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HEALTHBEAT SHOW NOTES .... Episode #11 - Recorded September 23, 2005

Welcome to HealthBeat Podcast #11, recorded September 23, 2005.  HealthBeat is Chiropractic OnLine Today’s radio program, providing current news and commentary about Chiropractic and Health. 

Chiropractic Comes to Katrina’s Aid  

An update to Healthbeat’s previous interview with Foot Levelers President Kent Greenwald  - The Hurricane Katrina relief effort launched by Foot Levelers, Inc. has exceeded $500,000.

Chiropractors donated more than $300,000 to the American Red Cross through the Foot Levelers effort. The company matched up to $200,000, making the total in excess of $500,000.

To listen to our Foot Levelers interview, please download Episode #8.

In news of other relief efforts, The American Chiropractic Association (ACA), the International Chiropractors Association ( ICA ), the Chiropractic Association of Louisiana (CAL), and the Mississippi Chiropractic Association (MCA) are among professional associations that have set up Katrina help centers for chiropractors affected by the hurricane.

For more information about these efforts, please surf to ChiroEco.com.  A full Web Listing will be included in the show notes for this Podcast.

http://www.chiroeco.com/news/2005/September/Katrina1.php

American Chiropractor Holds Seminar

The American Chiropractor magazine is holding a seminar February 12-15, 2005.  Titled “Better Healthcare for Everyone – Chiropractic ‘06”, will feature seminars on General Wellness concept; Chiropractic Techniques; and Round Table Discussions.

Held in the Republic of Panama , those interested can obtain more information or register for the symposium directly at www.chiropractic06.com

Palmer issues call for 5th Symposium on Nutrition and Chiropractic  

Palmer College of Chiropractic is planning its 5^th Symposium on Nutrition and Chiropractic.  The Symposium will be titled Nutrition and the Life Cycle,” and is scheduled for April 22–23, 2006.

A call for papers is presently underway, with all submissions due no later than October 3, 2005.  Accepted authors will have the opportunity to make a 15-minute oral presentation at the symposium.

For more information or to register, call the Palmer Institute for Professional Advancement, 800-452-5032.

Online Practice Board Exams

Hey Students …. If you are in the process of studying for you National Board exams, you can now test yourselves online. 

The review exams come from a database with several thousand board-like questions covering the material on Parts I and II. The system randomly creates a 90-minute, 110-question test for students who want to test their knowledge.

Upon completion of the exam, the system provides a summary to show achievement and provides feedback on why answers were incorrect. No two tests are exactly alike.

For more information, surf to – http://www.ChiroEcoCE.com

http://www.chiroeco.com/news/2005/September/Practice.php

Children Mimic Parents Health Habits

According to IntelliHealth.com, Preschoolers pretending to shop for a Barbie doll's social evening were more likely to choose cigarettes if their parents smoked, and wine or beer if their parents drank, a study found. 

Researchers observing the children's play found that the ones who watched PG-13 or R-rated movies also were more likely to choose alcohol for Barbie.

The study, published in the September 2005 issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, suggests that prevention efforts should target younger children.

The study suggests a few things:

• First - parents should be careful about the movies their children watch and;

• Second - The value of the new study is its emphasis on parents' behavior

For more information, surf to www.Intellihealth.com

http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC267/333/21344/431802.html?d=dmtICNNews

Legal Health Record  

The American Health Information Management Association has released guidelines for defining the legal medical record.

A workgroup of the Chicago-based association, which represents health information management professionals working in medical records departments, acknowledges there is no “one-size-fits-all” definition. Its report lays out common principles to follow as an organization creates its definition.

Health organizations need to examine their existing definition of a legal record to determine if changes are necessary as many providers migrate to a hybrid paper and electronic environment, according to the association.

The report includes nearly 50 data elements and documents that should be considered part of the legal record. Text of the report, “Guidelines for Defining the Legal Health Record for Disclosure Purposes,” is available at http://library.ahima.org

Positive Thinking May Offer Pain Relief:

According to WebMD.com, a new study suggests that low expectations about impending pain can actually lower a person's perception of it.

Researchers found that expectations have a surprisingly big effect on pain. Positive expectations produced about a 28 percent decrease in pain ratings -- equal to a shot of morphine.  In addition, researchers say the findings suggest that positive thinking about pain can reduce both the perception and processing of pain in the brain.

These results confirm that a mental representation of an impending sensory event can significantly shape the neurological events and processes that underlie the formulation of the actual sensory experience and may possibly provide insight as to how positive expectations diminish the severity of chronic disease states.

For more information, surf to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences at - pnas.org

http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/102/36/12950

As always, please surf to our Podcast Show Notes at ChiropractiRadio.com for full web references.

In this week’s Chiropractic Corner, Dr. David Lemberg returns and discusses, in a lively give and take interview, his view of what conditions he feels Chiropractic care is useful for.

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

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