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Valerie Razutis, MSOM, LAc

Valerie Razutis, MSOM, LAc, is the Chair of Doctoral Studies at Southern California University of Health Sciences and is completing the Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine degree from Oregon College of Oriental Medicine. Jackie Silverman, MA, is the Chief Public Affairs Offi cer and Special Assistant to the President at Southern California University of Health Sciences.

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First Professional Doctorate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Launches at SCU
June 2014 (Vol. 15, Issue 06)
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Use Automated Marketing to Support Healthy Change in Your Patients
Use Automated Marketing to Support Healthy Change in Your Patients

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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Antonio Arias
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The Interstitium and the Eight Extraordinary Vessels, as Taught by Wang Ju-Yi
The Interstitium and the Eight Extraordinary Vessels, as Taught by Wang Ju-Yi

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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Leo Saraceno, CMT