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3. For certain all my parents and grandparents died immediately after seeing their MD.

Fri Apr 27, 2012, 10:18 AM

Apr 2012

So much research is BS these days. Many people in the family use chiropractors. None have died soon after seeing one.

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Chiropractic manipulation of the spine may cause strokes and even death [View all] xchrom Apr 2012 OP

Never saw a chiropractor ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2012 #1

So can yoga. And about a billion other things. Informed risk. TalkingDog Apr 2012 #2

Uh, except you ignore this part of the research. HuckleB Apr 2012 #12

Thanks for the logical fallacies, and the anecdotes. HuckleB Apr 2012 #15

correlation does not equal causation BuddhaGirl Apr 2012 #16

That's the most bizarre response I could imagine to that post. HuckleB Apr 2012 #18

Sheesh! BuddhaGirl Apr 2012 #20

"I see where you misunderstand everything, yet again." BuddhaGirl Apr 2012 #22

I am being decent. HuckleB Apr 2012 #23

Yikes! trotsky Apr 2012 #4

Indeed. Nt xchrom Apr 2012 #5

Sure! xchrom Apr 2012 #7

Crossing the street Why Syzygy Apr 2012 #8

What a lovely false comparison! laconicsax Apr 2012 #9

I fail to Why Syzygy Apr 2012 #10

I'm not surprised. n/t laconicsax Apr 2012 #13

Were you expecting something else? HuckleB Apr 2012 #11

What do you call a failed physical therapist? A chiropractor. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #17

And there's this: laconicsax Apr 2012 #19

Chiropractors scare the crap out of me. BlueIris Apr 2012 #24