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The New Health Care Revolution

The New Health Care Revolution. Dr. Michael T. Burcon. ”Health Care” . The term “Health Care” is a misnomer. What we presently have is Sickness Care. Most insurance companies pay for disease treatment, but they do not pay for procedures to keep people healthy. Life is a Series of Choices.

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The New Health Care Revolution

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  1. The New Health Care Revolution Dr. Michael T. Burcon

  2. ”Health Care” • The term “Health Care” is a misnomer. • What we presently have is Sickness Care. • Most insurance companies pay for disease treatment, but they do not pay for procedures to keep people healthy.

  3. Life is a Series of Choices • Many of the problems of today’s health care system are not due to poor planning or greedy individuals. • Most of the problems are due to the limited perspective and limited choices most people falsely believe are available.

  4. The 3 Types of Care Available • Crisis Care • Sickness Care • Wellness Care

  5. Crisis Care • Includes accidents and sudden severe illness. • Usually treated in a hospital emergency room. • The United States is second to none in providing emergency care!

  6. Sickness Care • Care starts when an ailment begins. • Patient must have a specific disease, illness or condition to be treated. • Care stops when the ailment is resolved. • Most common form of care in USA. • Includes hospitals and nursing homes

  7. Iatrogenic Disease • “Iatro” means Doctor. • “Genic” means caused by. • Iatrogenic disease refers to doctor created illness. • This is illness that is caused by sickness care, i.e., medical care.

  8. Top 6 Causes of Death in the United States • #6 Accidents 93,000 Deaths • #5 Respiratory Disease 123,000 Deaths • #4 Stroke 166,000 Deaths • #3 Cancer 551,000 Deaths • #2 Heart Disease 709,000 Deaths

  9. Leading Cause of Death in US • #1 Iatrogenic Disease • 740,000 Deaths • Includes 2.2 million adverse drug reactions, resulting in 106,000 deaths, at a cost of 12 billion dollars annually. • Every week pharmaceutical companies spend one billion dollars in advertising worldwide.

  10. Annual Iatrogenic Deaths • 1999 National Academy of Sciences 98,000 • 2000 JAMA 225,000 • Nutritional Institute of America 783,936 • Non profit organization sponsored independent research validated by peer reviewed studies. • Found that only 20% iatrogenic acts reported. • Equivalent to 6 full jumbo jets crashing daily!

  11. “The Pharmaceutical Industry • has moved far from it’s original purpose of discovering new drugs. Now a marketing machine to sell drugs of dubious benefit, they use their wealth to neutralize every institution that stands in its way, including the US Congress, FDA and the medical profession itself,”

  12. Marcia Angell, MD, FACP • Senior lecturer at Harvard Medical School • Former Editor New England Journal of Medicine • Board certified pathologist • Named one of the 25 most influential Americans by Time Magazine in 1997

  13. Wellness Care • Enhances the level of health of an individual before they become ill. • Based on the person’s ability to continuously exude their greatest possible potential. • Early detection of a disease is good, but prevention is better!

  14. 3 Primary Care Physicians • MD (Medical Doctor) • DO (Doctor of Osteopathy) • DC (Doctor of Chiropractic)

  15. A. T. Still, M.D. • The body is a unit. • Structure and function are inter-related. • The body is self-correcting. • Drugs are harmful. • Founded osteopathy in late 1800’s.

  16. D.D. Palmer • Was a magnetic healer • Gave the first chiropractic adjustment in 1895 • He and his son, B.J. Palmer, started the first chiropractic college • B.J. began upper cervical specific chiropractic in 1931

  17. Who takes more Classes in Graduate School, MD or DC? • MD: 4,667 Hours • DC: 4,800 Hours

  18. Nerve based Addresses cause Health care Utilizes adjustments Body as a whole Blood based Addresses symptoms Sickness care Prescribes drugs Parts of body Chiropractic Medical

  19. Boosts immune system Helps resist germs Revives organs Natural Safe Causes side effects Threatened by germs Removes organs Artificial Risky Chiropractic Medical

  20. Which has the Poorest Safety Record? • Commercial Airlines • Lightening • Taking a Bath • Chiropractic Adjustment • Aspirin

  21. Least Safe to Safest • Aspirin • Bath Tub • Jets • Lightening • Adjustments

  22. According to the New England Journal of Medicine • Aspirin annual hospitalizations…………. 103,000 • Aspirin annual death in USA……………. 16,500 • Aspirin deaths during my talk…………… 2 • Acetaminophen (Tylenol) and Ibuprofen (Motrin & Advil) cause 5,000 cases of kidney failure in USA each year at a cost of $700,000,000!

