The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week released its 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain. CDC offers clinicians 12 recommendations for treating acute, subacute and chronic pain, providing specific guidance for the use...
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International Study on Adolescent Spinal Pain Seeks to Fill Gaps in Research
The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) Council on Chiropractic Pediatrics (CCP) is participating in an international study that seeks to fill knowledge gaps in research relating to pediatric chiropractic treatment. The COURSE Study is the first study to focus on the...
NCMIC-Supported Fellowship Program Aims to Increase CIH Research
The NCMIC Foundation last year awarded the University of Minnesota a grant supporting the continuation of the Integrative Health Research (IHR) Fellowship Program. The IHR Fellowship was originally established in 2018 with funding from the NCMIC Foundation. Its goal is...
Retaining and Graduating Minority Students in Chiropractic Colleges
By 2050, it is predicted that racial minorities will account for more than half of the U.S. population, according to the United States Census Bureau. However, the chiropractic profession is not representative of the national population regarding sex and race:...
U.S. Comptroller Appoints Chiropractor Christine Goertz as Chair of PCORI Board
Arlington, Va. – The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) is pleased to announce that ACA Senior Scientific Advisor Christine Goertz, DC, PhD, has been appointed by the Comptroller of the United States to a three-year term as chair of the Patient-Centered...
American Chiropractic Association Supports Researcher Development Program
Arlington, Va. – The American Chiropractic Association (ACA), in recognition of the importance of expanding the growing body of evidence behind chiropractic care, announced that it will contribute support to the Chiropractic Academy for Research Leadership (CARL), an international program...
If Not Bone Out of Place, Then What?
Learn ACA Survey Course Shows How Chiropractic Theory Has Changed and Where the Science Is Taking Us Is it as simple as bone-out, pinched-nerve, cause dis-ease? For more than a century, chiropractic science—at least as offered by many chiropractors—was frozen...
Chiropractor Christine Goertz Appointed Vice Chair of PCORI Board
Arlington, Va. – The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) is pleased to announce that ACA Senior Scientific Advisor Christine Goertz, DC, PhD, has been appointed by the Comptroller of the United States to serve a three-year term as vice chair of...
Engaging the Community Through Diversity in Research
While a chiropractic student, I traveled with a group of medical providers to a community in Ghana to provide supplies, assist with health screens in remote villages, and work in a local hospital within a variety of departments. During my...
Research Review: Low-level Laser for Neck Pain vs. Randomised Placebo
Article: “Efficacy of low-level laser therapy in the management of neck pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised placebo or active-treatment controlled trials” Authors: Roberta T. Chow, Mark I. Johnson, Rodrigo A.B. Lopes-Martins, Jan M. Bjordal Publication Information: The...
