Acupuncture treatments will be included in Canada

March 27, 2008

BC MSP expands

Acupuncture treatments will be included for the first time in Canada as a supplementary benefit for Medical Services Plan (MSP) premium assistance recipients…

“Acupuncture treatment is one way of preventing illness and managing existing health conditions,” said George Abbott, BC’s health minister. “We are making it easier for patients to access a treatment option that they might otherwise be unable to afford.”

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http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19427982&BRD=1998&PAG=461&dept_id=499599&rfi=6

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Acupuncture May Solve Fertility Problems

March 27, 2008

By CLOE CABRERA of The Tampa Tribune

After a failed attempt at in vitro fertilization, an unsuccessful frozen embryo transfer and other fertility treatments, Caren Harvey and her husband, Paul, were emotionally, physically and financially exhausted.

Three years earlier, fertility treatments and surgery had made the couple’s dream of having a baby a reality. Perhaps, they decided, a second child was not to be.

“We were devastated,” says Harvey, 38, of her last unsuccessful attempt at a frozen embryo transfer. “Do we give up? What do we do? Do we just embrace our one baby and be happy, or do we try for another child and continue to torture ourselves?”

The Harveys decided to try once more. But this time, they used an ancient Chinese medical procedure as part of their treatment. They credit the birth of their second daughter, Brooke Judith, born in January 2007, to acupuncture — at least in part.

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http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/mar/27/acupuncture-may-solve-fertility-problems/?life-health

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Managing menopause with acupuncture

March 26, 2008

by Jennifer Howe
WTSP – Tampa Bay’s 10 News Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:34 PM PDT
Palm Harbor, Florida – Cindy Martin is 53 years old and is experiencing the uncomfortable symptoms shared by millions of women across the world.

“Early on when it first started happening, it was like having a panic attack,” said Cindy. “You felt like somebody was trying to smother you and roast you at the same time. And it would hit, the covers would go flying across the room, and three minutes later, once you’re soaked in sweat, then you’re freezing to death.”

Her night sweats got so bad, she turned to acupuncture for help. She started receiving this ancient Chinese therapy about two years ago and says it’s relatively painless.

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http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?s=rss&storyid=76921

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San Francisco Mayor Signs Menu Labeling Bill

March 25, 2008

b>Statement of CSPI Nutrition Policy Director Margo G. Wootan/b>br/>No one expects to learn the price of your restaurant meal by checking online in advance or by finding out only after youve ordered. And at chain restaurants, where menu items are so carefully calibrated and standardized, it would be easy for chains to put calories right on menu boards and even more nutrition information on printed menus. Thats why residents of and visitors to San Francisco owe a debt of gratitude to the Board of Supervisors for passing a common-sense menu labeling ordinance, and to Mayor Gavin Newsom for signing it last night.

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“METAPHORmosis” by Rowan North

March 25, 2008

This video translates a message that was originally put forth by the biologist and futurist, Elisabet Sahtouris. Using imagery, music and words it tells the story of a great shift in consciousness occurring on the planet today.

http://oneminuteshift.com/videos/rowan_north_video/metaphormosis

About the contest winner: Rowan North is a 22 year old student at The Evergreen State College in Olympia Washington. Film-making is his passion and he hopes to use film as a positive catalyst in contributing to the transformational shift our planet is currently undergoing.

http://oneminuteshift.com/

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Help kids keep test anxiety in check

March 25, 2008

By ALYSON WARD
McClatchy Newspapers

Standardized testing is coming. You know it, and your kids certainly know it.

And, as they sharpen their No. 2 pencils, students of all ages are bound to feel some anxiety.

You can’t dismiss the fear of test-taking, says Dr. Robert Rees, director of education and humanities for HeartMath, a nonprofit institute that has developed a program to help people manage test and other anxiety.

“Test anxiety is an almost universal experience,” Rees says.

Even students who are well-prepared, he says, sometimes “have so much anxiety that they can’t function cognitively.”

You don’t want that to happen. So what can you do? Here are some tips from Rees and Jennifer Hardgrave, director of education for Sylvan Learning Center in north Fort Worth, Texas.

Set an example of calm

Try to create a calm environment in the days before the test. If your child is worried about things at home, she’ll be distracted. And if you’re stressed, she can take that on, too.

It’s ideal, Rees says, if parents can “provide the kind of emotional climate so the students feel, ‘OK, this isn’t the biggest thing in the world, and I can do my best.’ “
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Here’s a technique from HeartMath called “Quick Coherence” – a way of getting back to a place where your heart and mind are in a good, clear place, without the static of anxiety.

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http://www.bradenton.com/health/story/478288.html

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Action Through Inaction

March 25, 2008

Incorporate the lessons of Tai Chi and Qigong into your daily life as an entrepreneur.

By Paige Arnof-Fenn

I’ve been studying Tai Chi and Qigong for the past year and it’s been helpful for me both mentally and physically to learn to relax my body and calm my mind in new ways. My instructor often quotes Lao Tse’s concept of action through inaction, which sounds simple but is actually quite challenging.

The class is filled with people of all different professions. We start each class in a circle, introducing ourselves by name so it immediately makes the experience more intimate. The group then starts to warm up with small movements, and we build our minds and bodies to include the chi (energy) around us.

As a beginner, we learn individual pieces of the form, but we don’t yet quite realize how they all fit together. We practice the simplest moves until they become habit, flowing seamlessly like a piece of kelp in the ocean or a ribbon in the wind.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/worklife/worklifebalanceadvice/theentrepreneurslifecolumnistpaigearnoffenn/article191848.html

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Psychiatrist merges faith and medicine

March 25, 2008

Science and religion intersect at Psychiatry and Spirituality Forum started by a UCI doctor.
BY COURTNEY PERKES
The Orange County Register

On the joyous day Aaron Kheriaty welcomed his third son into the world, the young psychiatrist grieved the death of his first patient.

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http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_2002942.php

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Pilot Program Uses Acupuncture to Help Treat Addiction

March 24, 2008

Montgomery Goes Under the Needle
Pilot Program Uses Acupuncture to Help Treat Addiction
By Lori Aratani
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, March 24, 2008; Page B01

As New Age music fills the room, 19 men and women settle into four rows of plastic chairs. They swab their ears with alcohol towelettes and sit quietly. Slowly, another man and a woman move among the rows. With quiet precision, they insert five sharp needles into each of the people’s ears. Nobody flinches when the needles hit the flesh. In fact, some of the men and women have tiny grins on their faces.

This is addiction treatment, Montgomery County style. These people are participating in a pilot program that uses acupuncture, an ancient Chinese medical practice, to help treat addiction. More than a dozen people a day are volunteering to be stuck with needles as part of the county’s acudetox program, which began last month and is one of a handful in the Washington region.
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Washington, a psychiatric nurse and licensed psychotherapist, said she first saw acupuncture being used as a strategy for treating addiction when she worked with a program in Prince George’s County in 2001. She said patients who did acupuncture as a prelude to their therapy sessions appeared calmer and more focused. They also seemed to make quicker progress through therapy than those who did not do acupuncture, she said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/23/AR2008032301931.html?hpid=sec-health

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