By Brian Benjamin Carter, MSci, LAc
Hello. I stumbled upon your website while searching for a holistic practitioner.
I was told I needed to find a specific kind of specialist. I think it’s called “aeriologist” “eariologist” or “airiologist.” I live in NYC and I think this is similar to a Chinese herbalist. This was one of the practitioners I was told to find. (more…)
by Patrick Austin
| Mr. Austin is a freelance journalist for Pulse MEDIA International. He also covers sports and health for a number of web sites including RealGM.com, Hoopsworld.com, and Fanstop.com, and entertainment and sports for Vainquer magazine. |
The profession of massage therapy and bodywork is growing throughout the United States. More and more people are becoming involved in fitness programs, stress reduction, relaxation techniques, wellness, and preventative health care. Traditional health practitioners are discovering the damaging effects of stress and chronic tension. Stress and resulting life-style diseases are killers in our modern society. Now might be the best time to become a masseuse and start earning a good massage therapist salary. (more…)
FOR RELEASE: April 2, 2003
On March 18th, 2003 the New Jersey Star Ledger reported how a high scoring New York Knicks player traveled out of his way to get acupuncture between games. According to the March 24, 2003 Washington Post, a Chinese ice-skater treated her sprained ankle with just ice and acupuncture. A March 17, 2003 London Times article chronicled the growing relationship between an Oriental Medicine school and a professional soccer team.
The 2003 NCAA Sweet Sixteen has been, as usual, marred by injuries. Keith Bogans’ ankle sprain, Brandin Knight’s chronic knee problems, T.J. Ford’s high ankle sprain, Halston Lane’s torn calf, and Hollis Price’s groin injury limited both their participation and performances in these important games. What might the competition have been like if some of the best players weren’t hindered by slow healing? (more…)
Get up to date, people!
It seems to have escaped the notice of the entire world (including many journalists, and even the independent Little Hoover Commission in California), but the National Institutes of Health’s Consensus Statement on Acupuncture came out in 1997. And acupuncture research didn’t stop then. Duh!
So, in Sept 2003, I did this additional review of the randomized controlled trials: Acupuncture Research for Physicans (pdf) (37k) I went back to Medline and found a year’s worth of great new studies. This brief is 10 pages long and based on 37 references. It’s addressed to physicians, but anyone can read it.
For even more research:
But the most comprehensive and up to date review of the randomized controlled trials on acupuncture comes from the World Health Organization in 2002. To get to that, go to this article: Acupuncture Statistics and the latest super credible research review
Find a licensed acupuncturist here: “Resources for Finding Acupuncturists and Herbalists”
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by Brian Benjamin Carter
Sunday, November 25, 2007; Page B06
It would do a disservice to readers to leave the Nov. 20 letter “A Skeptical Point on Acupuncture” unanswered:
There is a good deal of evidence to support the efficacy of acupuncture for some types of pain relief, including a 2006 study at the Mayo Clinic showing that it relieved fibromyalgia symptoms. (more…)
