Emphasis on Wellness at APHA Meeting
(Published Jan 31, 2013)
Insurance Carrier Increases Diagnoses Codes For Acupuncture Benefits
(Published Nov 30, 2012)
Important Notice From NCCAOM to Former Diplomates
(Published Nov 30, 2012)
International Symposium on Acupuncture and Meridian Studies: Conference Recap
(Published Nov 30, 2012)
Research: Acupuncture Is Both Cost and Medically Effective
(Published Oct 31, 2012)
Evolving Directions for Acupuncture Research: Report from the International Research Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health
(Published Aug 31, 2012)
IHPC Recap: Meeting of the Influential Minds
(Published Jul 31, 2012)
New Incentives to Renew Lapsed (Expired) Status to be Reduced from Eight Years to Three Years as of January 1, 2013
(Published Jun 30, 2012)
Procedure and Fee Changes in 2012 Current Diplomates Converting to Oriental Medicine Certification
(Published Jun 30, 2012)
Fighting For Acupuncture As An Essential Health Benefit: A Chat with Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA)
(Published Jun 30, 2012)
Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Endorses AHPA's Botanical Authentication Program
(Published Jun 30, 2012)
International Developments and Updates in the World of TCM
(Published Jun 30, 2012)
Study: Electroacupuncture Helps With Depression
(Published May 31, 2012)
Trudy McAlister Foundation Announces Scholarship Awards
(Published May 31, 2012)
Robert Downey Jr. Honored for TCM Advocacy
(Published May 31, 2012)
Here at Last: Community-Style Acupuncture in Hospital Settings
(Published Apr 30, 2012)
OM School Puts Public Health in Action
(Published Apr 30, 2012)
Nationwide Hospitals Making Room for Acupuncture
(Published Mar 31, 2012)
Real Acupuncture or Real World Acupuncture?
(Published Mar 31, 2012)
Public Health & Gerontology Groups Support CAM
(Published Feb 29, 2012)
Fertility acupuncture sometimes gets presented as a narrow protocol: a handful of reproductive points applied uniformly across patients. What this case reinforced for me: The most powerful work happens when we read the whole picture. The hormone data, the constitutional tendency, the sleep, the digestion, and the menstrual pattern, so we can treat the environment the ovaries live inside.
Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) affects more than 15% of the U.S. population but evades most practitioners’ radar. Just five years ago, it wasn’t even on my radar, despite already having 20 years of experience as a clinician at that time. The more I dug (similar to leaky gut and post-COVID syndrome), the more I found my patients were suffering from this disorder.
The motivation behind our practice of medicine is important, impacting not just our experience but also the experiences of those we treat. It is perhaps for this reason that the aspiration to help not just some, but all beings heal, has historically been an important part of the medical tradition. To explain this, we need to consider how medicine is interwoven with other social domains.