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Gregg St. Clair, BA, MSTOM, LAc

While Gregg St. Clair became a columnist for Acupuncture Today in 2006 , long-time readers will be familiar with his contributions to the publication as a review editor, a position he has held since March 2004. A 2001 summa cum laude graduate of Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego, Calif., Gregg currently operates a private acupuncture and Oriental medicine practice in Clifton Park, N.Y. He also is a member of the National Qigong Association. He can be reached at gregg@stclairfamilyacupuncture.com, or through his Web site at www.stclairfamilyacupuncture.com.

Previous Articles

A Word With Dr. Andrew Weil on Healing and Integrative Medicine
July 2012 (Vol. 13, Issue 07)
The Environment and Food: A Conversation with Laurie David
February 2012 (Vol. 13, Issue 02)
Acupuncture Solutions for the High Cost of Obesity
December 2011 (Vol. 12, Issue 12)
Greening Your Office
October 2010 (Vol. 11, Issue 10)
Acupuncturists for a Smoke-Free World
August 2009 (Vol. 10, Issue 08)
Oriental Medicine, Profit and the Earth
June 2008 (Vol. 09, Issue 06)
Quantum Physics and Oriental Medicine
February 2008 (Vol. 09, Issue 02)
Mending the Web of Life
November 2007 (Vol. 08, Issue 11)
The World, Alchemy and the Mysterious Feminine
September 2007 (Vol. 08, Issue 09)
The World, Alchemy and the Mysterious Feminine
August 2007 (Vol. 08, Issue 08)
The Cutting Edge
May 2007 (Vol. 08, Issue 05)
How Far Is Far Enough?
February 2007 (Vol. 08, Issue 02)
So Where Do All These Toxins Come From, Anyway?
August 2006 (Vol. 07, Issue 08)
Healing, Oriental Medicine, and Nature
May 2006 (Vol. 07, Issue 05)
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