Mobile marketing offers an unparalleled opportunity to reach patients where they are – on their smartphones. Text messages have a 98% open rate, with 90% of messages read within three minutes of ...

Many acupuncturists are trauma-informed practitioners and already well-positioned to support patients who are moving through heavy emotional and mental states (within their scope, of course). As such, ...

Poor sleep quality is common among Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients. A recent single-center randomized, double-blind clinical trial 1 suggests acupuncture may benefit PD patients. Patients who ...

It is not uncommon to see patients bring in over-the-counter herbal remedies for common symptoms such as anxiety and fatigue. In some cases, these generic remedies offer clinical improvements, but in ...

Chronic psychogenic pain can be felt anywhere in the body, and may vary in location and intensity; although it most commonly presents as headache, muscle aches, abdominal pain, or back pain. Western ...

The National Patient Safety Foundation defines patient safety as the avoidance, prevention and amelioration of adverse ...

The term great implies that this point is oriented to the realm of spirit. Bones, as we have seen, refer to the deepest and ...

In health care settings, anti-fat bias harms patients and denies them access to care. Although no studies have looked specifically at acupuncture clinics, we can assume that anti-fat bias is a problem ...

Editor's Note: This article was submitted by the NCCAOM. As healthcare continually embraces new technologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making a notable impact in acupuncture. While AI’s ...

Dr. David Cherian , a board-certified family medicine physician, graduated from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston in 2011 (Doctor of Medicine) and the American College of Acupuncture ...