Acupuncture & Massage Blog

People experience fatigue when they cannot effectively manage daily activities and responsibilities while allowing time for their health. Many feel continually fatigued. Acute or chronic, fatigue can lead to exhaustion and constant low energy. Fatigue is not improved with sleep and can impair functioning and quality of life. Fatigue may be caused by physical inactivity, [...]

Nearly 30 percent of soldiers returning from combat in Iraq experience posttraumatic stress disorder or depression that affects their daily lives and activities. For as many as 14 percent of these veterans, PTSD and depression can cause severe impairment. Assessing health surveys from more than 13,000 Army and National Guard infantrymen who fought in Iraq, [...]

The key to long-term weight loss and maintenance may be to lose weight quickly, not gradually, in the initial stages of overweight and obesity treatment. Losing weight fast can have lasting results, suggests a new University of Florida study. Successful weight loss in overweight and obese individuals is defined as a reduction of 10 percent [...]

Military service is a cause of post-traumatic stress disorder in some veterans and is also associated with multisymptom illness, gastrointestinal disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome and psychiatric problems such as anxiety disorder, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine, the latest update in a series of reports on the Gulf War and [...]

Fridays from 1pm to 4pm, veterans can receive free acupuncture treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at Acupuncture & Massage College’s Community Clinic, located at 10506 N. Kendall Drive, Miami. Call (305) 595-9500 to schedule an appointment. Classified as an anxiety disorder, PTSD can result from the experience or witnessing of traumatic or life-threatening events [...]

Increasing numbers of American women are becoming obese and physically inactive, leading to more women experiencing arthritis. While women in the United States have an arthritis prevalence of over 23 percent, women in Canada have a significantly lower rate of 19.6 percent, according to a new Toronto Western Research Institute study, which compared data from [...]

Heart disease prevention remains important for women, even though awareness is on the rise. Millions of women are at risk at increasingly younger ages. Nearly 80 percent of midlife women, ages 40 to 60, still have one or more of the modifiable risk factors—high blood pressure, high cholesterol, overweight/obesity, physical inactivity, diabetes, and smoking. Sixty [...]

Nearly 12 percent of children and adolescents in the United States use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), according to a new report from the Harvard Medical School. CAM therapies include acupuncture, massage, herbal medicine, homeopathy, ayurvedic medicine, energy work, and dietary supplements, among others. The majority of children utilizing CAM therapies have chronic health conditions [...]

Congratulations to the Acupuncture & Massage College students who participated in the Chinese New Year celebration held at Miami Dade College Kendall campus last Sunday! Acupuncture & Massage College students who participated in this event included: Loren Browne, Yanely de Armas, Dionne Ambert, Angel Collins, Jennifer Broadwell, Tammy Anderson, Michelle Daniels, Luis Sanchez, Carmen Garcia, [...]

Each year, hundreds of people attempt to stop smoking with hypnosis, nicotine replacement and prescription medications. Acupuncture is a drug-free way to stop smoking and stay nicotine free. Acupuncture stimulates natural endorphin release, which reduces nicotine cravings and detoxifies the body. Acupuncture treats many of the symptoms people experience when quitting smoking, including: • irritability [...]