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Acupuncture Associations
It’s no secret advocacy and legislation are keys to advancing any health care profession; therefore, the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine’s selection of Mina M. Larson as the next CEO is an encouraging sign for the AOM community.
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Acupuncture News
It is clear the profession is continuing to make progress in the U.S.; however, the latest World Health Organization ( WHO ) Global Report on Traditional and Complementary Medicine 2019 breaks down the progress being made worldwide. It also assesses the implementation of efforts put in place by the WHO…
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Government Policy
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have taken notice of acupuncture’s relevance in pain management. A new proposal will cover acupuncture for Medicare patients with chronic low back pain, who are enrolled participants either in clinical trials sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), or in CMS-approved…
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Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
An important review article published in the Journal of Pineal Research provides compelling evidence that the hormone melatonin can help to prevent and reverse weight gain and improve blood sugar levels in adults. Melatonin is a hormone made by the pineal gland in the brain. It is typically secreted in…
James P. Meschino, DC, MS
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Scholarships
How it All Began ... and a Celebration of the 2019 Winners
In October of 2005, at the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine’s (AAAOM) annual conference in Chicago, Trudy McAlister received the Patient of the Year award from the AAAOM for her philanthropic donation. This led to the establishment of the first national scholarship fund for students of acupuncture and…
Gene Bruno, OMD, LAc, FABAA
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Herbal Medicine
Author Ted Kaptchuk, wrote, “The Web That Has No Weaver” in 1983. On the cover is a drawing which represents an herbalist spoon feeding a patient an herbal formula. Kaptchuk went on to engage in research surrounding the role of a practitioner in healing, as well as the influence of…
Shellie Rosen, DOM, LAc
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The Heart, also known as the Supreme Controller, is the blood sibling to the Small Intestine Official. The early Chinese considered their sovereign to be an expression of the Divine on earth – a truly inspired and enlightened leader. As such, this Official is best equipped to rule over the…
Neil Gumenick, MAc, LAc, Dipl. Ac.
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Integrative Care
Spine disorders represent one of the most common causes of pain and disability in the U.S., and worldwide. Back pain is one of most common reasons for seeking medical care, accounting for tens of millions of patient visits each year. As such, the incidence and prevalence of neck and pain…
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Acupuncture Techniques
The Luo are vessels of liberation. They are about bondage. Through them we can learn much about ourselves: what we tend to hold onto, how we define ourselves and our lives. They can help us realize the power of surrender, teaching us about causes of pain and suffering.
Nicholas Sieben, LAc
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Letter to the Editor
I practice acupuncture in New Jersey. According to the our state laws, “Acupuncture is the stimulation of points by the insertion of needles (plus adjunctive therapies).”
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Your Practice / Business
Neurological disorders in all age populations are steadily on the rise. As more and more people are living longer, surviving cancer, strokes, and living in an increasingly more toxic environment, we as practitioners need to be prepared for a new era of diseases of the nervous system. In order to…
Amy Ayla Wolf, DAOM, LAc
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Patient Education
Don’t ever send me to an acupuncturist again, one of my buddies wailed during a pre-dawn call from Europe. I asked, did he hurt you? Use too many needles? Didn’t listen? “None of that,” she said. “He kept talking about my fat ass this. Fat ass that. He could barely…
Pam Ferguson, Dipl. ABT (NCCAOM), AOBTA & GSD-CI, LMT
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Patient Education
In my previous article in Acupuncture Today , “A Brief Discussion of Yin and Yang,” I introduced the concepts of Yin and Yang, and briefly touched on the idea of the Tai Qi Circle. Now that we have a basic understanding the concepts of Yin and Yang, we can move…
Aaron Leon Kenin, LAc, MSOM
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Integrative Care
UCLA’s Center for East-West Medicine (CEWM) was founded in 1993 as the vision of Dr. Ka-Kit Hui, MD. Based on a teamwork approach, the acupuncture training of Western practitioners was done by Dr. Hui in concert with physicians trained in Chinese medicine from China.
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Pain Relief / Prevention
Ground-breaking legislation passed by the California Assembly (68-0 vote) and now under review by the state Senate requires doctors to inform pain patients about the dangers of opioids and the benefits of conservative care options before prescribing.
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Heather George DSOM, LAc, ERYT-500, C-IAYT
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Gene Bruno OMD, LAc, FABAA
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