Chicken Embryos, Male Breast Enlargement, and the Emmys.

Steve's been e-mailing me random videos with subtle subject titles such as "freakin' hilarious . . . blogworthy". Since Steve doesn't yet have his own blog, I sometimes blog on behalf of the family. So, here are some things that Steve found very funny, and he thinks that you readers in the blogosphere will laugh.

He found a link to this video on the flu vaccine from Uri's blog. I guess it was sorta funny, but not really. And, it wasn't really too eye opening for me since my chiropractor educated me on vaccine ingredients back when I was in the military, a.k.a. a government guinea pig for the pharmaceutical industry. However, I was able to weasel out of my flu shot for my last 2 years in active duty. Where there's red tape that can kill you, there's always a way around it. Yes, I found that loop, and I haven't had a flu shot since 2002. By the way, I haven't had the flu since then, either. Rather, all my co-workers who got the shot also ended up with flu-like symptoms and/or serious upper respiratory infections. I tell you, it's just not worth the risk. Especially since you increase your likelihood of getting Alzheimer's by the 5th flu vaccine injection . . . it's that good ol' mercury accumulation that never quite leaves the body.

Actually, it was the 1917-1918 influenza epidemic that actually allowed the chiropractic profession to persist. Back then, people weren't going to chiropractors for neck or low back pain. They were going to prevent death from the flu You can read Dan Murphy's highlights from "The Official History of Chiropractic in Texas by W.R. Rhodes here.

Next, he sent me this video clip from the Emmys.

Finally, today he sent me to a Fox News link on essential oils and their phytoestrogen or isoflavone link to gynecomastia (or breast growth in males). It's scary what excess estrogen can do! More published research is available on Medline (do a search for phytoestrogens and hormonal effects).

Hippocratic Oath

Some interesting history and Latin translation of the Hippocratic Oath.

Happy Eleventy-First Birthday, Chiropractic!

Today marks the eleventy-first birthday of chiropractic. In the Ryan Block of Davenport, Iowa, magnetist D. D. Palmer hit janitor Harvey Lillard on the back with a forceful rack. Harvey, who had been deaf for 10 years, could suddenly hear the horse-drawn carriages in the street, and exclaimed he'd gotten his hearing back. Suddenly, chiropractic became history, although it wasn't named until later by one of D.D.'s patients, an M.D. named Samuel Weed: "chiro", the Greek word for "hand".

D. D. Palmer

Harvey Lillard

Today also marks the day after the dreaded national boards, which weren't all that awful. It was a long weekend of testing: 13 hours total. I'm SO GLAD to be done. I won't get my scores for another 6 weeks, but until then, what's done is done. I'm still trying to muster up the motivation to study for my final exams . . . not much study power left after this weekend. Trying to tempt myself with tea and chocolate, and the fact that I'm oh so close to getting a 4.0 this quarter, why not go for it?

Chiropractic and Restored Hearing

Cool case study on how chiropractic adjustments improved hearing. I think this has been documented before. . . back when the founder of chiropractic, D.D. Palmer, restored hearing to Harvey Lillard back in September of 1895. Enjoy!

Dr. Reggie - Chiropractic Giant

This is an old picture, taken over the summer. But, I just received it from the photographer (thanks Andrew!). Dr. Gold spoke at Palmer Florida to a packed out lecture hall filled with students and surprisingly some faculty and administrators. Reggie boldly shared his views on chiropractic, his take on the direction the profession is going and where he thinks it ought to go. He also shared what curriculum would be included in a chiropractic school if he could design it from scratch; he also recognized that due to the current medipractic politicians, our school requirements of so much bogus stuff for national boards don't allow enough time for us to focus on the important stuff like hands-on practice for adjusting and chiropractic philosophy (why we do what we do and how it's different from the pharmaceutically-driven medical community). The following excerpt is from the World Chiropractic Alliance, who provided a swell background on Dr. Reggie.
["Reggie," as he's long been affectionately known, has enthusiastically and faithfully served the chiropractic profession for almost 50 years.

Dr. Joseph B. Strauss, author of the biography, "Reggie: Making the Message Simple," observed, "Reggie's contributions to this profession are numerous and far‑reaching. Yet, his single greatest contribution to our profession is his ability to make the chiropractic message so simple, so easily understood by the layperson. It is impossible to imagine how many lives Reggie has touched directly or indirectly with the concept that everyone needs chiropractic from the time they are born and throughout their entire lifetime."

A charismatic spokesperson, Dr. Gold was instrumental in the formation of two chiropractic colleges and was a role model for high volume practices for many years. He shaped the minds of many chiropractic students during his years as an instructor (1963‑65) at New York Chiropractic College (then Columbia), Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic (1973‑76), and Pennsylvania College of Straight Chiropractic (1978‑81). Instrumental in the founding of the FSCO, he introduced the profession to a clearer philosophical understanding and direction.

"If Reggie has touched your life in any way, which he has so many, you won't want to miss this once in a lifetime event, " said Dr. Judy Campanale, chairperson of the Celebration Committee. "It's the perfect opportunity to show Reggie how much he has meant to you and to the many people he has influenced in his lifetime."

Reggie Gold came to this country from England in 1949 and while owning and operating a successful antique business was turned on to chiropractic. He graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1957 at the top of his class and his Spring Valley, New York practice is legendary. He served vast numbers of people seven days a week for 15 years, from 1958 to 1972. He easily served tens of thousands of people over the course of his practice. Yet, his mission was always to get the message of chiropractic out to people.]