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 [...]