READ THESE STORIES AND MORE AT WWW.CANADIANCHIROPRACTOR.CA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS • WFC announces new corporate associate members The World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) has announced its newest corporate Associate Members for the third quarter of 2007. These three companies represent a variety of vendors providing high quality chiropractic services, equipment, and supplies, bringing the number of WFC corporate members to 83 – its all-time highest number. • Balance and fulfilment Lifelong friends in chiropractic, Drs. Bob Hoffman and Dennis Perman intertwined a dual theme of emo- tional engagement and personal fulfi llment to a house full of DCs and their staff members, who attended the York-Peel Chiropractic Society Spring Seminar at the Yorkdale Holiday Inn in Toronto on Tuesday, April 8. • Chiropractic tables and Canada Customs We are revisiting this topic as Health Canada helps Canadian Chiropractor formulate an information package for chiropractors to draw from when purchasing tables from the United States. • Medical study suggests that NUCCA may lower blood pressure A special chiropractic adjustment can signifi cantly lower high blood pressure, a placebo-controlled study suggests. Study leader, George Bakris, MD, and chiropractor Marshall Dickholtz Sr., DC, team up in Chicago for this study that’s got MDs listening! READ FULL STORIES ONLINE WEB EXCLUSIVES The two most important numbers every chiropractor needs to know I magine, for a moment, being able to look into a crystal ball and deter- mine, with relative accuracy, the likelihood of whether your practice was going to dominate your geographic area, and niche, or fall prey to competition. That would be a pretty valuable crystal ball! Well, even though no such ball exists, there is a set of simple, yet rarely understood tools, that gives us a similar level of foresight into your practice’s future. READ FULL STORY ONLINE WWW.CANADIANCHIROPRACTOR.CA Update on students and interprofessional health care to promote and educate students on interprofessionalism in order to enhance interprofessional communication and develop relations between chiropractic students and other health-care professionals. T READ FULL STORY ONLINE WWW.CANADIANCHIROPRACTOR.CA 10 • CANADIAN CHIROPRACTOR | MAY 2008 www.canadianchiropractor.ca he Interprofessional Committee (IPC), a subdivision of the Student Canadian Chiropractic Association (SCCA) works NEW PRODUCTS Hygenic Corporation / Performance Health Products announces the introduction of the new Thera-Band® Rehab and Wellness Station, a com- pact, comprehensive, total body rehabilitation centre for active care that utilizes the familiar Thera-Band colours and consistent levels of progression for patient improvement. DIGITAL MAGAZINE To sign up for a free trial of Canadian Chiropractor magazine, Digital Version, please go to www.canadianchiropractor.ca. E-NEWSLETTER To sign up for our bimonthly e-newsletter, visit www.canadian chiropractor.ca. It’s free! BLOG Join us at www.canadianchiropractor.ca for our new blog topic “Sensitive Topics: How should we handle them?” Please take a moment to register before entering your comments – it’s free! – so that we can ensure your opinions remain amongst colleagues and friends.
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