Health News and Tips

Part flesh and blood, part stardust ​A basic axiom in Traditional Chinese Medicine is that a human existence is lived “between heaven and earth.” We have a remarkable, tangible, growing, changing, …

JUNE 28 – 30, 2019 AT 1440 MULTIVERSITY ​Registration is now open for my workshop, The Healing Mind:Calming the Mind and Healing the Body Through Guided Imagery. Spaces are already filling …

The seasons turn and we come into Spring, the season in which the Energetic Phase of “Wood” is emphasized in traditional Chinese Five Elements theory. An ancient Chinese text says …

Reinforcement Creates Long-Term Effects Research reported in the Menopause journal concludes that a series of acupuncture treatments has positive effects on menopausal symptoms and quality of life that last at least …

Who knows better – you or your Fitbit?   Do you have a Fitbit? Apple Watch? Smartphone? Do you get your 10,000 steps a day? Does the device help motivate you …

A recent Journal of Chronic Pain article concludes that “acupuncture has significant and long-lasting effects on chronic musculoskeletal, headache, and osteoarthritis pain” that “cannot be explained by placebo effect.” Here …

From nutrition expert Dr. Tom O’Bryan – may be why the “Apple a Day” advice makes sense!   From Tom O’Bryan, DC — Research says that apples increase the level of alkaline phosphatase in the intestines …

I’m interested in your healing story        I’m consulting on a brilliant series of 4-5 minute films that show how real people have benefited from various complementary or …

Worrying Well Workshop: September 28 – 30, 2018Registration is Open! I’ll be doing another workshop at the beautiful, relaxing, inspiring 1440 Multiversity campus in Santa Cruz in September. Great place, …

My friend and colleague, Andrew Weil, MD, who helped establish Integrative Medicine as a medical field, identifies these core characteristics of Integrative Medicine: A partnership between the patient and the …