2002 Health Watch Index

2002 Health Watch Index

December 18, 2002

	New coalition organized to defend chiropractic independence
	Dr. McCoy joins WCA Board
	Are drug makers buying FDA approval?
	One in five has been victim of medical mistake

December 4, 2002

	Milliman guidelines must be rejected -- now!
	Oregon board exec found in contempt over Holder issue
	Antibiotics seldom help childhood ear infections
	Hormone therapy causes excessive bleeding

November 20, 2002

	Boxing champ is WCA "knock out" spokesman
	WCA takes issue with Walgreen's anti-chiropractic website report
	Task force issues caution on combined hormone therapy
	Physicians' lack of sleep negatively affects performance

November 6, 2002

	WCA Board member named to NCCAM Advisory Council
	I am responsible by Dr. Matthew McCoy
	Cipro, related antibiotics over-prescribed, fueling microbe resistance
	Popular pain pills linked to high blood pressure in young women

October 16, 2002

	Feuling steps up to president's spot
	Millions of patients turned on to chiropractic by patient ed books
	Antibiotics during pregnancy may increase likelihood of childhood allergies, asthma
	Medical doctors fail to provide vital nutrition counseling

October 2, 2002

	The Chiropractic Journal begins 17th year of publication!
	WCA member sees Israeli group as obstacle to licensure
	Outcomes of low back pain not improved by occupational health program
	Popular long-acting contraceptive linked to vascular dysfunction

September 18, 2002

	Is the ACA just looking for an excuse to blame others?
	Position paper clarifies diagnosis duties
	Ex-consultant blasts FDA for links to pharmaceutical industry
	Mammography has not reduced breast cancer death, according to study

September 4, 2002

	WCA board member picked for VA advisory committee
	WCA issues position paper supporting high-volume practices
	Hospital infections kill 103,000 in one year
	Women at greater risk of drug reactions

August 21, 2002

	WCA Board member addresses Irish D.C. group
	Manitoba agrees to cover chiropractic for children
	FDA to allow dangerous drug back on market
	Most simple cuts don't need stitches

August 7, 2002

	Dr. Madeline Behrendt named JVSR associate editor
	WSCC President Dallas to leave post in 2003
	Common knee surgery no better than placebo, according to study
	News media prefers sensationalism to truth

July 17, 2002

	Israeli D.C. killed in suicide bomb attack
	Report of the National Chiropractic Leadership Forum
	Potential diabetes drug linked to increased heart rate, blood pressure
	Health risks outweigh benefits for combined estrogen plus progestin

July 3, 2002

	WCA discusses global guidelines with World Health Organization
	WCA board member picked for UK council
	Researchers warn NOT to take aspirin to prevent lung cancer
	Medical press releases don't tell the whole truth

June 19, 2002

	'Green Booklets' reissued
	WCA joins ICA in expressing outrage at anti-chiropractic PBS segme
	Research on multi-billion dollar arthritis drug flawed
	Hospitalization a traumatic experience for children

June 5, 2002

	WCA issues position paper on surveys and telemarketing
	Canadian inquest testimony refutes stroke claims
	Researchers find likely reason why breast cancer drug Herceptin causes cardiac failure
	Children worldwide being given drugs licensed for and tested on adults only

May 22, 2002

	WCA fights for right to care for asymptomatic patients
	Discovery Health Network airs chiropractic documentary
	Anti-'quackbuster' champion needs info
	One fifth of all new drugs have life-threatening adverse effects
	Statin drugs linked to increased risk of peripheral neuropathy

May 8, 2002

	International Board of Governors decides WCA positions, future actions
	CCP Board holds annual meeting
	'Disease mongering' turns health into disease
	Use of drugs to treat kids with ADHD and depression growing steadily

April 24, 2002

	WCA Summit brings chiropractic to Capitol
	Chiropractic unity is still a possibility �for those who want it
	Painkiller linked to meningitis, FDA says
	Studies can't prove benefits of surgery for cervical spondylosis

April 10, 2002

	VA Committee issue causes rift
	Illness cannot diminish stature of Dr. Joseph Flesia
	New surgical procedure has no lasting benefits
	Breast cancer risk potentially devastating with radiotherapy

March 27, 2002

	The V.A.- Our next step - by Terry A. Rondberg, D.C., President, WCA
	WCA continues to dispel media stroke misinformation
	Health group calls for withdrawal of diet drug
	Researchers let 'wishful thinking' affect results

March 13, 2002

	CCP Guideline to be updated
	FSCO announces plans for coming year
	Research shows chiropractic top choice for drug-free pain relief
	Common diagnostic test for prostate cancer unreliable

February 27,2002

	Rep. Donald Manzullo -- chiropractic's 'friend' in Congress
	Parker launches first WCA student chapter
	Despite risks, M.D.s still use high-dose estrogen to suppress growth in tall girls
	Kids' use of antibiotics directly linked to presence of resistant bacteria

February 13, 2002

	CBS, CLA jump-start CCP update fundraising effort
	VA bill passes Senate
	Most OTC cough medicines useless
	Pregnant women getting too much penicillin

January 28, 2002

CBS lawyer disputes NCMIC claims

Greenawalt forms foundation

For most people, daily aspirin does more harm than good

Combination of common drugs may lead to stroke

January 14, 2002

	Mercy pulled from government site
	WCA Summit to prove 'United We Stand'
	Prenatal corticosteroid treatments not needed
	Hospitalized seniors given delirium- producing drugs