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Category Archives: Acupuncture Research
Sunday, January 15th, 2012
Fibrocystic breasts, breast pain that waxes and wanes with the menstrual cycle, a suspicious mammogram or thermogram, and breast cancer, as women we have a lot to worry about when it comes to breast health! In general, women can achieve healthier breasts (less pain and lower cancer rates) by limiting several environmental pollutants:
Monday, September 27th, 2010
Nothing makes me happier than following up with a patient who became pregnant under my care. For example, yesterday Isaw a patient who I haven’t seen since her first trimester. Now she is in her 36th week. She wrote of her experience during her first trimester: I am research scientist, and I have always been a little [...]
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
I have just returned from the Reproductive Medical Center and Fertility Center (RMFC) in Colorado Springs where I completed a preceptorship and co-authored a research study on acupuncture and IVF. I feel so fortunate to be the only acupuncturist from the Santa Cruz area who has done a preceptorship at RMFC, the fertility clinic with [...]
I am frequently asked by patients if I treat cancer. Often, they are looking for help for a famly memeber or friend who has been receintly diagnosed. In California, licensed acupuncturists are not allowed under our scope of practice to treat cancer. HOWEVER, there there are several ways that acupuncture can help patients who are [...]
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
and no, its not just because you think it will… The following is an abstract from a very interesting study conducted in Germany. It has been well established that acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicinals can dramatically improve semen parameters. But why? Is it the “placebo effect”? Not according to this groundbreaking research, the Correlation of [...]
I just got back from teaching Chinese Medicine and IVF–East-West Synergy in Yo San University’s Doctoral of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM) program. The class focused on helping women (and men) have a successful IVF cycle with Chinese medicine. It also included a synopsis of current research, some of which is so powerful I feel [...]
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Since the publication of the first research trials demonstrating dramatically higher pregnancy rates when acupuncture is combined with in-vitro fertilization almost a decade ago, the demand for highly trained Chinese medicine practitioners in the field of reproductive medicine has drastically escalated. Unfortunately, the demand for fertility specialists has outpaced the training….until now. A new era [...]
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Do you have abdominal pain, indigestion, bloating, diarrhea, constipation, gas, nausea and fatigue? You are not alone! Digestive problems are incredibly common. Unfortunately, many people suffering from these symptoms:
There is so much international attention on the role of Asian medicine and the treatment of infertility! I feel that the future of health care is the blending of Eastern and Western medical techniques, which is why I am involved in two research studies examining the affects of acupuncture in combination with ART. The following is [...]
March 1 2009, Five Branches University held its first graduation ceremony conferring the degree Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, upon 36 graduates. Keynote speaker, Marilyn Allen, M. Sc., Editor of Acupuncture Today, announced that this first graduating class has become Traditional Chinese Medicine’s “Ancestors” in the West. While Five Branches University has offered a [...]
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