After an eight-year battle in the legislature, and a 30+ year battle for Acupuncturists, Kentucky. Gov. Ernie Fletcher signed KRS 311, the state’s first law regulating acupuncture. It’s a weird one too. NCCAOM certification is necessary and 1800 hours…

In classical meridian-based acupuncture, practitioners relied heavily on palpation of the body to find tight, tender areas in the musculature and connective tissue. These constricted areas, in their understanding, were a blockage that represented a st…

For those looking for a quick synopsis of all the hardships CA AOM practitioners went through this year, Asian Week did a quick piece: Link…

The BBC has a new TV series called Alternative Medicine: The Evidence, presented by scientist Professor Kathy Sykes from Bristol University. The first program demonstrates a study they conducted using the glorious fMRI and Acupuncture. The study involved two…

This week’s Time was their A to Z directory of the Year in Medicine. Acupuncture was honored with a blurb and a picture: here. “ACUPUNCTURE - There is growing scientific evidence that acupuncture, a pillar of Chinese medicine, can…

Everyone’s got one, mine’s just cheaper. I was recently trying to figure out how to get my practice web page a better google ranking and realized I should look into signing up for a page that lists practitioners. Unfortunately…