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Good things seem to be happening for our profession and recent developments show we are all on board. Talking about being on board, this September The Veterans Express-Purple Heart Tour is expected to make its way out of the station. This is a vintage train set composed of eight cars,…

Circuit Judge Terry P. Lewis issued a partial injunction against the Florida Personal Injury Protection law, putting a halt - at least temporarily - to the portion of the law that requires a finding of an emergency medical condition as a prerequisite for payment of PIP benefits and that prohibits…

You know you’ve done it — seen someone morbidly obese and thought to yourself, “Why couldn’t they just control themselves?” or stood in the supermarket, comparing people’s carts to how they look, or any other myriad of judgments we have when we see someone who is overweight. Many of us…

I was an organic vegetable farmer before I studied Chinese medicine. It was very good initial training in how to look at complex living systems in a non-linear way, always aware of the balance of many different elements in dynamic interaction.

Now it seems that thought is out and emotion is in. Emotional intelligence is currently a household buzzword. Regardless of what is now trending, what is being discovered is that the link between thought, feeling and action is very fine.

The roots of Chinese medicine are found in the Zhou dynasty (1045-221BCE). It is in the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States periods, within the Zhou Dynasty, that the framework for the practice of Chinese medicine was developed. The natural school, consisting of cosmology, Yin-Yang and the five phases…

In this month’s final installment of this series of articles on Western drugs I will discuss cardiovascular drugs, antibiotics, antifungal agents, antiviral agents, anti-inflammatory drugs and immune suppressant drugs (widely used in treating autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis).

For the last decade we have been authoring this regular column on public health issues and, if you are one of our loyal readers, you’ll note that we have spanned broad topic areas. “Public health” is not just about clean water and vaccinations, but finding meaningful ways in our practice…

The temporo-mandibular joint is an interesting and dynamic articulation that can cause a lot of problems. Hoppenfeld notes that the TMJ is the most used joint in the body, and it opens and closes 1,500 to 2,000 times a day during its various motions of chewing, talking, swallowing, etc.

Isn’t it interesting that the number one reason people visit a healthcare provider is because of pain. Chronic pain affects about 100 million American adults—more than the total affected by heart disease, cancer, and diabetes combined. Now consider this: the number one reason people avoid seeing an acupuncturist is because…

It’s that time of year again - when the insurance coverage is dwindling and even though many people have theirs renewing in the new year, they spend all of their money on gifts for loved ones. Let’s face it, acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatments just aren’t top priority.

The era of healthcare reform is upon us and not a moment too soon. Many prominent and venerable professionals have labored and waited this historic shift for decades and—of course—patients wait with baited breath to see if the quality and scope of care will improve as intended.

The new year has proven to be a promising one for acupuncturists nationwide. On the start of the Chinese New Year, the White House petition to recognize acupuncture as a profession and have it included in the Medicare system met the White House standard of having more than 25,000 signatures…

Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease for which there is no known cure. A person suffering from multiple sclerosis may show demyelination in the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves due to overactive antibodies. Physical symptoms range from person to person, as does the severity of the disease.

Currently resveratrol is probably the most actively researched phytochemical worldwide and many favorable properties have been demonstrated in pharmacological models. A PubMed search in June 2011 retrieved more than 4,000 articles on resveratrol. It demonstrates an amazing array of favorable pharmacological activities including antioxidant, cardioprotective, antidiabetic, anticancer, antiviral, neuroprotective, antiplatelet,…

Certainly anyone reading this has an understanding that acupuncture is one of the great pillars of traditional medicine. Acupuncture has a long and varied history. In a world of changing healthcare options and expectation, what role does the acupuncturist play? This commentary is not meant to be antagonistic – so…

This is our bi-monthly column focused on highlighting the success of acupuncturists from around the country who would like to share their tips for making an acupuncture practice work and thrive.

Acupuncture remains highly underutilized in mainstream treatment of mental-emotional health. It is a modality that is still viewed as “somatic” medicine, despite the fact that countless Chinese Medical clinicians and scholars have been successfully working with mental health for centuries.

Recently I had a surgery, which greatly affected my Triple Energizer channel. I found myself in bed with a lot of time on my hands trying to recuperate. Because the health of my triple energizer channel was impaired—I wound up doing a lot of research to help with my own…

As someone who combines twin careers in teaching Asian Bodywork Therapy and authoring books of fiction and non fiction, I was thrilled to hear that Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons is launching the first ever interdisciplinary Masters degree program in Narrative Medicine.