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Alan Uretz, Phd, LAc

Alan Uretz's, Phd, LAc, areas of expertise include the fields of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Integrative Medicine, Academics and Pain Management. His clinical internships at Guangzhou University covered all branches of medicine including gerontology and pain management. Alan now serves as Dean of Chinese Medicine at the Midwest College of Oriental Medicine. He is also a Founding Director of CCAM Research Partners.

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Acupuncture and its Place in the Integrative Healthcare Practice: The Need to Move from Modality to Profession
February 2015 (Vol. 16, Issue 02)
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Think of your most difficult patient – the one you try to motivate and work so hard with to develop a realistic treatment plan with achievable and measurable goals. Week after week, you see this patient struggle, sinking deeper into hopelessness as their health and quality of life continue to worsen. What if there was something else you could do that could change their outlook and their life? The solution is as simple as an automated program.

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To paraphrase the Tao de Jing; a bowl is useful because of the empty space. Recent anatomical research uncovered evidence for previously undescribed large-scale pathways that span organs, blood vessels and other connective tissue. These pathways are defined by what is known as the interstitial space between cells. The newer research provides evidence that these interstitial spaces actually make very large-scale networks between different types of tissue.

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