark Act

• And Finally, Chiropractic Corner presents a Discussion on Chiropractic and Hospital Protocols with Dr. John Cerf.

For HealthBeat, This is Dr. Todd Eglow.

Welcome to HealthBeat Podcast #117, recorded October 5, 2007.  HealthBeat is Chiropractic OnLine Today’s radio program, providing current news and commentary about Chiropractic and Health.

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Registration extended for International Whiplash Trauma Congress  - IWTC

Post-traumatic headaches will be the focus of this year’s International Whiplash Trauma Congress (IWTC), scheduled to be held Oct. 26–27 in Miami.

Additionally, the IWTC will provide a forum for bringing all relevant disciplines together to share ideas about research, diagnosis, and treatment regarding whiplash as a complex injury mechanism.

Attendees will receive information from internationally renowned experts, while presenters will address a variety of specialties from recent scientific research to bioengineering technologies.

Surf to our Show Notes for a link to view the comprehensive IWTC brochure and register, visit www.spinalinjuryfoundation.org/conference.htm

www.spinalinjuryfoundation.org

http://chiroeco.com/news/2007/August/Early-Registration-Extended-IWTC.php

Chronic Migraine Headaches and Personality Profiles

A study in the journal Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, published a study whose aim was to assess whether the psychological profile may have prognostic significance in chronic migraine patients.

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 was used for the psychological assessment of patients with chronic migraine to explore personality traits. Patients with psychiatric disease and medication overuse were excluded. One hundred and two patients completed the study. Migraine-related disability was measured using the Migraine Disability Assessment questionnaire at baseline (T0) and again after 2 years (T1), during which patients received prophylactic treatment for migraine.

Findings from the study suggest that psychological factors can influence the clinical course of chronic migraine and that psychological evaluation with Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 may be a reliable approach to obtain prognostic data and information for therapy planning in patients with chronic migraine.

Surf to our Show Notes for a link to this study - http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00807.x

Prevalence of Lumbar Facet Arthrosis

A study in the September 1, 2007 issue of the journal Spine attempted to define the prevalence of lumbar facet arthrosis in a large population sample and to examine its association with age, sex, and race.

This study focused on an anatomic, epidemiologic study of facet arthrosis in cadaveric lumbar spines.

As defined from the web site Clinica Fiorela - Arthrosis is the most frequent illness that affects people beginning at the age of 40.  Arthrosis is caused by fibrosis or degeneration of the articular cartilage affecting one or various articulations. The lesion can appear in any articulation, although the most affected are the ones that support the weight of our body. That means, the knees, hips, the spine and also fingers and toes where some nodules can appear.

Arthrosis of lumbar facet joints is a common radiographic finding and has been linked to low back pain. However, no population studies have specifically defined the prevalence of facet arthrosis in the lumbar spine in relation to age, sex, and race.

The study concluded that facet arthrosis is a universal finding in the human lumbar spine. Evidence of arthrosis begins early, with more than one half of adults younger than 30 years demonstrating arthritic changes in the facets. The most common arthritic level appears to be L4-L5. Men have a higher prevalence and degree of facet arthrosis than women.

Surf to our Show Notes for more on this topic - http://www.clinicafiorela.com/artrosis_eng.htm

http://www.spinejournal.com/pt/re/spine/abstract.00007632-200709010-00005.htm;jsessionid=G3VN3cCsnPGpWjZm24nRc6x78ylxGY354K1ZnDHCn476yGRpRpsn!1300892514!181195629!8091!-1?index=1&database=ppvovft&results=1&count=10&searchid=1&nav=search

CMS publishes final phase of Stark Act

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the final phase (Phase III) of the Stark Act, which governs physician-referrals to entities in which the physician has an ownership.

The 89-page document was published in the Federal Register Sept. 5.  The rule takes effect Dec. 4, 2007.

Phase I of the Stark Act was published in January 2001. Phase II was published in March 2004.

In Phase III, CMS says it has reduced the regulatory burden on the healthcare industry through the interpretation of statutory exceptions and modification of the exceptions.

To access the final rule, go to www.chiroeco.com/starkrule

Chiropractic Corner – In this edition of COT HealthBeat’s Chiropractic Corner, we present Part 1 of an Interview with Dr. John Cerf.  Dr. Cerf has been involved with practicing in the Emergency Room of a Hospital in the US State of NJ for nearly 10 years.  In this interview, Dr. Cerf discusses how he got interested and involved with bringing Chiropractic care to a hospital setting.

Surf to www.hospitaldc.com for more information.

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For Chiropractic OnLine Today’s HealthBeat, This is Dr. Todd Eglow.

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