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The MAHA Chiropractic Hub had a big launch in Washington DC this week, with RFK Jr extolling the benefits of the practice—and promising to redirect research funds their way as his movement attempts to spread chiropractic throughout the American healthcare system. But can back cracks really "reset the entire nervous system," as one MAHA-endorsed speaker claims? Or is the profession just dressing up subluxation theory, which has never been clinically validated, for the modern age?

Derek and Julian discuss the four objectives of the Chiropractic Hub, what this could mean for American healthcare, and how Kennedy is likely helping funnel money earmarked for actual scientific research into this ghost religion. They begin with a brief history of chiropractic.

Show Notes

Subluxation Theory: A Belief System That Continues to Define the Practice of Chiropractic

Chiropractic Vertebral Subluxations: Science vs. Pseudoscience

Subluxation: dogma or science?

Chiropractic subluxation is still "unsupported speculation"

Chiropractic: A Skeptical View

Effect of chiropractic treatment on primary or early secondary prevention: a systematic review

This is how science dies

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