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Chiropractors,Nutrition,Korea
Dr. Merkle: Keynote Speaker at the Clinical Society for Integrative Oncology Seoul, Korea
Dr. Van Merkle was recently the keynote speaker at the Clinical Society for Integrative Oncology in Seoul, Korea.About 250 oncologists, researchers, and other medical doctors were in attendance. The audience included renowned doctors that traveled from China for the event: Dr. Jin Zhe, M.D. (urologist, professor at Peking University, in the elder care division); Dr. Zhang Jinping, (chair/director of 300 elder care hospitals in China - which covers approximately 100 million people); Dr. Seo Jungbok, O.M.D (K.M.D) vice president in DaeJung Elder Care Hospital in China; Dr. Fu Ping, (chairman of the Chinese Clinical Nutrition Association); Dr. Kim Kyungah, M.D. (G.P) team doctor of DaeJung Hospital, Korea; Dr. Park Minsoo, M.D. (G.P.) one of the most renown TV star doctors in Korea.Interpreters were helpful, but many doctors from China and Korea were medically trained using English textbooks and speak English fairly well. South Koreans can receive a free, fairly comprehensive blood test every 2 years through the government health plan. There is great potential for natural oriented doctors to use lab testing in their nutrition practice, which is why Dr. Merkle was invited to speak. Dr. Merkle spoke on laboratory testing and nutrition. He also discussed how serious problems sometimes have simple, safe, natural solutions. Maybe a week or 2 of trying a safe, natural, option might show dramatic laboratory results even in advanced cancer cases.Dr. Merkle presented several of his own cases, showing the validity of nutrition backed up with laboratory testing. Dr. Merkle’s presentation was enthusiastically received. Many doctors wanted pictures with him and he received several very nice gifts. Dr. Merkle also presented certificates to 26 doctors of the first class trained in Korea using Dr. Merkle’s Science Based Nutrition (SBN) system. The class took the doctors a year to complete and was held by a South Korean doctor that has been using SBN for approximately 10 years. It has taken a long time to develop the SBN system and translate the reports into Korean. Dr. Merkle was asked to travel to China, Dubai and Singapore and back to South Korea to lecture and train doctors on more natural care, as well as options for cancer and elder care, some of the most pressing and costly health problems. Dr. Merkle said, “Speaking at the oncology conference was very exciting. I also ate some great food and visited beautiful national landmarks but most importantly, I made some very good friends. I look forward to returning.” Dr. Van D. Merkle DABCI, DCBCN, CCN, is an August 1982 graduate of Logan College of Chiropractic. He is board certified in clinical nutrition and a board certified clinical internist, who has practiced in Centerville, Ohio for over 35 years. He is the founder, developer and president of Science Based Nutrition (SBN) - a laboratory and nutrition, patented computer analysis system. He has been the host of the talk show Take 2 Healthcare on WHIO 95.7 FM every Saturday 11AM to noon for over 25 years in Dayton Ohio. Dr. Van Merkle also contributed his talents and resources to the Chiropractic Online Nutrition Diplomate Program, teaching courses on lab testing and immunity.
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Chiropractors,Chiropractic CE,Nutrition
Florida Aims To Add Injectable Nutrients For Chiropractors
A bill has been introduced into the Florida Senate this week to allow chiropractors the ability to administer injectable nutrients. Senate Bill 1078 was introduced today by Florida senator Jeff Brandes, Republican from St. Petersburg Florida. The bill states:An act relating to chiropractic medicine; amending s. 460.403, F.S.; authorizing chiropractic physicians who have completed specified training to administer articles of natural origin; authorizing licensed pharmacists to fill such chiropractors’ orders for articles of natural origin;The legislation also calls for an additional 36-hour training course for chiropractors to be able to participate. The bill includes a list of substances that can be administered: vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids, hyaluronic acid, enzymes, saline, anti-oxidants, dextrose, glandulars, cellular components, extracts, water, botanicals, phytonutrients, and homeopathics, and may administer medical oxygen.It is too soon to tell what will happen with this chiropractic scope expanding bill, the legislative session starts March 5th and lasts for 60 days. The bill has a long road ahead before passage. It first would need to make it out of the committee, where public hearings and amendments may be offered, vote on the senate floor, another in the state house and approval from the governor.The political flames are already starting to roar among Florida's chiropractic associations. The senate bill has its origins with the Florida Chiropractic Physicians Association and is not supported by the other two state Chiropractic associations. With dueling lobbyists and competing agendas of the Florida Chiropractic Associating and Florida Chiropractic Society, the fate of this bill will be up in the air for a while.If Florida’s Chiropractic scope of practice is expanded with this bill Chiropractors in the state would join a progressive movement in the profession working on expanding services. Numerous western states (New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho) have added expanded rights including injectables in the last few years. In Oklahoma chiropractors have had the authority to be certified to give vitamin and mineral shots to patients for over 40 years.This is not the FCPA’s first attempt at passing a bill covering injectables for DCs. In 2001 the organization pushed similar legislation that was met with public discord from the International Chiropractors Association (ICA). The previous attempt was not successful.For a brief time, chiropractors in Florida starting in 1985 were allowed to withdraw blood for diagnostic purposes and certified DCs could use proprietary drugs. Close to a 100 Chiropractors in Florida still have the designation on their license. Will history repeat itself or will everything stay status quo? Check back for updates on this issue and more Chiropractic News.