  23. What are you afraid of? • How many Americans died last year from West Nile Virus? • 10 American fatalities

  24. Odds of dying from these things in your lifetime: • Murder 1 in 240 • Car Accident 1 in 88 • Diabetes 1 in 57 • Stroke 1 in 23 • Cancer 1 in 7 • Heart Disease 1 in 4

  25. If a health problem is minor, there’s a drug that can take care of it. • False! • Most medicines are designed to treat symptoms. • They do little or nothing to restore health • All drugs, over the counter, prescribed and illegal, have side effects.

  26. VOMIT! • Good thing? • Bad thing?

  27. If you have food poisoning, • Vomiting is a good thing! • What is the most common first symptom of a heart attack?

  28. Death • The first symptom for 40% of people having a heart attack.

  29. What is “Health?” The World Health Organization defines health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

  30. Health • The chiropractic definition of health is based on chiropractic philosophy. It states that at the very basis of life there is an underlying wisdom. This wisdom is named Innate Intelligence.

  31. Innate Intelligence • Chiropractic is a philosophy, not a religion. • There are thousands of functions that your body has going all of the time that are automatic, or innate, that you were born with the ability to do, i.e., digesting food, breathing while asleep, etc.

  32. Health • Chiropractic philosophy is based on Vitalism. • Chiropractic philosophy defines health as the ability to express innate intelligence at 100%! • Chiropractic is designed to actually increase the expression of innate intelligence, not just cover up symptoms.

  33. The Power that Made the Body, Heals the Body. • Bandages do not heal cuts • Casts do not heal broken bones

  34. Low Back Pain (LBP) • 80% of Adults suffer from crippling LBP at least once. • 30% of Junior High students complain of LBP • LOW BACK PAIN IS ONE OF THE LAST THINGS TO SHOW UP WHEN YOU HAVE A SUBLUXATION!!!

  35. SUBLUXATION • Subluxations are imbalances caused by spinal problems irritating your nerves. • A kink in the neck can cause one leg to appear shorter than the other. • Chiropractors fix subluxations. • What causes a subluxation?

  36. Three Types of Stress that Cause Subluxation • Physical- Poor posture, repetitive motion, over weight and poor nutrition • Chemical- Smoking, alcohol, pollution, food additives, empty carbohydrates and drugs • Emotional- Job, family, finances, death of a loved one and divorce

  37. Whiplash! • Last year in USA 5,500,000 automobile accidents • 40% Victims still in pain seven years later!

  38. Subluxation Can Cause Death • 50% of all Children are dropped at least once in their first two years of life! • Up to 80 linear pounds of pressure are applied to a baby’s neck during birth! • 87 autopsies revealed that 7 out of 8 SIDS babies showed evidence of upper cervical subluxation

  39. If not corrected, upper cervical subluxations can lead to a long list of problems like: • Headaches or Migraines • Fibromyalgia • Chronic Fatigue and/or Irritable Bowel Syndromes • Meniere’s, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Bell’s Palsy and/or Parkinson’s

  40. Louella Harris • Got Polio as a child • Fibromyalgia as an adult • Got under upper cervical specific chiropractic care • Founded the National Awareness Campaign for Upper Cervical Care (NACUCC) • www.uppercervical.org

  41. An Alternative • Always utilize the least invasive approach to health care first. • Schedule a chiropractic check up for your kids. • Always get a chiropractic examination after trauma, especially car accidents.

  42. America’s Health Care Problem • Increased stress • Insufficient exercise • Excessive calorie intake • Highly processed denatured foods • Overuse of drugs and surgery • Subluxation

  43. Headaches Fatigue Tension or pain in the neck, shoulders or lower back Loss of sleep Irritability or mood swings beyond your control Digestive troubles Allergies and sinus problems 7 Major Symptoms of Stress

  44. Natural Ways to Manage Stress • Exercise, especially walking, swimming and bicycling • Eat right, drink lots of pure water • See your chiropractor • Massage and CranioSacral Therapy • Counseling (when necessary)

  45. Burcon Chiropractic • 4362 Cascade Road, SE • Suite 115 Cascade Square • Grand Rapids, MI 49546 • (616) 575-9990 • www.BurconChiropractic.com • Schedule your Free Consultation today.

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