Day: May 5, 2020
Integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment and Support against the Coronavirus
In this editorial by Geoff D’Arcy Lic. Ac., DOM, he describes the history of treatment for COVID-19 in China using a combination of conventional medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) therapies. The following is part one of a two-part series. Read part 2 here. The coronavirus (COVID 19) was bornRead
Flavonoids in Berries, Apples and Tea Reduce Risk of Dementias
Older adults who consumed small amounts of flavonoid-rich foods, such as berries, apples and tea, were two to four times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias over 20 years compared with people whose intake was higher, according to a new study led by scientists at the JeanRead
Aromatherapy Pilot Study Shows Reduction in Stress Among Nurses
Even under normal circumstances, nursing can be a stressful profession. The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbates it. New research led by Marian Reven, a Ph.D. student in the West Virginia University School of Nursing, suggests that aromatherapy may reduce nurses’ on-the-job feelings of stress, anxiety, exhaustion and being overwhelmed. Her pilotRead
Nursing Home Residents Benefit from Video-Based Counseling during COVID
For older adults isolated in the age of COVID, access to mental health clinicians can make all the difference when familiar connections are lost. Video-based counseling services are the solution for the tens of thousands of nursing home residents across the U.S. now restricted to their rooms. For a luckyRead
Mapping a Healthcare Frontier: CHI Illuminates Science and Action in $2.8-Billion Energy Medicine Industry
In the minds of many in the dominant school of medicine, all of integrative medicine is frontier science. That bias often holds that the integrative frontier toward which one may sail is a chimera. Yet new continents have been found. Witness findings supporting acupuncture effectiveness and telomere lengthening through meditation.Read
