Archive for 2010
Is Drinking Coffee Good or Bad for Your Health?
The article mentioned in this post does not exist anymore. Please see this updated article for more information: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3047460/ Yesterday I posted the article about the relation between coffee consumption and miscarriage rate(a guy even called it toxic) and this morning I was thinking, ‘what do I like to have a bottle of water or…
Read MoreTylenol and Benadryl on Recall
J&J Expands Previous Recall to Include Additional Tylenol Products A Tylenol recall issued last year by the Johnson & Johnson unit of McNeil Consumer Healthcare because of chemical contamination has been expanded for a second time to include Benadryl Allergy Ultratablets and Extra Strength Tylenol. The latest recall includes four lots of Benadryl Allergy Ultratab…
Read MoreCaffeine Consumption and Miscarriage Rate
This is the article written by AUDREY GRAYSON on JAN 21, 2008 at ABC News Expectant mothers have been confused for years about whether drinking that morning cup of joe could do harm to their unborn child. Some previous studies have shown that consuming caffeine during pregnancy increases a woman’s risk for miscarriage, while others…
Read MoreInsurance Information for Acupuncture
Health Insurance and Workers Compensation for Acupuncture 1. Health Insurance for Acupuncture Check points: Call your insurance company to find out if your health plan has acupuncture benefits; the number can be found on your insurance card. Ask: Any annual deductable, if so, how much has it been met this year. What is the coverage…
Read MoreAcupuncture and Cancer Prevention
The Acupuncture Newsletter June 2010 Hoon Kim L.Ac., Dipl.Ac., Ph.D. WWW.TAOOFMEDICINE.COM Tao of Medicine, Acupuncture and Wellness 2701 Ocean Park Boulevard, Suite 119 Santa Monica, CA 90405 310-401-3347 Your Health this Summer In Oriental medicine, summer is symbolic of maximum activity or greatest yang, which means that it is a time of heat, outgoingness, and…
Read MoreAcupuncture for Chronic Migraine and Headache
Chronic Migraine and Headache Disorders [singlepic id=132 w=320 h=240 float=right] Nearly 10 million people in the United States suffer from regular migraine headaches; and 40% of people in North America have occasional migraines. On average, 55% of migraine sufferers miss two workdays per month. In addition, 88% of sufferers work more than five days per…
Read MoreWhat Role REM Sleep and Dreaming Play in Mankind
In a paper published last month in the journal Nature Reviews Neuroscience, Dr. J. Allan Hobson, a psychiatrist and longtime sleep researcher at Harvard, argues that the main function of rapid-eye-movement sleep, or REM, when most dreaming occurs, is physiological. The brain is warming its circuits, anticipating the sights and sounds and emotions of waking.…
Read MoreMemory of Qigong Class
This is the one of many good moments in qigong class, as I got busier and the office doesn’t have the large space for qigong, I had to stop the qigong class. In the class, We learned, shared alot and loved alot; our body, our mind, our balance, the true nature, the universal law, love,…
Read MoreSuccessful Acupunctue to Relieve Severe Psoriasis
After I treated the English woman with the refractory severe psoriasis successfully, I started thinking and researching Psoriasis in the U.S.  Psoriasis is the most prevalent autoimmune diseases in the U.S. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as many as 7.5 million Americans—approximately 2.2 percent of the population–have psoriasis.  Studies show…
Read MoreLow Back Surgeries are really always necessary – NPR
Too many complex back surgeries are being done and people are suffering as a result, according to a study in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The general tendency noted in the study — that many patNPR 04062010 Back Surgeryients and doctors think more medical care is always better —…
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