Each year, Acupuncture Today's editorial board reviews its list of authors and columns. While we try to be a comprehensive source of acupuncture and Oriental medicine information, we also realize that there are some aspects of Asian healing that may go unreported but are nevertheless worthy of discussion. Toward that end, Acupuncture Today is announcing a call for columnists interested in writing for AT in 2003.
Slots for the following columns are now available: geriatrics; history; nutrition and wellness; legislative issues; Oriental bodywork; and research. Potential columnists should have an intimate knowledge of acupuncture and Oriental medicine, and the ability to write clearly and meet deadlines on a regular basis. In addition, individual practitioners and students are encouraged to submit articles about their experience(s) in practice and in the profession.
If you would like to be considered for one of the columns available, please submit the following:
Structured water (H3O2) can be considered a fourth state of water between liquid and solid. It has the hexagonal structure of ice; however, missing a critical bond, it behaves more like a gel than a solid, but retains some of its crystalline structure.
In the past five years of my clinical practice, I have seen an astonishing upsurge in the chronic use of proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) medications for the gastrointestinal issue diagnosed by allopathic medicine as GERD. It is not uncommon to encounter patients taking these prescriptions for five-plus years.
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.
