Acupuncture & Massage Blog

Spring is here and with it the traditional spring cleaning. A dirty house can contain health threats such as mold and bacteria as well as hazardous clutter. Some of the spring cleaning tasks can improve your health as well as make your home healthier and safer. Disorganization can have a negative effect on both physical [...]

In a recent survey from UCLA and the University of California, San Diego, researchers measured medical students’ attitudes and beliefs about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and found that three-quarters of them felt conventional medicine would benefit by integrating CAM therapies. • 77 percent of participants agreed that patients whose doctors know about CAM in [...]

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is one of the fastest growing health care professions in the United States today. Acupuncture & Massage College’s Oriental Medicine program trains students to practice as primary and integrative health care practitioners. Presently, the master’s degree is the entry-level standard for professional practice in the U.S. A master’s degree is available [...]

Essentials of Chinese medicine include the basic theories, diagnostic methods, therapeutic practices, and the principles of health preservation and rehabilitation of the traditional Chinese medical tradition. The basic theories and methods of acupuncture and moxibustion are integrated into the essentials as well as the range of Chinese herbs and herbal formulas commonly used in clinical [...]

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is one of the fastest growing health care professions in the United States today. The prospects for finding employment in the field of acupuncture and Oriental medicine are excellent for the foreseeable future. Employment in the alternative therapy and non-mainstream medicine fields (which includes acupuncture, massage therapy, podiatry, chiropractic, and more) [...]

Every week we get over 250 inquiries from prospective students for entry into our Acupuncture program. Many of them are from high school students who are just looking into it for future reference. There are many others who are in dead end jobs that want to train to become Acupuncture Physicians. I would like to [...]

Individuals pursuing a medical or health profession career might like to consider the field of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and acupuncture. Although acupuncture colleges typically teach TCM acupuncture practices, some schools vary in their focus and incorporate methods from Japanese, Korean and Western medical acupuncture. Presently, 50 schools are either accredited by the Accreditation Commission [...]

CAM-ORIENTED PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS RESULT IN HIGH PATIENT SATISFACTION Patients visiting holistically-oriented physicians who serve as primary care physicians (PCPs) have lower utilization costs and higher patient satisfaction levels than patients treated by conventional medical doctors according to a study published in the May issue of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. “This study [...]

PTSD MAY INCREASE HEART RISK IN OLDER MEN A study of male veterans of World War II and Korea suggests that a higher level of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms may increase risk of incident (new cases) coronary heart disease (CHD) in older men. Conducted by Laura D. Kubzansky, Ph.D., of the Harvard School of [...]

College Bound? Think About it. According to government stats only 54% of all students entering four-year colleges graduate with a degree. That means 46 % spend from one year to three years in colleges only to end up with a large debt and no real career to help them pay it off. Where are we [...]