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5 Alternative Treatments and Home Remedies for Psoriasis

Blog-img-5-Alternative-Treatments_640_-ALTERNATEFor people with psoriasis, suffering from painful symptoms like inflamed, flaking and red skin is not pleasant. The chronic skin condition is due to an overactive immune system that can be triggered by a number of internal and external factors. Many Western treatments include steroid creams and oral medications that come with a slew of unwanted side effects.

Below are alternative treatments that are safe and natural and can help reduce symptoms of psoriasis, leading you back to better health. continue reading »

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5 Tips to Help With TMJ

5-Tips-to-Help-TMJ-img_450Commonly known as TMJ, temporomandibular joint pain affects over 10 million Americans and can involve difficulty chewing, jaw muscle stiffness and painful popping or clicking, according to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.

Although for some people the pain of TMJ goes away on its own, others develop long-term problems and need treatment to help their pain.

Here are five tips you can practice at home to help your TMJ symptoms. continue reading »

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5 Steps to Improve Your Hearing

5-Steps-to-Improve-Your-Hearing-img_640Many of us have already experienced or will experience some amount of hearing loss. This can be due to aging or noise-induced factors. Exposure to loud sound over time can permanently damage the ears and result in hearing loss.

If you find yourself struggling with hearing and feeling the need to turn up the TV or your music louder, you may be experiencing hearing loss. Here are five steps to improve your hearing and prevent further damage. continue reading »

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PTSD and Acupuncture – June 27 PTSD Awareness Day

soldierYou’ve seen the strained look on their face. They are far away. They don’t sleep well and sits around all day doing nothing. They are always tired. You’ve invited them to the things they love doing, but they never feel like doing them anymore. Sometimes they yell a lot—really overreacts. But when you ask them what’s wrong, they deny any problems.

You’re happy they are back from Iraq, but you thought it would be different. You thought you could get back to normal.

You thought that having them home safe would make both of you happy again. They are not at war anymore—why are they acting this way?

Your loved one may have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Many veterans suffer from PTSD. The Veterans Administration (VA) reports that as many as 11-20% of veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have it. Common war traumas include having been shot at, having seen someone shot or having seen death, but anothim cause of PTSD in veterans is military sexual trauma (MST). According to the VA, 23% of women in the military report sexual assault.

These numbers are scary but the good news is that there is help. continue reading »

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Clinical Case Studies doctoral level course December 2015

aboutusDAOM 968 Clinical Case Studies. This course covers the clinical case discussion of the most commonly seen diseases in general practice including pain management.  There will be detailed discussion of the Western and TCM differential diagnosis, recommendations o the additional diagnostic, laboratory and imaging studies, risk factors modifications, lifestyle and dietary changes as well as detailed discussions on herbal and acupuncture treatment.  Focus on case discussions of patients with cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and endocrinological complaints.

Where: University of East-West Medicine

When: December 2015

Professor: Dr. John Nieters, L.Ac. DAOM

Admissions: http://www.uewm.edu/programs/daom

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