Sagittal Alignment of Cervical Flexion and Extension:
Lateral Radiographic Analysis
Spine 2002 (Aug 1);   27 (15):   E348-E355
There has been controversy over the impact of spinal structure and it's impact on function. This Spine Journal article found: “The results suggest that alterations in the static alignment of the cervical curvature cause alterations in the dynamic kinematics of the cervical spine during cervical flexion-extension.”

Manual Medicine Diversity:
Research Pitfalls and the Emerging Medical Paradigm
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2001 (Aug);   101 (8):   441-444
Recent studies published in leading medical journals have concluded that chiropractic treatment is not particularly helpful for relieving asthma and migraine symptoms because even though study participants showed notable improvement in symptoms, those subjects who received sham manual medicine treatments also showed improvement. Yet the sham treatment received by control groups in these studies is reminiscent in many ways of traditional osteopathic manipulation. This seems to represent not only a failure to recognize the value of many manual medicine techniques but also an ignorance of the broad spectrum of manual medicine techniques used by various practitioners, from osteopathic physicians to chiropractors to physical therapists.

Vitamins for Chronic Disease Prevention in Adults:
Clinical Applications
JAMA 2002 (June 19);   287 (23):   3127-3129
Reversing a long-standing anti-vitamin policy, the Journal of the American Medical Association just advised all adults to take at least one multivitamin pill each day. It now appears that people who get enough vitamins may be able to prevent such common chronic illnesses as cancer, heart disease and osteoporosis, according to Drs. Robert H. Fletcher and Kathleen M. Fairfield of Harvard University, who wrote the journal's new guidelines. The last time the journal prepared a comprehensive review of vitamins, about 20 years ago, it concluded that multivitamins were a waste of time and money. People could get all the nutrients they needed from their diet, it advised. Oh, the times they are 'a changing! There are many more articles like this in the NUTRITION Section.

Cervicogenic Hearing Loss
HNO 1994 (Oct);   42 (10):   604-613
Findings in 62 patients suffering from vertebragenic hearing disorders are reported before and after chiropractic management. Results indicate that these hearing disorders are reversible, as demonstrated by audiometry and OAE. The therapy of choice is chiropractic manipulation of the upper cervical spine. The commoness of vertebragenic hearing disorders emphasizes their clinical and forensic importance.

Placebo Surgery
Chiropractic Journal 2002; September
Many scientists and clinicians consider the placebo-controlled trial the "gold standard" for evidence-based practice. Interestingly, surgical procedures are often exempt from such scrutiny. Ethical considerations are considered barriers to the use of placebo-controlled investigations for surgical procedures. [3,4] Interestingly, there have been five studies where placebo surgery was used as a control. The placebo group generally did as well or better than the group receiving the real operation.   You may enjoy more articles like this at the Problem with Placebos Page in our Chiropractic Research Section.

Chronic Spinal Pain Syndromes: A Clinical Pilot Trial Comparing Acupuncture, A Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug, and Spinal Manipulation
J Manip Physiol Ther 1999 (July);   22 (6):   376-381
The consistency of the results provides, in spite of several discussed shortcomings of this pilot study, evidence that in patients with chronic spinal pain syndromes spinal manipulation, if not contraindicated, results in greater improvement than acupuncture and medicine.