The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has called for “a common-sense trade policy” in the face of tariffs on ...

The latest “Rapid Recommendation” from the BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) addresses “commonly used interventional procedures for non-cancer chronic spine pain.” The recommendation, which ...

This isn’t the first time acupuncture’s status as a covered service within Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid health care program, has been threatened; in fact, from 2009-2016 Medi-Cal recipients did not ...

Acupuncturists cannot rely solely on verbal assurances or the actions of one parent when treating children of divorced parents. Even if one parent appears to have full authority, legal agreements may ...

California State “Governor’s Proposed 2024-25 May Revision” cuts acupuncture as Medi-Cal Benefit, starting January 2025. Please find your local legislators, complete the included letter with your ...

Dr. Tom Bayne is a Chiropractic Physician who has practiced and worked in the field of Functional Medicine for almost 30 years. Dr. Bayne worked with a team of physicians and microbiologists to create ...

Emerging as an unconventional yet intriguing approach to the persistent challenges of Long COVID, low-dose nicotine patches are being explored as a potential integrative treatment. The rationale lies ...

The number of acupuncture schools in the United States has continued to grow since the creation of the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM) and the Council of ...

Post-stroke motor aphasia, or language function impairment, is a common limitation. New findings suggest that stroke patients who received acupuncture “showed significant improvements in language ...

Recently, I have received several requests for information on battlefield acupuncture. The term battlefield acupuncture was first used in 2001 by my friend and colleague Col. Richard Niemtzow MD, PhD, ...

In contemporary applications of acupuncture in North America, it is becoming increasingly common to hear patients complain that they are being challenged by their insurance carrier with the comment ...

Editor's Note: This is the second article in a four-part series on xiao chai hu tang. Part one, with a complete list of references, appeared in the July 2007 issue. Pharmacological Effects ...