What they didn’t tell you about the birth control pill

Birth control pills are generally thought of as a side-effect free medication that prevents pregnancy and can help to regulate a troublesome period. It’s true it prevents ovulation, which in turn removes the possibility of conception. However, its synthetic hormonal...

Acupuncture Regulates Insulin And Glucose In Diabetics

Acupuncture regulates glucose levels in diabetics and improves the performance of metformin, an oral diabetes medication. Combining electroacupuncture with metformin improves glucose lowering performance and regulation of insulin secretion. As a result of recent...

Acupuncture School Changes And Outreach

Acupuncture schools reach out to communities and undergo major management changes. One school has recently sold and another school has merged with a larger college. Also, fundraisers facilitate Chinese medicine healthcare to underserved individuals. The following is a...

Acupuncture helped save injured puppy’s life

After a puppy named Rump was injured in the spine, he lost user of his hind legs and control of his bodily functions. His owners could not afford his care and dropped him off at the Ashville Humane Society, where there was a high likelihood of euthanasia, given his...

Zen is not about relaxation, it’s about practice

In this episode we discuss with a long time Zen practitioner the curious human habit of having conversations with people who are not present, in places that we don’t actually inhabit. While the common image of meditation is one of peaceful stillness where the...

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