Who's a Body to Believe?

An article in the Philadelphia Inquirer (1-9-95 page G-1), questioned the wisdom of giving over-the-counter (OTC) drugs to children. Even though Americans spend 3 billion dollars a year on cough and cold medicines, their effectiveness and safety are being challenged by physicians. A Bryn Mawyr physician scientifically disputed the claims made by Robitussin, Sudafed, Dimetap, Vicks, Ny-Quill, and others. And wouldn't you know it, the article also stated that "In some cases, these drugs may actually cause potentially dangerous side effects in young children, who can catch up to a dozen colds a year." Surprise surprise!!!
Things are even worse in the disease-screening and disease-prevention areas. The National Cancer Institute had recommended against mammography for women under 50. Further, there was no evidence that it benefits women over 65. In a report in their Journal, not something that I have contrived, the results of screening 1,000 women resulted in the following:
-30% received false negative results (test would fail to detect cancer)
-37.8% would receive false positive results(test would show cancer where none existed).
Some authorities feel that the benefits to the 50-60 age group is very small and the high false positives make the overall value of the test nil. I don't want to inundate you with statistics, but, an article in the journal, Circulation, concluded that there is no association between high blood cholesterol and cardiovascular death in women. Authorities disagree on these issues, so, who do you believe? It seems that, rather than put our faith in an authority which will be proved wrong tomorrow, we need to use common sense and reason.
At Selimo Chiropractic in Whippany, Chiropractic adjustments make sense to a person who reasons that living his or her life with a good nerve supply is better than living life with a nervous system carrying interference due to vertebral subluxations. You do not need an authority or a scientific study to tell you that. At Selimo Chiropractic I want you to accept chiropractic care for your health, not based upon faith in me or some scientific study which can be repudiated tomorrow, but because it makes sense to your reasonable mind.
At Selimo Chiropractic in Whippany, I believe it should be: Chiropractic first, medications second and surgery last.

PS: Chiropractic adds Life to Your Years.