Governor Gavin Newsom has retracted the proposed budget cuts to the Medi-Cal acupuncture program for low-income Californians for the 2024-2025 budget year. This decision marks a significant victory for health care providers and advocates who have long championed acupuncture as a vital component of comprehensive medical care.
Do you receive text messages from companies letting you know about offers or giveaways, or simply sharing news? If your answer is yes, then you have opted in for SMS (short message service) text-message marketing. SMS text-message marketing uses various platforms and software to send personalized, timely and sometimes interactive messages.
The Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (OCOM) has announced it is closing after 41 years. Pending accreditor approval, OCOM will cease offering classes after September (fourth-year OCOM students graduate Aug. 26). All current / incoming OCOM students have the option of continuing their education at the National University of Natural Medicine or Five Branches University, or transferring to another school altogether.
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The end of cancer treatment does not necessarily signal a return to good health. Cancer survivors report poorer health and well-being than people who have not had cancer; many suffer chronic consequences of cancer and its treatments. Some may also develop new symptoms many years after treatment has ended.
In 1998, when I first started acupuncture school at the N.Y. College of Health Professions in Syosset, N.Y., I was into mixed martial arts. I always had some kind of minor injury or contusion. My buddy Ron, who was going to the same school, was tired of hearing me whine and complain about all my aches and pains. He suggested we should go to the college apothecary, collect a bunch of herbs and make Dit Da Jow.
Due to the unique relationship between our facial skin and facial muscles, healthy movement of facial fascia is imperative to the nervous, muscular and circulatory functions of our face. Chinese medicine is uniquely suited to treat the fascial layers of the face to improve both appearance and function.
Working with chronically ill patients entails acknowledging the reality that not all patients will survive their diagnosis. Chinese medicine and acupuncture play a crucial role in palliative and end-of-life care, addressing medication and disease side effects, alleviating pain associated with death, reducing anxiety and stress, and helping patients find peace during the dying process.
At the cutting edge of integrative health care, four pioneering organizations have united to form the Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Coalition (The AHM Coalition). Officially launched at the American Society of Acupuncturists (ASA) Annual Conference on April 7, 2024, this landmark coalition heralds a new era for health care.
One of the most popular topics in both allopathic and integrative medicine at the moment is the issue of “long COVID.” I will cover some important clinical considerations on Chinese herbal medicine in cases of long COVID in future columns; however, in this column let’s focus on the issue of long-term psychological stress and its impact on health.
Ready to bill insurance - but don't know how to get started? Learn the basic requirements, which insurances to accept (and which to avoid, and other factors to consider. Billing insurance may seem like a hassle, but it will open doors to allow more patients to experience your medicine - plus it's a great way to grow your practice at the same time.
Worldwide, type 2 diabetes (not to be confused with adult-onset type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disorder) is a full-blown epidemic. The number of people with diabetes rose from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. In 2017, the American diabetes maintenance industry earned $237 billion.
If your patients have diabetes, there is a good chance they are also experiencing symptoms of neuropathy. If so, they may want to know what they can do about the “pins and needles” sensations in their feet, legs, and fingers.
Did any of you ever get the feeling in school that it simply was not OK to speak about wanting to be successful? To get into the nitty gritty details of how to make money in practice? Maybe you were even someone like me who was directly told by someone in a position of power that I needed to take what I could get because in private practice, I wouldn’t make money.
