Acupuncture & Massage Blog

Among mature women, those who regularly participate in physical activity during middle age are often in better general health, according to a new Harvard School of Public Health study. Qi Sun, M.D., and colleagues assessed 13,535 study participants, at an average age of 60. Those who had increased levels of exercise were less likely to [...]

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 [...]

In Traditional Chinese medicine lifestyle is very important in determining overall health. Treatment of a wide range of health conditions and common ailments includes the five pillars of Chinese medicine: Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, Tui Na massage, qigong exercises, and lifestyle recommendations. Lifestyle recommendations include: • Adequate sleep. Being sleep deprived can weaken constitution and eventually [...]

The holiday season can be the most challenging time of year to stick to a diet, lose weight or maintain healthy eating habits. Balance between overindulgence and deprivation during the holidays with these tips: • Have a light snack before heading to holiday parties. Arriving hungry often results in overeating, and consuming foods that are [...]

Acupuncture can be more effective than medication in reducing the severity and frequency of chronic headaches, according to a new study conducted by Duke University Medical Center researchers. “We combed through the literature and conducted the most comprehensive review of available data done to date,” says Tong Joo Gan, M.D., a Duke anesthesiologist who led [...]

Yoga combines physical postures, breathing exercises and meditation to increase relaxation and balance the mind, body and spirit. Heart rate variability, a sign of a healthy heart, has been shown to be higher in yoga practitioners than in non-practitioners, according to a recent study. Yoga for heart health can regulate the heart via the autonomic [...]

An increasing number of women are using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for female-specific cancers. In terms of breast cancer, recent studies indicate that CAM use among women may be as high as 90 percent. Women with breast cancer reduced stress and improved their mental health and emotional well being through the Transcendental Meditation technique, [...]

Shiatsu massage therapy can effectively heal common ailments and conditions and corrects body imbalances by using the fingers, thumbs and palm to apply pressure to various areas of the body’s surface. Pressure applied to points on the body can promote energy distribution throughout the body and correct disharmonies in the energetic components of the body. [...]

Exercise helps prevent weight regain after dieting by reducing appetite and by burning fat before burning carbohydrates, according to a new University of Colorado Denver study. Burning fat first and storing carbohydrates for use later in the day slows weight regain and may minimize overeating by signaling a feeling of fullness to the brain. The [...]

Acupressure massage therapy can effectively treat depression and agitation among dementia patients, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the National Yang-Ming University in Taiwan. Twenty patients were studied over six weeks, including one week before the treatment started and one week after it finished. All lived in dementia units at a long-term [...]