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Gene Hong, MD, is a physician and licensed acupuncturist. Since 1993, he has been...read more

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Acupuncture: Pain Relief & Solutions

4 Lifestyle Changes for Optimum Health & How Acupuncture Can Help

4 Lifestyle Changes for Optimum Health & How Acupuncture Can HelpRecently my car was broken into. I had finished my usual morning swim at the health club. When I opened the car door, I realized that someone had smashed the passenger-side window and taken my briefcase with my laptop in it. It was the beginning of a really bad month. I did not sleep for the first week after the event. I was consumed with trying to remember all the different files on the laptop. Luckily there were no...Read entire article »

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Using Acupuncture to Treat Arthritis, Back, Neck & Knee Pain

For almost everyone who lives long enough, arthritis will be a part of life. The effects of arthritis rob us of our mobility and ability to live our lives fully. In Western medicine, these changes in the joints are known as degenerative joint disease or osteoarthritis. Often, the patient is given pain pills and expected to live a life of increasing discomfort and disability. At some point, joints may be replaced. And that is all there is to look...Read entire article »

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Acupuncture: An Overview

Acupuncture: An OverviewAcupuncture, the insertion of needles into the body for the treatment of disease, has been practiced in China for at least 4500 years and is currently practiced throughout the world. The Chinese used acupuncture and herbal medicines to treat essentially all illnesses. Other cultures which have developed acupuncture include Koreans, Japanese and Vietnamese. Recently, it has been further developed by the French, British, Germans and Americans. The development of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and acupuncture predates Western scientific theory....Read entire article »

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