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Whether you are looking for something to wear as a聽nurse聽or healthcare professional or want to put an old pair of聽scrubs聽to good use, they make an excellent base for many spooky and just plain cool聽Halloween costumes. Medical聽scrubs聽are more than just clothing that identifies someone as a healthcare professional during their聽shift. They help protect patients from contamination …

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Panel Discussions available on PCHS YouTube Channel Fall 2020: Professionalism and How It Influences Your Success Winter 2021: Embodying Core Values at 海角吃瓜网 and Beyond Spring 2021: Influence of Professionalism on Clinical Success Department Chairs (as of Fall 2021) Aimee C. Holdwick, DAOM, Dipl. OM (NCCAOM), LAc (San Diego) – [email protected] Lamya A. Kamel, …

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Growing up with my family in Taiwan, consuming herbal foods was part of our daily life. When my menstrual cycle started at the age of fourteen, my mother began cooking herbal medicine. Intrigued neighborhood aunties would visit and ask why, and mother proudly shared that I was “becoming an adult”. The soup I drank was …

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By Shellie Goldstein, DACM, AP, LAc Acupressure is a safe and noninvasive method of stimulating the same key points as acupuncture. While acupuncture uses fine needles to stimulate specific points on the face and body, acupressure can be used on those same points by applying gentle to firm manual or instrument assisted pressure (Huang, 2018). …

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Thousands of years ago, during the time of the Yellow Emperor, the most advanced diagnostic technologies available to physicians were observation, palpation, questioning, and listening, recorded in handwritten notes. This was enough for many generations of practitioners, but in the modern world of rapidly changing technologies, the old ways of practice, diagnosis, and record-keeping are …

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By Dr. East Phillips, DAOM, LAc According to one of my favorite thought leaders, Bren茅 Brown, people with strong boundaries are the most compassionate[1]. What do you think of that statement? Does it seem counterintuitive to you? It often seems to me as though many of us lack solid boundaries because we don鈥檛 want to …

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By Dr. Adam Meyer, DACM, E-RYT 500 For many people today, the word 鈥測oga鈥� conjures up images of colorful mats, flexible bodies, and tight clothing. While these images may be great for posting on social media, they have little to do with actual yoga. In fact, yoga poses, or asanas as they are known in …

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HOT TOPIC! COVID RESEARCH: MACH-19 | Mushrooms and Chinese Herbs for COVID-19 Top researchers at the University of California have launched a groundbreaking FDA-approved clinical trial to study natural medicine to fight COVID-19. In a recent live panel discussion hosted on 海角吃瓜网鈥檚 YouTube channel, we had the opportunity to hear from the UCSD and …

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By Todd Luger Imagine three days in sunny San Diego fully dedicated to exploring the path to peak performance for yourself and your clients. Learn more about yourself, exceed your own perceived limitations, and acquire new tools to take your professional practice to Peak Performance dimensions. In 2019, 海角吃瓜网 launched its health and human …

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This article was slightly edited from one published as a Clinical Pearl in The Journal of the American Society of Acupuncturists, Vol 6, No 2, Spring 2019. By Alaine D. Duncan, MAc, DiplAc Chinese medicine (CM) is a powerful modality for treating dysregulation caused by traumatic stress. Our foundational premise of opposing poles of energy …

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