The second study was conducted by Dr. Ron Rupert and his team at Parker College. The study surveyed 311 chiropractic patients, aged 65 years and older, who had received chiropractic care for 5 years or longer.

Despite similar health status, chiropractic patients receiving "maintenance care" for five years or longer, when compared with US citizens of the same age, spent only 31% of the national average for health care services.

The chiropractic patients also experienced 50% fewer medical provider
visits than their comparable peers.

Can you imagine the potential economic impact of cutting medical provider
visits by 50%?

The third study was conducted by John Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., and his team. Dr. Zhang investigated the effects of chiropractic adjustments on heart rate variability. Heart rate variability (HRV) measures the overall tone of the autonomic nervous system, which controls the organs, glands, and blood vessels. It also shows the balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions of the autonomic system by looking at how the brain and heart are communicating with one another. This test is well accepted in the medical and scientific community. The test is important because decreased heart rate variability is associated with increased mortality risk, is seen in depressed patients with coronary artery disease, and is associated with aging and obesity.

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