UPFRONT | Roundup RESEARCH Take 5 WFC launches free online one-stop-shop for chiropractic research areas. These subject ar-eas include cost-effec-tiveness of care, biome-chanical and neurophysiological mechanisms of action, safety, pediatrics, well-ness and many others. Each listed paper in-cludes the published abstract and link to the or ig inal publication when available. Impor-tantly, the site is search-able and visitors can leave suggestions for new topics and papers. “This is just the begin-ning of this project,” ex-plained Kawchuk. “We are already working on round two which will add new topic areas such as nutrition and public health.” This project has been possible because of gener-ous sponsorship from NC-MIC and Standard Process, tw o of the WFC’s long-standing and most supportive partners. The WFC, whose mem-bers are 90 national associ-ations of chiropractors worldwide including both the American Chiropractic Association and Interna-tional Chiropractors Asso-ciation in the U.S., is a non-government organiza-tion in official relations with the World Health Organiza-tion since 1997. Its next major Congress is in Ath-ens, Greece May 13 to 16, 2015. For more stories on research visit canadianchiropractor.ca The World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) has launched an online, free service for the chiropractic profession and the public it serves. WFC’s Suggested Reading List online tool is a collection of research over-views on various topics rel-evant to chiropractic, de-signed for use by chiropractors, patients and advocates of the profession, the WFC said. “That is the vision for this WFC project,” said WFC president Dr. Greg Stewart, from Winnipeg. “The project is being led by Dr. Greg Kawchuk of the University of Alberta, chair of the WFC Research Council, who has brought together expert curators from within the Research Council and abroad. We owe them a great debt for the expertise and hard work that has produced this ex-citing new service.” The initial version of the Suggested Reading List can be found on the WFC web-site, with 10 key papers cu-rated in each of 21 subject 8 Canadian Chiropractor April 2015 NUMBER CRUNCHING Prescribing safety Prescription drug use, misuse and abuse are getting a lot of attention from government, drug safety advocates and health-care professionals – and for good reason, as the numbers are quite compelling. 410,000 canadians report abusing prescription drugs in 2012 Source: Health Canada deaths/year in Canada due to prescription drugs Source: Terrence Young, Member of Parliament 10,000 up to amount Canadians spend on prescription drugs money wasted yearly on prescription drug overuse/misuse Source: Canadian Pharmacists Association Source: Terrence Young, Member of Parliament www.canadianchiropractor.ca Illustration: Brian Fray $24 billion $9 billion
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