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PIA Western Alliance
Happy 241st birthday America. Your age is showing and lately you've been struggling to find footing. Your people are struggling with you and trying to make sense of life and lifestyles that now hit near supersonic speeds.
Trials aside, the United States of America is still the most beautiful experiment in a democratic republic ever devised and — judging by the number of people wanting to live here via immigration — it still is a place of incredible freedom. The words "land of the free" still apply.
Happy Independence Day from the PIA Western Alliance and its board of directors, staff and management.
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Most of you will read this either the day before or the day after Independence Day. On July 4, 1776 the Declaration of Independence was revealed and the 13 colonies that made up the original United States declared their independence from England.
Many of us celebrate the day with picnics and parties and end the day setting off or watching — or both — fireworks. What is surprising — well, maybe not so surprising — is the number of people who don't know how this country was founded.
Teens and young adults know the least about the foundation of the nation and those over 60 the most. First a look at a poll conducted by ABC News a few years ago. It checked in with kids 12 to 17.
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According to Wikipedia, the first insurance company to operate in the United States was in Charleston, South Carolina in 1735. Benjamin Franklin helped found the first mutual insurance company to operate in the United States in 1752 and that company — Philadelphia Contributionship — is still in operation today some 265 years later. Like the first in the nation, Franklin's company focused on fire and made contributions toward fire prevention. It warned against some hazards and refused to insure some buildings that were a fire hazard like those made of wood.
The first insurance company in the country to sell stock in itself was the Insurance Company of North America. It was formed in 1792.
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The Journal of American Medicine just published an interesting study. And it's one that will please chiropractors and those using the chiropractic experience as part of their health regimen.
It says the manipulation of the spine is a good first line treatment for lower back pain.
Good news says the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) who is the source of this story. The ACA said the study looked at controlled trials and other experiments conducted randomly since 2011. The conclusion is that they are effective and safe — at least statistically — and offer significant improvement for pain and function. This is true for the first six-weeks and usually have no adverse side effects.
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