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Jared Polis (D-Colorado) and Mike Coffman (R-Colorado) launched the integrative health and wellness (IHW) caucus in October, 2017. A congressional caucus is defined as “a collection of members of the United States Congress that meets to pursue common legislative objectives.” It also provides an excellent opportunity to educate legislators on…

Maggie is an intuitive healer and workshop leader who I met on a recent hike. While we were talking she told me how she had to take it easy because of her knees. She said that her doctor told her that she has the early signs of arthritis. This was…

The National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) is excited to announce the launch of the new NCCAOM Exam Preparation Center.

The recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of those nuisance conditions that can play havoc with quality of life, and this particular infection is much more common than most people realize. In fact, one of every two women develop a urinary tract infection during their lifetime, and 20-30 percent…

At University of Washington’s Harborview Medical Center, the Seattle region’s only Level I Trauma and Burn Center, the demands for in-patient care are dramatically different from a private clinic environment. The Acute Pain Service at Harborview estimates having approximately 7,000 encounters each year, and of those, 70 percent have a…

As the season of Spring fades away and we shift into the warm summer months, many patients suffer from chronic allergies. This is by far one of the most common issues I see in the clinic as well as often mistreated and misdiagnosed. It is not uncommon for practitioners of…

Your contemporary mental health and psychotherapy colleagues may often approach the treatment of allostatic load as a mental health condition and use prescription psycho-pharmaceutical medicine to affect general and specific central nervous system 〈CNS〉 pathways and brain neuro-chemistry medicine to alleviate the associated symptoms.

Living in an internet connected society brings many conveniences and benefits. The power of the internet to connect us with customers, store data, and find information has opened the door for many small business owners to grow and flourish. But along with the benefits of this connectivity comes a responsibility…

Both a concern and critique of acupuncture, frequently espoused by the bio-medical community is, “there is no standard of care in acupuncture.” The following is why I believe this statement is disingenuous at best.

The current opioid epidemic dominates the discussion among national health leaders, recovery advocates and families nationwide. Opioids include heroin as well as prescription pain relievers such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, fentanyl, and others. Opioids interact with opioid receptors on nerve cells in the body and brain. While generally safe…

Recently, there has been an article, and subsequent discussion, about the subject of Aggressive Energy (AKA “AE”), including ways to detect its presence and an alternative method of treating it. I appreciate the respectful tone of the article, and recognize that within the vast realm of Chinese medicine, there are…

I just received an email concerning the ICD-TM11 codes. The World Health Organization (WHO) will be presenting the new ICD-11 codes to World Health Assembly very soon. This is very good news for the ICD-TM11 codes. The slide presentation made it clear that the traditional medicine codes will be integrated…

Recently I gave a talk titled, The Art of Memoir – Tapping the Past to Sharpen the Present at a senior lunch event in Austin, Texas. I combined my current experiences of memoir writing, with some of the folksy wisdom I share in my classes, and with clients grappling with…

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