"There is no medically proven benefit whatsoever to chiropractic manipulation of the cervical spine… As practiced today, chiropractic is a threat to public health. In an age where phenomenal medical discoveries have improved the health and extended average longevity to almost 80 years, chiropractic remains a holdover from the days of the snake oil salesmen. Every year trusting and naïve Americans suffer needless injury and death due to dangerous cervical spine manipulation." Article by J. D. Haines, MD, Skeptic Magazine (21st October 2009)