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Chiropractors,Chiropractic Colleges,Chiropractic Students
Sign Up For Oklahaven's Have-A-Heart Fundraiser 2019
Each year, Valentine’s Week, the non-profit “Oklahaven” Children’s Chiropractic Center asks chiropractors and chiropractic students to join forces to help severely injured children by participating in the Oklahaven’s Have-A-Heart Campaign. Hundreds of chiropractors and students in the US and around the world have raised the much-needed funds for “Oklahaven” Children’s Chiropractic Center as part of their annual Have-A-Heart Campaign.The Have-A-Heart Campaign, not only benefits “Oklahaven,” it brings awareness to chiropractic patients and the general public about the benefits of chiropractic for the children. Signing up to participate is free; it includes a fundraising kit and instructions on how to implement. Joining the campaign is simple and easy. Many chiropractic practices show the Children’s Journeys to Health video (included in the fundraising kit) in their lobby and offer fundraising hearts to purchase. Others have used the promotional materials provided to host educational events, raffles and open houses to showcase the benefits of pediatric chiropractic care.“Oklahaven” Children’s Chiropractic Center has quietly served the children for 57 years. Pediatric patients with neurologically disorganization, nursing difficulties, developmental delays, autistic spectrum, cerebral palsy, failure to thrive and many other conditions have been successfully treated at the Center with chiropractic.When asked why he participated in “Oklahaven’s” Have-A-Heart Campaign five-time Golden Heart Winner, Dr. Howard Berg, said, “It allows the community to see that you do contribute to something greater and that chiropractic makes a difference in children’s lives. That’s huge.”Chiropractors that have participated in the program have stated that the Have-A-Heart Campaign creates a positive perception of chiropractic in their community and most importantly the satisfaction of helping the tiniest of patients that are most in need. Stepping up to the challenge requires interested chiropractors to fill out an online form and free fundraising packets are mailed in January. Every year “Oklahaven” strives to promote the Have-A-Heart Campaign to a larger audience through word of mouth, Chiropractic publications, organizations, digital and social media with the ultimate goal of helping more children with chiropractic. Sign Up Here
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Chiropractors,Vermont
Access to Chiropractic in Vermont is Now A Little Easier
Way To Go Vermont! Vermonters will soon see parity with health insurance co-payments between chiropractors and primary care. Thanks to the resent passage of bill S.1, in 2019 the Vermont Health Exchange will offer health insurance plans with much lower co-pays for DCs, previously in the $70-$90 range. Motivation for the legislature to pass the bill and for the governor to sign it, came from the Vermont Chiropractic Association’s (VCA) lobbying efforts promoting chiropractic treatment for musculoskeletal injuries as an alternative to opioid prescriptions. See the Vermont Chiropractic Association (VCA) press release for more information
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Chiropractors,Logan
Ohio Chiropractor Swings Onto the Golf Channel Competition TV Show
What Do Golf Drivers and Chiropractic Have in Common? Scott Haack, DCOct 2 starts the reality contest tv show Driver vs. Driver on the Golf Channel. One of the talented 14 finalists chosen for the television show is Chiropractor Scott Haack. The second season of the show follows aspiring golf equipment designers as they compete for the opportunity to develop a driver golf club for the sporting goods company Wilson. Viewers can follow the contestants from sketches to prototypes as they are critiqued by professional golfers and other celebrities. One well designed club creator will take home a quarter of a million dollars and will see their final design available in golf stores around the world.How did a Chiropractor end up on the show? Dr. Scott Haack has not only practiced as a DC, but turned his knowledge into a career as a medical device inventor and sport gear