Acupuncture has been clinically proven for two thousand years to be an effective solution for many pain conditions. It is also very effective for treating conditions and symptoms that modern medical treatment offers few desirable treatments.

A study out of Sloan-Kettering compared acupuncture to standard care for pain and dry mouth in cervical neck cancer surgery patients. The authors concluded “Significant reductions in pain, dysfunction, and xerostomia were observed in patients receiving acupuncture versus usual care”. Acupuncture certainly has a place aside modern medicine to provide better care for many surgical patients.

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There is a new study out of Harvard by the well respected Walter Willett that is making headlines. I’ve seen some headlines say “Fruits and Vegetables Do Not Reduce Cancer Risk” or “Eating Vegetables Does Not Stop Cancer” which is incorrect at best. The headlines is not what this study reports, but the media needs to sell newspapers and thanks to the dumbing down of our society (with Fox leading the way) they need the sensationalist headlines to garner attention.
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There has been a lot of research about maternal diet and health of offspring recently, but diet is important during pre-conception as well. There have been links to gluten sensitivity and infertility, vitamin D deficiency and infertility, and now there was a study just released that showed a Mediterranean diet can help boot conception rate in couples undergoing IVF.

Fertil Steril.2010 Feb 18
The preconception Mediterranean dietary pattern in couples undergoing in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatment increases the chance of pregnancy.
Vujkovic M, de Vries JH, Lindemans J, Macklon NS, van der Spek PJ, Steegers EA, Steegers-Theunissen RP.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

For a few years now I’ve always taken Vitamin D during the winter and felt it helped reduce the incidence and severity of colds I would get.   Now a study just published shows that giving vitamin D to school children reduced the incidence of influenza.   We should all be having our Vitamin D levels checked, especially if we are one to get a lot of colds each year.    Taking 1000-2000IU/day through the winter may be your best bet if you cannot get your blood tested.   There is almost no risk of developing any toxicity at 2000IU/day, unless you already had high levels of D in your blood.

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Kiss your organics goodbye! Tell the USDA to reject Monsanto’s GMO alfalfa. http://bit.ly/9fB2J8 @food_democracy

Research published last week out of Stanford University concluded that acupuncture is an effective treatment for depression during pregnancy. This was reported in Science Daily.

In our clinical practice we certainly find that women who get regular treatments during pregnancy report a much greater well being.   Certainly we’ve helped women stay off anti-depressant medication, which now unfortunately is given as a preventative. Read the rest of this entry »

Acupuncture works because of a multitude of physiological effects on the body from the nervous system to cellular signaling in the connective tissue.   A recent study  published this week lays out some of the effects acupuncture has on the brain.

You can also read the Science Daily report on this study here.

Acupuncture has been used for thousands of years to help with gynecological issues because it is a powerful treatment modality with often beneficial ’side-effects’.    A recent randomized control trial compared the effectiveness of acupuncture combined with customary care compared to only customary care for menopausal hot flashes.   They found a significant improvement in hot flashes in the acupuncture group as compared to the control group.   However not only did the acupuncture group have fewer hot flashes, but they also reported fewer urogenital problems, somatic problems, and psychological problems.   These are clear reasons why acupuncture has stood the test of time as an effective treatment for menopausal issues.

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Some wonderful gift ideas this winter season:

• a Shiatsu/Reiki session with  Joy Mandler
• a Nutrition counseling or Acupuncture session with George Mandler
• a Hypnotherapy session with Paul Nguyen
• a Reiki session with Rachel Rice

You can call the office at 978-461-2001 or contact us via a web form to purchase a gift certificate for a loved one.

All gift certificates purchased before February 14th are 20% off the usual rates!

What better gift than one of health?

Some wonderful gift ideas this winter season:

• a Shiatsu/Reiki session with  Joy Mandler
• a Nutrition counseling or Acupuncture session with George Mandler
• a Hypnotherapy session with Paul Nguyen

You can call the office at 978-461-2001 or contact us via a web form to purchase a gift certificate for a loved one.

All gift certificates purchased before February 14th are 20% off the usual rates!

What better gift than one of health?