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Emily Wong
I had believed my only option was arthroscopic surgery. The MRI had revealed significant medial tear in the meniscus-the cause of the pain and swelling in my knee. Since the knee had become locked, I did not think twice about scheduling surgery. I had been treated by another acupuncturist with no improvement so I was skeptical that Steve could help me but a family member insisted I had nothing to lose by seeing a practitioner who utilized another style of… Read more »
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Acupuncture New York Medicine: Can Avoiding Dietary Sugar Help Prevent Cancer?
Inflammation and Dietary Sugar One of the major causes of inflammation in the human body is the over consumption of processed, white sugar. When I was an intern in a Taoist school of acupuncture and a red halo developed on the skin around an inserted needle, the Master would say; “too much sugar causing heat.” What the Master meant (in Western terms) was that consumption of sugary foods would create inflammation in the blood. This would manifest as a red… Read more »
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Acupuncture and the Prevention of Breast Cancer
By Steven Gordon, L.Ac., Dipl. Ac., Dipl. CH, Integrative Cancer Specialist The Causes of Breast Cancer Each year in the United States almost 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. While there is an abundance of information on Western biomedical treatments, treatments for the prevention of breast cancer are relatively unknown. While many women have a genetic predisposition to this disease, many others do not. In both cases there are steps they can take to prevent breast cancer from… Read more »
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