Shawnee — If needles make you squeamish, look away. Dr. Kimberly Flaming traces her trained fingers down Patricia Fraker’s neck, searching for just the right spot to insert a sharp, 4-inch-long piece of metal. Once she’s stuck Fraker with a dozen of them, Flaming connects the needles with colorful wires that run low-level electrical current [...]

Chinese Medicine views diseases as either internal or external. Internal causes are those that are related to our mental state and are classified as the “Seven Emotions” which are: joy; anger; anxiety; brooding; sorrow; fear and fright. The external causes of disease relate to your environment and are called the “Six Excesses” or “Six Evils”: [...]

Originally published by The Associated Press   Published: Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013 – 11:04 am   JETSETVETS: Celebrity veterinarian Dr. Cindy Bressler launched JetSetVets this year to meet pets’ needs in the air. It’s believed to be the country’s only private-jet, ride-along-vet, concierge-pet service. THE PRACTICE: The vets will dispense medicine, change dressings, monitor IVs [...]

  This article originally published from the Murfreesboro Post – see the original article by clicking here. By: DR. MARK KESTNER, Post Columnist Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2013 12:00 am Email Print Today, hundreds of millions of people use acupuncture for relief around the world, but for many Americans it still seems new. Because we [...]

Each day, thousands of music students head to band practice with their trumpets, trombones and saxophones. But they may want to pay a bit more attention to the way they clean out their instruments when rehearsal is over. One musician in Connecticut learned the hard way about the dangers of not cleaning his horn — [...]

Everywhere you turn; there are stories about celebrities getting acupuncture.   Supermodel, Elle Macpherson, recently said in an interview with UK tabloid, News of the World, “I have acupuncture regularly and I see a Chinese doctor who treats most common ailments with herbs.” When asked how she maintained her health and well being, Elle answered, [...]

I first discovered acupuncture more than 20 years ago, when I heard about it from an acquaintance. It sounded like an intriguing treatment that could benefit my patients. Though, before recommending it to them, I had to try it myself.   I’ll admit – I was skeptical at first. The idea that someone would stick [...]

This warning was given more than 40 years ago by Dr. W. Kenneth Riland, the personal physician to President Nixon. Yet, his words ring just as true today. According to a piece published by the Macalester College Psychology Department, acupuncture fell into relative obscurity in the West until 1971, when a New York Times reporter [...]

Study suggests that acupuncture works effectively for pain relief, draws international attention New research by Korean doctors of Oriental Medicine suggested that an acupuncture method could reduce acute lower back pain faster and more effectively than conventional drug injections. It is the first study of Oriental Medicine for pain relief that has received international recognition [...]

SUNDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) — Two of the more common and unpleasant side effects of treatment for head and neck cancer patients may be relieved by the ancient Chinese practice of acupuncture. A new study found significant reductions in both dry mouth and pain and shoulder dysfunction after neck dissection in patients receiving acupuncture. [...]