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July update
Articles this month:
This month's issue is about simple solutions, starting
with meditation, exercise, energize, and even finding healthy fast
food. Check it out and try for your chance to win a HUGS (Health
Under Great Stress) prize!
July's Newsletter
What's new?
After many conversations with various
people encouraging me to try
Twitter, I have
decided to give it a whirl. After all, how can I say that I don't
like something that I've never tried? So, if you are a tweeter (I
don't know the lingo for this new thing for me!), check me out as
tcmelissa. I'm still keeping up with my
blog
and also on
Facebook (as Dr.Melissa Carr), so feel free to contact me via
any of these media.
Getting married or know someone who is?
Have them come in for a
Bonsai Facial Rejuvenation treatment. Her (or his) skin will
look refreshed and uplifted without the risk of causing breakouts or
irritation. It makes a great gift too!
 Bonsai
facial rejuvenation treatments! Yes, a healthy way to receive
a facelift, wrinkle removal, and smooth firm skin. Contact us for
more info or click
here. Treatments are offered by both Dr. Carr and
NOW Lynsday McDonald. Contact us for your free 15 minute consultation.
Natural beauty
naturally sculpted.
Reiki and Healing Touch treatments from Mandy Cohen, our
newest practitioner. Read more about her and her services
here.
Reflexology treatments from a Certified Registered Reflexologist,
Helene Decarie.
 I
have a regular column on the website Naturally Savvy. Have a look
for health topics addressed from a perspective that combines
venerable Chinese medicine and vibrant modern living in
East Meets West.
Would you like to learn more about managing stress? How to avoid
carpal tunnel syndrome. neck pain, back pain? How to pack or buy a
healthy lunch? How the principles of TCM can help you improve your
health? Let me know where you work and who I can contact to see if
your workplace is interested in having me come to your office to
speak on one or more of these topics.
Too busy to come to our clinic to get your acupuncture treatments?
Call or email
us to set up a time when we can come to your work.
www.activelife-mobile.com
I have added a couple of new links to my website. If you want to
read my links to acupuncture and health research articles, check out
Research
For books and DVDs that I recommend, see
Dr.Carr's Book Club
WHAT'S NEW IN
HEALTH NEWS?
Acupuncture article in the Globe and Mail:
"Acupuncture? Trust me, this won't hurt a bit"
"Yankees starter A.J. Burnett credits acupuncture with helping him
stay healthy"
Samuel Jackson gets his "Waa" put back in place twice weekly with
acupuncture
Celine Dion pregnant after acupuncture
The mystery of the "acupuncture cat" - this is really a great
story!
President Obama Wants Acupuncture
Acupuncture eases tamoxifen-related hot flashes
THE SCIENCE BEHIND
ACUPUNCTURE
How does acupuncture relieve pain? One piece may be its
effect on adenosine.
"Acupuncture eases pain: Nature Neuroscience"
A Mechanism of how Acupuncture Relieves Pain The study showed
that acupuncture increases the binding availability of mu-opioid
receptors in regions of the brain that process and weaken pain
signals—specifically the cingulate, insula, caudate, thalamus and
amygdala. By directly stimulating these chemicals, acupuncture can
affect the brain's long-term ability to regulate pain, the study
found.
Blood Pressure Changes With Acupuncture Comparable to Those With ACE
Inhibitor Monotherapy A study billed as the first rigorous,
randomized trial in the West to test acupuncture against a sham
needle technique to treat hypertension suggests that, performed
properly, acupuncture may produce blood pressure changes on par with
monotherapy in mild-to-moderate hypertension.
Even Forbes Magazine is writing about acupuncture and its benefits:
Forbes Lifestyle on Acupuncture
Have you been in a car accident either recently or in the past? Has
whiplash caused you health problems? Check out these study abstracts
to read about the benefits of acupuncture:
RECENT ARTICLES
Facial Rejuvenation
acupuncture and microcurrent treatments. Not yet online, but you can
find it in the July issue of Alive Magazine.
Bending
Eastward. How can TCM help you with bone health? Read more in
my Alive magazine article.
Check out the free
health magazine Vista for my latest article on being an active
participant in your own health care. Vista
Magazine
PAIN
MANAGEMENT
If you would like to
learn more about pain management using Traditional Chinese Medicine
published in the July/August 2005 issue of Vista Magazine see it
online: Traditional
Chinese Medicine's Approach to Pain
WORKPLACE WELLNESS
Check out the October issue of Alive Magazine to read my
article on how you can make your workplace less of a "stress
place". Working
Well
ACUPUNCTURE AND TCM
IN THE NEWS
Needles penetrate skin in ancient pain-relief technique--ABC News
Quit Smoking!
How bizarre! Makes sense to me though...plants
have acupuncture points!
Prince Charles endorses acupuncture and herbs.
Even short-term ibuprofen or naproxen
use may put heart patients in the hospital Painkillers
Worsen Heart Failure
An old study, but still relevant:
Acupuncture treats menstrual cramps.
Chinese Herb May Treat Autoimmune Diseases: Study Shows Herb From
Hydrangea Root Targets Specific Immune Responses
A randomized controlled study of 160 patients found acupuncture to
be effective in treating migraines. Do you
know anyone who gets headaches or migraines?
The American Medical Association (AMA) is working to try to limit
the title of "doctor" to only MDs, dentists, and podiatrists. Click
here for their proposal. In response, the
Coalition for Patients' Rights (CPR)
has formed to prevent the limitation of
patients to choose their practitioners and allow qualified
practitioners to practice as fully as possible. While it is
currently a U.S. issue, do you think this might eventually affect
Canadian health care?
Want to learn more specifics about some acupuncture points?
(Remember that this only scratches the surface, but it is fun to
learn a bit more) Acupuncture
Bodymap
TCM tongue diagnosis:
The tongue as a map
Research on acupuncture shows it can help sport and office injuries.
Another reason to avoid NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory
drugs) if possible--"NSAIDs May Double the Risk of Acute Urinary
Retention in Men": Medscape
link
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