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Patient gets irritable when hungry? Dubbed “hangry,” this should alert the practitioner to the presence of adrenal fatigue. This, and the associated anxiety and irritability, can then be driven by high-sugar diets; an especially significant problem around stressful, albeit also joyful, holidays.

The patient was seen two times per week for two weeks, followed by once-a-week treatment for two weeks. At that point, the patient decided to postpone his radiofrequency ablation (RFA) appointment and continue maintenance acupuncture treatments. Over 16 weeks, he received 11 total treatments and cancelled his appointment.

Herpes zoster (shingles) directly corresponds with the pathologic terms “girdling fire cinnabar” and “girdling snake cinnabar,” as described in Chinese medicine external medicine texts. This pathocondition may present on any part of the body innervated by the affected nerve ganglion(s). The disease cause can be identified as patterns that involve…

Some of you contacted me after my May column, “On the Road with Asian Bodywork Therapy,” referenced simple diode therapy. I decided there was enough general interest from close colleagues and AT readers to warrant a close-up!

There are countless ways protected health information (PHI) could be exposed during a financial transaction. All health care providers should be mindful that the most valuable consumer data being stolen, shared or sold is found in patients’ health care records.

In the contemporary clinical setting, encountering patients who chronically use cannabis is increasingly common. In my 25 years of clinical practice, this is one of the most common presentations I see. In fact, in my past 15 years of clinical practice, I have seen more patients smoking cannabis than tobacco.

How are you currently using informed consent in your practice? As a quick sign-off on your EHR before the patient comes in? As part of your new-patient packet in your office? Maybe it’s something you know you “have to” have people sign, but you’re secretly hoping they will sign it…

Have you ever had a patient meander in all sorts of directions when discussing their health concerns? Have you ever gotten lost in the miasma of information? Have you ever gone over time in that first appointment? With a proper initial intake, we ask the right questions that allow the…

While it remains unclear whether opioid guidelines recommending conservative care have moved the needle toward nondrug options, a new study suggests that since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain in 2016, one result has been an increase in non-opioid pain…

I am trained as a professional meridian yoga teacher and have also studied energy medicine with Donna Eden. I have been a longtime acupuncture and chiropractic patient for many decades.

Is infertility a disease? Or is it a symptom, or condition of an underlying health condition, disease process, and/or iatrogenic in origin? Are we miseducating the public by referring to infertility as a disease in order to obtain insurance funding for expensive treatments?

Plantar fasciitis is a degenerative condition in which repetitive microtrauma causes a structural breakdown of the connective tissue in the plantar fascia and/or neighboring muscles. In the United States alone, more than 1 million people receive treatment for plantar fasciitis annually.

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a common condition with complicated pathogenic factors. Better understanding CLBP pathogenesis will advance clinical therapy and pain management options.

Acute and chronic stomach discomfort are extremely common in the acupuncture clinic. Fortunately, there are highly effective three-point acupuncture prescriptions that can be easily modified for both acute and chronic gastrointestinal issues manifesting in a variety of pattern presentations.

As more and more acupuncture professionals incorporate cosmetic facial acupuncture into their practices, maximizing consumer visibility is vital. Ancillary services are an attractive, effective and lucrative adjunct to cosmetic facial acupuncture treatments.

We all want a practice that runs smoothly; a practice where patients and staff are happy – and those positive five-star Yelp and Google reviews just never stop coming. But sometimes, we are so caught up in the practice of our medicine that we may not completely have a handle…

According to the Urology Care Foundation, erectile dysfunction (ED) is the most common sex problem, affecting as many as 30 million American men; about 50 percent of men over the age of 40. ED can occur from physical conditions, emotional issues or both.

As always, diagnosis code updates took effect on Oct. 1; this time, there are 1,176 new codes, 28 revised codes and 287 deleted codes. The total codes now in ICD-10-CM is 73,639 – that’s a lot of codes!

Sounds pretty fanciful right? Well, you’ll be pleased to know that NASA and other government agencies have been researching acupuncture for more than a decade – to replace hundreds of pounds of medications for space travel.

I was a young guy building houses when I had my first experience with acupuncture. In a bout with low back pain, I tried the usual superficial stretches, but had little luck. Then an old curmudgeon carpenter suggested I visit a local acupuncturist.