Over the past few decades, acupuncture as a viable treatment for many health challenges is soaring in popularity. With that comes questions that need answers. First of all, what is the educational level of acupuncturists? A couple of years ago I was actively looking for an acupuncture associate in my office. I was so busy, […]
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A common complaint I hear is about mental fogginess. It seems almost universal, even in young adults today. At the other end of the mental spectrum is the feared Alzheimer’s disease or Dementia. Although the two terms are frequently used simultaneously, they are not the same thing. Dementia isn’t really a disease. It is a
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We often view acupuncture as a “new” method of healing. However, it is one of the oldest. It has been developed, refined, and instituted as the primary healing modality in China for thousands of years. Conventional medicine as we know it today has only been around approximately 150 years. The changes in conventional medicine have
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Our diets are becoming increasingly more difficult. What we used to “know” about foods, turned out to be false. Many are eating themselves into oblivion, believing they’re doing the right thing. But if we are, why are obesity, heart disease, blood sugar disorders, cancer and other diet-related diseases skyrocketing? How can we make sense of
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Every spring hundreds of thousands of people suffer when the pollen starts to fly. Over-the-counter sales of allergy medications are whisked off the shelves and doctors are pummeled with requests for stronger prescription meds. Articles on controlling allergies abound, but they’re all about minimizing exposure, not about how to resolve them. What if there was
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As this new year begins, we take another look at our goals — especially our health goals. We are all striving for improved health. We try different things, go different places, read different things and in the end are we still struggling? The media is rampant with the next “new,” “best” something to improve our health,
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Once thought to be a single vitamin such as Vitamin C, the B Vitamins are a complex of chemically related compounds, always found in groupings in nature. Vitamins are extremely complex organic substances that are needed in small amounts (not mega-dose amounts), yet are essential for life. These vitamins are powerful in action, but are
Have you ever been accused of being a pain in the neck? Or, rather, do you have a pain in the neck? Neck pain is the third most common type of pain, with more than 1 in 4 Americans suffering. Pain can have a profound effect on the quality of life for those who experience
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It seems unusual today to find someone who does not have headaches. Many consider them “normal headaches”. What is a “normal headache”? In my book, there is no such thing. Common, yes. Normal, no. As with many things today, we are confusing the “norm” with “normal”. For example, we hear, “it is “normal” to have
As we age we are being faced with a growing problem – health crisis in excessive proportions. We aren’t winning the war on diseases. We may be conquering a few battles, but we’re losing the war. There isn’t a single disease today that over the last decade or two we’ve won. In fact, the only
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