@HomolaSamuel

Retired chiropractor

 Panama City, FL
Joined June 2011
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The Swan Song of a Chiropractic Heretic | Science-Based Medicine sciencebasedmedicine.org/the… via @sciencebasedmed

The Swan Song of a Chiropractic Heretic | Science-Based Medicine

After 41 years of private practice as a chiropractor and 60 years of writing books and articles, the age of 94 finds me rethinking my career, wondering if my contributions to the literature justify th

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A Global Summit Conclusion: No Evidence of an Effect of SMT [Spinal Manipulative Therapy] for the Management of Non-Musculoskeletal Disorders | Science-Based Medicine sciencebasedmedicine.org/a-g… via @sciencebasedmed

A Global Summit Conclusion: No Evidence of an Effect of SMT [Spinal Manipulative Therapy] for the...

A new systematic review places one more nail in the coffin of the use of chiropractic spinal manipulation as a treatment for non-musculoskeletal disorders.

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A Global Summit Conclusion: No Evidence of an Effect of SMT [Spinal Manipulative Therapy] for the Management of Non-Musculoskeletal Disorders | Science-Based Medicine sciencebasedmedicine.org/a-g… via @sciencebasedmed

A Global Summit Conclusion: No Evidence of an Effect of SMT [Spinal Manipulative Therapy] for the...

A new systematic review places one more nail in the coffin of the use of chiropractic spinal manipulation as a treatment for non-musculoskeletal disorders.

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Spinal Manipulation, Chiropractic, and Subluxation Theory | Science-Based Medicine sciencebasedmedicine.org/spi… via @sciencebasedmed

Spinal Manipulation, Chiropractic, and Subluxation Theory | Science-Based Medicine

While spinal manipulation can help some back pain, there are good reasons to be skeptical about chiropractic manipulation based on subluxation theory.

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Neck Manipulation, Stroke, and the Vertebral Artery Stretch: Views, Opinions, and Options | Science-Based Medicine sciencebasedmedicine.org/nec… via @sciencebasedmed

Neck Manipulation, Stroke, and the Vertebral Artery Stretch: Views, Opinions, and Options |...

Stroke reported as being associated with neck manipulation is rare when stroke numbers are tallied with the total number of neck manipulations performed, but the true incidence of this injury is not k

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"How subluxation theory threatens public health," a 2001 article in Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine: quackwatch.org/chiropractic/…

How Chiropractic Subluxation Theory Threatens Public Health | Quackwatch

Many chiropractors treat patients with spinal adjustments based on the theory that correction of vertebral subluxations will restore and maintain health. Th ...

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Chiropractic: A Modern Threat to Canadian Health posttruthhealth.ca/index.php… @picardonhealth @carlyweeks @sharon_kirkey @wmacphail @pbenedetti @theresaboyle @MeghanCollie @abresge @ryarmst @BernieGarrett @DrPChouinard @ck4q @KatieNicholson @kt_pedersen @drcadesky
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Chiropractic Webster Technique: Nonsense Based on Nonsense sciencebasedmedicine.org/chi… via @sciencebasedmed

Chiropractic Webster Technique: Nonsense Based on Nonsense | Science-Based Medicine

The Chiropractic Webster Technique is a nonsensical method of adjusting the sacrum in a misguided effort to enhance pregnancy and to facilitate childbirth. The technique, unopposed in the United State

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Upper Cervical Chiropractic: NUCCA─The Legacy of HIO sciencebasedmedicine.org/upp… via @sciencebasedmed

Upper Cervical Chiropractic: NUCCA─The Legacy of HIO | Science-Based Medicine

Upper cervical chiropractors continue to offer an atlas adjustment to treat a variety of health problems, despite lack of credible evidence to support such treatment.

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The Yoke of Chiropractic: Vertebral Subluxation Doctrine sciencebasedmedicine.org/the… via @sciencebasedmed

The Yoke of Chiropractic: Vertebral Subluxation Doctrine | Science-Based Medicine

The mysterious, asymptomatic chiropractic “vertebral subluxation complex” alleged to be a cause of disease has never been proven to exist. A real orthopedic vertebral subluxation, which can be ide

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Martha and I, and our home, survived Hurricane Michael, which local officials say was a Category 5 storm. Trees were toppled or stripped of vegetation. Many homes and business structures were totally destroyed when strong wind penetrated buildings and swept away roofs.
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The Chiropractic Technique Parade sciencebasedmedicine.org/the… via @sciencebasedmed

The Chiropractic Technique Parade | Science-Based Medicine

Failure of the chiropractic establishment to renounce the scientifically indefensible vertebral subluxation theory assures an unending parade of questionable chiropractic diagnostic and treatment meth

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P E R S P E C T I V E Real orthopaedic subluxations versus imaginary chiropractic subluxations academia.edu/29677271/P_E_R_… via @academia
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A collection of articles by Samuel Homola: independent.academia.edu/Sam…
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Certification in chiropractic techniques: legitimate care or tomfoolery? sciencebasedmedicine.org/cer…

Certification in chiropractic techniques: legitimate care or tomfoolery? | Science-Based Medicine

Chiropractic vertebral subluxation theory breeds a variety of questionable diagnostic and treatment methods. Certification in use of a subluxation-based technique offers no assurance that the techniqu

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Pediatricians alarmed by chiropractic treatments for babies that 'border on the fraudulent' - goo.gl/alerts/B5KZo #GoogleAlerts
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@HomolaSamuel (Sam Homola) is probably one of the most misunderstood and maligned chiropractors today. He is not anti-chiropractic; he is anti-cult. Here is his latest piece: sciencebasedmedicine.org/ins…
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Inside Chiropractic: Yesteryear and Today sciencebasedmedicine.org/ins… via @stevennovella

Inside Chiropractic: Yesteryear and Today | Science-Based Medicine

In the 123 years since its inception, the core beliefs of the chiropractic profession have not changed. Chiropractic continues to exist as a form of alternative medicine that embraces a variety of que

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Neck manipulation, stroke and the precautionary principle academia.edu/13034468/Neck_m… via @academia
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Neck Manipulation, Stroke, and the Vertebral Artery Stretch: Views, Opinions, and Options |...

Stroke reported as being associated with neck manipulation is rare when stroke numbers are tallied with the total number of neck manipulations performed, but the true incidence of this injury is not k

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Chiropractic and Spinal Manipulation Red Flags: A Comprehensive Review sciencebasedmedicine.org/chi…

Chiropractic and Spinal Manipulation Red Flags: A Comprehensive Review | Science-Based Medicine

Many people visit chiropractors’ offices seeking relief from back pain. Appropriate use of spinal manipulation provided by a chiropractor can be helpful in treating mechanical-type back pain, but th

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