This Week in Chiropractic (TWiCh) - 14 December, 2020
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TWiCh December 14, 2020
DocMorris, a German pharmaceutical company, wins best holiday commercial with a beautiful - and tear-jerking - demonstration of patient centered functional ability
Europe's largest mail-order pharmacy, DocMorris, is gradually transforming from a pure pharmaceutical retailer to a digital health advisor.
In the News
She owes $581,000 in student loans, and the bill is coming due - CBS News
Lauren Schreiber spent more than a decade earning a doctorate degree on the way to becoming a chiropractor. Now for the hard part: Repaying her $581,000 in student loans.
Cracking your back: Is it OK and why does it feel so good?
Dr Giovanni Ferreira, a physiotherapist and researcher at University of Sydney’s Institute for Musculoskeletal Health says, “What happens is a much more simple physiological process, which is the sound the joints make when they’re pulled apart.”
The article cites a study done in 2015 (by Greg Kawchuk and Jerome Fryer) which included an MRI video showing a joint cavitation.
Also interviewed: CARL Fellow Aron Downie
The Joint Chiropractic Named A "Top Growth Franchise" By Entrepreneur Magazine
The Joint Corp. (NASDAQ: JYNT), the nation's largest provider of chiropractic care through The Joint Chiropractic® network, was recently ranked in Entrepreneur magazine's first Top Growth Franchises list. This list recognizes the 150 companies with the greatest positive franchise unit growth in North America over a three-year period, based on data submitted for Entrepreneur's Franchise 500® ranking. The Joint Chiropractic was ranked #59.
'It's all about the cracking noise': the unlikely cult of the online chiropractor
Quotes from Cipriano, Chris Zaino, Cody Hamish (TikTok), Catherine Quinn (BCA President)
Politics
The 1974 FECA provision requiring chiropractors to take radiographs regardless of presenting medical necessity should be updated to reflect current chiropractic education, training, and best practice.
Opinion | Is There a Doctor in the White House? Not if You Need an M.D.
#CallHerDoctor trending on Twitter
Opinion | Women, Own Your 'Dr.' Titles (Published 2018)
Dr. Gad Saad on the title 'doctor'
The title of "doctor" is NOT synonymous with being a physician. As a matter of fact, the title was first used by folks holding doctorates (e.g., doctors of the church and other academics) before eventually being used by medical doctors.
there is nothing proprietary about the doctor title for physicians. When it comes to curing illness, they are indispensable. When it comes to creating human knowledge, not so much.
Epstein, the author of the op-ed, was denounced by Northwestern:
"Northwestern is firmly committed to equity, diversity and inclusion, and strongly disagrees with Mr. Epstein's misogynistic views," the University said in a statement to student newspaper The Daily Northwestern.