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July 7, 2010

Acupuncture on Vacation? Tips for Continuing Treatment While You Are Away from Home

So you’ve been having consistent acupuncture treatment and you are feeling so much better - good for you! However, your summer vacation is coming up and you are worried about missing your regular treatment(s) and inviting those troubling symptoms back into your life. What should you do?

Don’t panic and don’t cancel your vacation!  [...]

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March 31, 2010

Acupuncture on CBS - Can Acupuncture Work for You?

Check out this clip from CBS News about acupuncture! Acupuncture is rarely shown realistically on television and acupuncturists are rarely interviewed about what we do every day. Feel free to post a comment here if you have questions about what you see or call me at 603-924-6624.
Enjoy!
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March 23, 2010

Acupuncture’s Real Effect on the Body

With all the talk about Qi (Chee) and Energy, acupuncture often gets relegated to the status of New Age quackery, but science begs to differ!  There is actually quite a bit of scientific evidence out there that acupuncture has a real, measurable effect on the human body, and, at 2500 years old, there’s nothing “New [...]

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March 17, 2010

Acupuncture for Spring Ailments

Ahhh, spring. Can’t you smell it in the air today? The sun is beaming, the temperature is rising, the snow is melting and it’s easy to imagine crocuses and daffodils pushing their way up through the thawing soil.
Then, someone sneezes, reminding us that allergy season is just around the corner. Some are [...]

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March 5, 2010

Good News for Breast Cancer Patients - Acupuncture Can Help

A new study led by researchers at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, suggests that acupuncture can be used to reduce joint pain and stiffness associated with drugs that block the synthesis of estrogen, commonly used to treat some breast cancers.
Read more by clicking this link:  http://www.dnaindia.com/health/report_acupuncture-could-relieve-joint-pain-linked-to-breast-cancer-treatments_1355527
Want to know [...]

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February 25, 2010

Acupuncture for Snowstorm Warriors

Yesterday, we in the Monadnock Region of NH received over a foot of heavy, wet snow which got heavier and wetter as the snow turned to rain.  Everyone was out shovelling, snowblowing, plowing or otherwise moving snow around, just to get in and out of the driveway and create walkways to wood piles, cars, etc.  [...]

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February 12, 2010

Give Yourself a Valentine

Valentine’s Day is traditionally when we celebrate our love for one another: couples, families, friends, what have you. Qualities of selflessness and giving to others are highly valued in our culture, while paying attention to one’s own needs and one’s own care is not so highly valued.
I want to challenge you to send some [...]

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February 2, 2010

Calling All Men: Acupuncture Works for You Too!

I’ll admit it, most of my patients are women.  Maybe women are more proactive about their health, or maybe because I myself am a woman, women are more likely to seek treatment with me.  Whatever the case may be, I want men to know just how effective acupuncture can be for them too.  Check out [...]

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January 27, 2010

A Word About Drugs Vs. Natural and Alternative Therapies

Most of my patients come to me for acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine precisely because they don’t want to take drugs (ie medications or pharmaceuticals, not recreational drugs).  Whether they don’t tolerate Western medications well or they are simply opposed to taking them, I believe these patients are onto something.  This is not to say [...]

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January 21, 2010

Acupuncturists Respond to Disaster in Haiti

Acupuncturists Without Borders is gearing up to send volunteers to Haiti to provide free treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to earthquake victims and people on the ground trying to help them.   Once the issues of food, water and shelter have been addressed in Haiti, volunteer acupuncturists will leave their private practices behind for [...]

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