Hello all! Here is some information that I thought some of you would find interesting. I am always surprised at how many patients tell me they are taking antibiotics and/or are having their children taking them. Here is just one interesting finding on the topic.
Dr. Joan Fallon presented the results of a study looking at the results of Chiropractic care compared with antibiotics for children with chronic ear infections at the International Chiropractic Associations (ICA) conference and research symposium on Chiropractic Pediatrics.
To be included in the study, children needed to have had at least three ear infections in the previous 90 days and been treated with antibiotics for the previous three infections. The children were then randomly allocated to receive another dose of antibiotics or receive Chiropractic care. They were then monitored to see how long it took for their ear infection to resolve and how likely they were to have another ear infection. On average the Chiropractic group took less than a third of the time for their ear infections to resolve and had less than a quarter of the recurrences of the antibiotic group.
c/o Illuminate Chiropractic News. Australian Spinal Research Foundation. 2008 Vol. 2