developer. In the golf arena he has already developed a putter, a hand free bag cart, and a golf training aid (Medicus CoreLinks keeps golfers arms pressed to their sides, that improves accuracy and prevents an "over the top" swing). Scott Haack, DC, a 1998 Logan College of Chiropractic (Logan University) graduate, has a keen knack of seeing a problem and inventing the solution. After noticing structural and functional issues of the unequal weight distribution from carrying a heavy golf bag, he created Bakrol, a device that allows golfers a hands-free golf bag carrier. His successful inventions have spanned numerous industries: SoftTouch seatbelt device by Pressure Products, Inc., ALTAIR Force timepiece, Histolock resection device and the Moray EUS Microforceps by US Endoscopy. Now he has now turned his attention not only to his own creative creations, but helping others do the same. Chiro Pro Inc, Dr. Haack’s company, offers consulting from product conception, patenting, to retailing for new inventors. Watch to Golf Channel October 2nd at 9:00pm EST
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Chiropractors > International Chiropractic Associations
International Federation of Sports Chiropractic
1246 Yonge Street, Suite 203
Toronto ON M4T 1W5
Canada
(416)484-9091
Email: cdavis@wfc.org
International Federation of Chiropractors and Organizations
2276 Wassergass Road
Hellertown, PA 18055
(800) 521-9856
Emai: IFCOChiro@gmail.com
World Chiropractic Alliance
2683 Via de La Valle
Suite G 629
Del Mar, CA 92014
(800) 347-1011
Email: Comments@WorldChiropracticAlliance.org
World Congress of Chiropractic Students (WCCS)
1246 Yonge Street, suite 202/203
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4T 1W5
Email: info@wccsworldwide.com
World Federation of Chiropractic
3080 Yonge Street
Suite 5065
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3N1
Email: worldfed@sympatico.ca
International Academy of Olympic Chiropractic Officers
546 Broad Ave
Englewood, NJ 07631
(201) 569-1444
Email: sjp@drpress.com
National Chiropractic Organizations
Chiropractors' Association of Australia
2/36 Woodriff Street
Penrith
New South Wales 2750
1800 075 003
Email: caa@caa.asn.au
Austrian Chiropractic Association
Marburgerkai 47
A-8010 Graz
Austria
43-1 522 58 44
Email: u.kastner@magnet.at
British Chiropractic Association
59 Castle Street
Reading, Berkshire RG1 7SN
United Kingdom
44 (0) 118 950 5950
Email: sue.wakefield@chiropractic-uk.co.uk
Chiropractors’ Association of Argentina
Parana 586
5000 Cordoba, Argentina
54- 51-690203
Email: diegomdc@hotmail.com
Bahamas Chiropractic Association
P. O. Box S.S.6358
Nassau
Bahamas
1-242-393-2774
Chiropractic Association of Barbados
Leamington House
10 4th Avenue
St. Michael's
Barbados
1-246-436-1756
Belgian Chiropractors' Union
Rue Robertson 51
Liege 4020
Belgium
32-4-343-1171
Chiropractic Association of Bermuda
CARTREF, 7 Valley Road
Paget PG02
Bermuda
441-236-1353
Association of Chiropractors in Brazil
Associação Brasileira de Quiropraxia
Rua Pedroso de Moraes, 2330
Altos Pinheiros, São Paulo - SP
CEP 05420-003
Brazil
55-11-813-9686
British Virgin Islands Chiropractic Association
P. O. Box 246, Roadtown
Tortola
British Virgin Islands
284-4949-4271
Email: Chiron@caribsurf.com
Chiropractic Association of the Cayman Islands
Box 30072, SMB
Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands
345-949-7654
Chiropractic Association of Chile
Clinica Manhattan
Centro de Especialidades de la Columna Vertebral
Luis Pasteur 6025
6670847 Vitacura, Santiago
Chile
56-2-218-5138
Hong Kong Chiropractors' Association
17th Floor, Unit B
Man Hing Commercial Building
79-83 Queen's Rd. Central
Hong Kong, PRC
852-2845-5000
Chiropractic Association of Colombia
Centro Médico Quiropráctico
Diagonal 32 #38-115
Cali
Colombia
57-25-56-14-86
Costa Rican Chiropractic Association
Apdo. 1540-1002
San Jose
Costa Rica
506-256-5118
Croatian Chiropractic Association
Fuller Kiroprakti…ki Centar
Verdieva 6/V
Rijeka 51000
Croatia
385-51-214-693
Email: Kenneth.fuller@ri.tel.hr
Cyprus Chiropractic Association
Suite 302, 11 Rodou Street
Nicosia 1086
Cyprus
357-2-318676
Czech Republic Chiropractic Association
Chmelova 112815
10600 Praha 10
Czech Republic
420-2-996-1490
Danish Chiropractors' Association
H.C. Andersens Boulevard 7,1.
