Dehydration is one of the most common reasons that older people go to the Emergency Room, and with the hot days of summer we would all benefit by staying well-hydrated. …
HOW MUCH WATER SHOULD WE DRINK?
ACUPUNCTURE BETTER THAN STEROID INJECTIONS OR ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY FOR KNEE PAIN
I have many patients who have had superior results for knee arthritis pain with acupuncture and nutritional interventions – some of them are hiking without pain 15 years after coming …
A DOCTOR USES GUIDED IMAGERY FOR HERSELF
A note I got from an M.D. some time ago… “I was diagnosed with an early type of breast cancer. During my radiation treatments, I came across your book …
WHAT ACUPUNCTURE ADDED TO MY PRACTICE OF MEDICINE
Just a little thing… like being able to stimulate healing What I learned in my medical training was how to diagnose and treat diseases, a very useful thing to learn …
ACUPUNCTURE RELIEVES CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME – AND NOW WE KNOW WHY!
Researchers at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston) have found acupuncture effective for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome. Results were published in …
FIGHTING CANCER FROM WITHIN
HOW TO USE THE POWER OF YOUR MIND FOR HEALING If you have been diagnosed with cancer, and you want to have the best chance to survive …
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS
There have been a number of new research reports about potential adverse effects of supplements, the most recent one being an apparent 17% increase in …
FROM WORRY WART TO WORRY WARRIOR
Americans are worried. Approximately 20–40 million Americans have some form of diagnosable anxiety disorder, another 40 million have trouble with alcohol or drugs, mostly taken to reduce anxiety, and …
DO PREVENTIVE ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENTS MAKE SENSE?
In modern medicine, people typically come to the doctor when they are ill or have a problem. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, this is also true, but people were also encouraged to …
CAN ACUPUNCTURE TREAT DEPRESSION?
Yes, No, and Maybe! A recent review in Scientific American looked at whether acupuncture can treat depression. Like many acupuncture research studies, the answer is unclear and I am not …