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Still Having Fun

“No Matter how long you live the first half of your life is always the longest.”

It is difficult to imagine having practiced for over 36 years. However, time flies when you are having fun. It has been fun!

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Treating PTSD

In another amazing way that acupuncture fits in our healthcare system the military is using it to treat PTSD. The Archives of General Psychiatry estimated that as many as 17 percent of the veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have PTSD which can cause symptoms including anger and depression. There are numerous programs now offering acupuncture and other alternative treatments along with counseling, cognitive therapy and medications. According to reports, in July 2008 Army Chief of Staff General George Casey visited one of the programs and said it was “the most innovative program that I’ve seen”.

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Getting More Popular

Acupuncture keeps getting more popular. According to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in 2007 3.2 million Americans had undergone acupuncture in the previous year—up from 2.1 million in 2001.

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Looking Forward

Exciting changes are taking place in health care. We are closer to a model that blends the best of systems including acupuncture, functional medicine, nutrition yoga, mindfulness based stress reduction and meditation with traditional medicine to provide patients with comprehensive system of care.

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Taking Responsibility

In what I see as a healthy sign of Americans taking responsibility for their health a 2007 National Health Interview Survey found that in the United States, approximately 38 percent of adults (about 4 in 10) are using some form of complementary and alternative medicine.

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