DK-1553 Kobenhavn V
Denmark
45-33-93-0400
East Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Chiropractic Federation
20 Ioanni Tsirou
3021 Lemesos
Cyprus
357 25381324
ierides@cablenet.com.cy
Chiropractic Association of Ecuador
La Asociación Quiropráctica del Ecuador
c/o P.O. Box 25562
Miami, Florida 33102-5562
USA
305-977-0670
Egyptian Chiropractic Association
c/o 424 Lee's Trace
Marietta, Georgia 30064
USA
770-421-1080
Email: malattar@aol.com
Salvadorean Chiropractic Association
Av. Monsenor Basilio Plantier
Pje. Azucena, Col. Ciudad Jardin #77
San Miguel
El Salvador
503-661-7369
Chiropractic Association of Ethiopia
P. O. Box 5096
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
251-1-154-170
Finnish Chiropractic Union
Paanakedonkatu 12
28100 Pori
Finland
358-2-633-8028
European Chiropractors' Union
The Glasshouse
5A Hampton Road
Hampton Hill
Middlesex TW12 1JN
United Kingdom
44 (0) 20 8977 2206
Email: sue@ecunion.eu
Association Française de Chiropractique
102 Rue du Dr. Guichard
49000 Angers
France
33-2-41-68-04-04
Email: parnysyl@clubinternet.fr
German Chiropractors' Association
Kleinschmidstrasse 48
Heidelberg 69115
Germany
49-622-116-7171
Email: mfechler@t-online.de
Ellenic Chiropractors Association (Greece)
5-7 Kritonos Road
Athens 11634
Greece
30-1-729-4297
Chiropractic Association of Guatemala
Asociación Quiropráctica Guatemalteca
Calle 16, #14-38
Zona 10
Ciudad de Guatemala
Guatemala
502-2-368-0633
Honduran Chiropractic Association
Aptdo 188, Siguatepeque
Honduras
504-773-4816
Email: bakdr@hondutel.hn
Hungarian Chiropractic Foundation
Falk Miksa u. 3 fsz. 2
H-1055 Budapest
Hungary
36-1-3113594
Email: sales@getusa.com
Icelandic Chiropractic Association
Borgartun 18
105 Reykjavik
Iceland
354-1-562-5058
Email: katrin@centrum.es
Israeli Chiropractic Society
13 Shirat Hazamir Street
Herzelia
Israel
972 3 640 6084
Email: drnoyman@zahav.net.il
New Zealand Chiropractic Association
PO Box 46 127
Herne Bay
Auckland
New Zealand
64 (09) 360 2089
Portuguese Chiropractors Association
Rua Mestre de Avis nº71
6300-731 Guarda
271 214559
Email: dr.alves@quiropratica.com
Chiropractic Association of South Africa
929 Pretorius Street
Arcadia
Pretoria
0083
South Africa
27 12 434832
Email: info@chiropractic.co.za
Swedish Chiropractic Association
Liljeholmes Kiropraktik
Liljeholmstorget 7
117 63, Stockholm
Uppsala Län, 749 35
Sweden
46 171 31185
Email: tobias.lauritsen@lkr.se
ChiroSuisse Association of Swiss Chiropractors
Sulgenauweg 38
Bern, CH-3007
Switzerland
41 31 371 0301
Email: mail@chirosuisse.ch
Taiwan Chiropractic Doctors' Society
6F,#33, Sec.2, Chinan Rd
Taipei
Taiwan
886 2 2523 1336
Email: palmerwest2004@gmail.com
Thailand Chiropractic Association
89/4 Soi Sukhumvit 38 Sukhumvit Street
Wattana
Bangkok 10110
Thailand
662 392 1400
Email: dr_oat@hotmail.com
Chiropractic Association of Trinidad & Tobago
137 Eastern Main Rd
D'Abadie
Trinidad and Tobago
1 868 642 7418
Email: anmol@tstt.net.tt
Turkish Chiropractic Association
1420 Sok. No. 64 Murat
Apt. Kat. 5/15
Kahramanlar izmir 35220
Turkey
90 232 422 1995
Email: spearo35@yahoo.com
Chiropractic Association of Uganda
PO Box 2538
Kampala
Uganda
256 41 554 008
Email: csebwanachiro@yahoo.co.uk
Ukraine Chiropractic Association
Provulok Mikoli Schorsa 5
Apartment 48
Kyiv 01133
Ukraine
380 44 285 3794
Email: ukrainechiropractic@yahoo.com
United Arab Emirates Chiropractic Association
P.O. Box 212835
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
971 4 344 2050
Email: doc4athletes@yahoo.com
Chiropractors Association of Zimbabwe
38 Townsend Road Suburbs
Bulawayo
Matabeleland
Zimbabwe
263 9 2 45492
Email: ekheath@netconnect.co.zw
