| Patients Need To Know Chiropractic Risks |
| State board should require notice of possible risk |
| Hartford Courant Editorial |
| February 19, 2010 |
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The State Board of Chiropractic Examiners is expected to vote soon on whether to require chiropractors to inform patients of the possible risk of stroke that has been linked to an adjustment to the neck called cervical spine manipulation.
Stroke has sometimes been the result of the procedure, say patients who testified at recent hearings before the state regulatory board. An informed patient could be on the lookout for stroke symptoms and seek early treatment.
Efforts to require informed consent, made by former chiropractic patients who claim injury from the controversial procedure, have been derailed in the legislature. They are now seeking relief before a board composed of two public members who are not chiropractors, along with four chiropractors. The former patients worry that the board will be biased. If the board does not require "informed consent," the next step could be a lawsuit.
It shouldn't come to that.
Medical doctors inform their patients of the risks of major procedures. Why shouldn't chiropractors? It just makes sense.
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| March 8, 2011 |
| Three Members of Chiropractic Board Violated Law |
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| June 10, 2010 |
| Connecticut chiropractors sued over neck manipulations |
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| April 6, 2010 |
| No harm in warning about risk |
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| March 19, 2010 |
| Board rejects warning on chiropractic risks |
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| March 18, 2010 |
| On Stroke Risks, Chiropractors Manipulate Us |
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| March 17, 2010 |
| Chiropractors Prevail in Battle Over Informed Consent |
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| February 11, 2010 |
| Chiropractic Conflict Continues in Connecticut |
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| February 10, 2010 |
| Patients Need To Know Chiropractic Risks |
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| January 6, 2010 |
| Editorial Cartoon |
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| January 6, 2010 |
| Advocates seeking state law requiring a warning prior to neck manipulation |
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| January 5, 2010 |
| Chiropractors' Argument Falls On Deaf Ears |
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| January 5, 2010 |
| Battle brews over safety of neck manipulation |
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| January 5, 2010 |
| Chiropractic Stroke Risk |
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| January 4, 2010 |
| Stroke risks prompt hearing |
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| January 2, 2010 |
| Woodbridge woman fights for warning label |
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| December 29, 2009 |
| Chiropractic Patients Should Know Risks |
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| November 24, 2009 |
| Young Mom Dies After a Chiropractic Adjustment |
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| March 3, 2008 |
| Woman Pushes For Chiropractor Registry |
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| November 2007
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| Stroke Victim Spreads The Word About Dangers of Chiropractic Neck Treatment |
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| May 16, 2007 |
| Chiropractic and Stroke Issues on the Rise |
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| May 4, 2007 |
| Chiropractor Malpractice
Settlements To Be Public |
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| May 2, 2007 |
| A Collection of Briefs
from the State Capitol |
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| April 30, 2007 (MP3 File) |
| WTIC
NewsTalk 1080 |
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| March 14, 2007 |
| Tougher laws for chiropractors
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| March 13, 2007 |
| A collection of news
items from the Capitol |
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| March 3, 2007 |
| Injured patients want new rules for
chiropractors |
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| May 2, 1996 |
| Proposed Law Would Affect Chiropractors |
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