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August 2016 (Vol. 17, Issue 8)

Education & Seminars
Transforming Las Vegas

Herbal Medicine
Adrenal Problems
Craig Williams, LAc, AHG

Acupuncture Techniques
Holistic Skin Care and Modern Technology
Jenise Parris

Nutrition / Detoxification
Prostate Cancer Risk
Men practicing a vegan diet show significant reduction.
James P. Meschino, DC, MS

General Acupuncture
The Need for Standards
Marilyn Allen, Editor at Large

General Acupuncture
Constructing Our Reality, Part 2
Nicholas Sieben, LAc

General Acupuncture
Discovery: Finding Insights and Each Other in Different Disciplines
Shai White-Gilbertson, PhD, MSCR, Dipl Ac, CTR

Marketing / Office / Staff
Streamline Your Front Desk
Kelley Mulhern, DC

Billing / Fees / Insurance
Billing Timed Services
Samuel A. Collins

General Acupuncture
Romantic Love
The Pathologica State Rarely Considered Worthy of Treatment
Felice Dunas, PhD

General Acupuncture
Distal Style Treatment of Neurogenic Pain
Brandon LaGreca, LAc

General Acupuncture
Building Bridges with Discipline
Shellie Rosen, DOM, LAc

General Acupuncture
In This Current Age of Anxiety
Simel Bey

Back Pain
With Low-Back Pain, Sometimes Little Things Matter
Steven Knobler

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Your Practice / Business
Three Reasons to Make the Switch to Online Appointment Scheduling
Three Reasons to Make the Switch to Online Appointment Scheduling

People today want convenience, whether it be from their bank, credit card, favorite retail store, or restaurant. They demand it from the companies who hold their loyalty, including their health care providers (you). They don’t want to call and possibly be put on hold, and they want to use an app or schedule an appointment on your website. Here are three reasons your practice can gain by switching to online appointment scheduling.

Antonio Arias
Chinese & Asian Medicine
Fire and the Pelvis
Fire and the Pelvis

While there aren’t any meridians associated with fire that cross the pelvis, that doesn’t mean the lower tan tien is void of fire. Fire has a more ethereal quality to it in relationship to the pelvis and can be connected through discussion of the lower tan tien, the lower san jjao, the ming men, and the bao mai. In this article, we’ll journey through the anatomy of subtle fire in the pelvic bowl and look a bit at how it is kindled, carried and cultivated.

Krystal Lynn Couture, DPT, LAc
News / Profession
The State of 21st Century Acupuncture in the U.S. (Pt. 2)
The State of 21st Century Acupuncture in the U.S.

In 1997, the World Health Organization and the National Institutes of Health convened a multiday conference on acupuncture to evaluate its clinical utilization and mechanisms of action. The resultant document recommended acupuncture for a wide variety of clinical issues; and also recommended acupuncture be taught in medical schools and brought into mainstream medicine.Twenty-eight years later, acupuncture is far from integrated in the way that the document portends.

Clasina (Sina) Leslie Smith, MS, MA, LAc, MD, Dipl. Ac., FAAMA; Bill Reddy, LAc, Dipl. Ac.