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AAAOM Answers Acupuncture Critics

By AAAOM Staff

We felt compelled to respond to the Dec. 6, 2009, Los Angeles Times article in which Kim Geiger and Tom Hamburger were fairly critical of complementary medicine.

Regarding the Senate health care reform bill, they write, "Acupuncturists, dietary-supplement makers and other alternative health practitioners, some of whose treatments are considered unproven by the medical establishment, would be brought more squarely into the mainstream of American medicine under the health legislation now before the Senate."

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Acupuncturists Team Up To Provide Relief in Haiti

By Editorial Staff

On Jan. 12, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the impoverished country of Haiti. As of a week after the quake, death estimates ranged as high as 200,000. Furthermore, also a week after the quake, donations have exceeded $220 million. Of that, more than $110 million has been raised by the Red Cross one week following the disaster. In order to do its part to address the aftermath of the horrific devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti, Pathways to Wellness has partnered with Acupuncturists Without Borders (AWB) to coordinate efforts to make acupuncture available for survivors, rescue workers and peace-keepers.

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The Initial Consultation: Getting to the Heart of the Matter, Part 9

By Neil Gumenick, MAc (UK), LAc, Dipl. Ac

In previous articles of this series, I stressed the importance of entering into the initial consultation with no agenda or assumptions, but with an attitude of simple curiosity. In such a state, we are receptive to the vast amounts of information with which we will be presented. Filled with our own mental chatter, we cannot truly be present to the needs of the patient. We see and hear our own mind, not the patient.

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Starting Anew

By Stanley Greenfield, RHU

This is a new day, a new year and a new beginning. That is how you should look at things. It is like starting over but with all the wisdom you have gained from all the mistakes you have made so far. Put all your cares behind you and just look forward to a new day. How does that sound? Based on what is going on all around you it should sound pretty good. You can do this if you really put your mind to it and just keep repeating to yourself, "It is a new day, a new year and a new me".

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