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 WWW.CANOE.COM PUBLISHES INVESTIGATIVE SERIES ON CHIROPRACTIC AT YORK
UNIVERSITY

 For those that have been following Skeptical Inquirer's coverage and
CSICOP's involvement in the chiropractic college controversy at York
University, there is a recently released investigative series on the events
of the past several years now available on the web.  Go to:

http://www.canoe.ca/ChiroYork/.

 The investigation is sponsored and published by Canoe, Canada's Internet
Network.
 The following is a description and introduction to the investigative series.


 To read CSICOP's past press releases on the topic, go to
http://www.csicop.org/articles/19990203-chiropractic/index.html.

 Please free to respond to the investigative series at www.canoe.com.
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 Spin Doctors: Death, Deception, and Dubious Claims Haunt Chiropractors' Bid
for Academic Acceptance

 The Investigation in a Nutshell
 How to read this story

 By Paul Benedetti and Wayne MacPhail
 The last few months have been tough on chiropractic in Canada and the next
few may be a whole lot worse.

 First, members of the chiropractic community were hit with a $12-million
lawsuit over a stroke death that resulted from a chiropractic manipulation.

 Then, a Toronto neurologist announced that the early results of his study
suggest chiropractic neck manipulation may be the largest cause of vertebral
dissection which is the major cause of strokes in Canadians under 45.

 Next, an article in the latest issue of Canadian Lawyer pretty much declared
open season on chiropractors and alternative practitioners who cause harm
with unproven therapies.

 And, finally, the bid by the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC)
to affiliate with York University appears to be in trouble. That crucial
drive for academic respectability opened the theory, practice and teaching of
chiropractic in Canada to public scrutiny.

 CANOE conducted a two-month interactive investigation into chiropractic.
For more on this story go to:

http://www.canoe.ca/ChiroYork