12/22/2008                   New born baby from infertility treatment at Rio                   Acupuncture.                                                                               12/9/2008                              Mariana lost 22 pounds in six weeks.                   She went from 160 pounds to 138 pounds.                       Congratulations Mariana and thanks for                              being a patient at our facility.                                      FRONT                            SIDE WAYS                                                        12/5/2008                      Weight loss with acupuncture -                  Can Acupuncture  help you lose weight?                     By: Christ Shawl               In recent years, more and more people are trying            out acupuncture to lose weight. Just what is                 acupuncture?           How can acupuncture treatment help you lose weight?            Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners or            TCM physicians claim that acupuncture can help you to             lose body fat by making you feel full and so will eat less.             This curbs excess caloric consumption in the             patient treated with acupuncture and is a great             help in the patient’s weight loss program.             Acupuncture treatment can also be used to             raise your metabolic rate and help you to             burn more calories to speed up weight loss.             Some Chinese medicine practitioners say that            acupuncture stimulates the production of a hormone            called endorphins and this hormone helps to lower body            fat, insulin and lipid levels in the bloodstream thus less            insulin is converted into body fat.            Before you begin your acupuncture treatment, your            Chinese physician will conduct a medical examination            on you by checking your pulse and examination of            your tongue to ensure that you are suitable for            acupuncture weight loss treatment.             If you want to lose weight naturally and without drugs,                why not try  acupuncture for your weight loss program?                       11/24/2008               EAR ACUPUNCTURE... What it is, and How it works.

Auricular acupuncture which is acupuncture to the ear. This technique helps people             with substance abuse problems by reducing cravings and calm them as they begin             their treatment.                     In the state of Geaorgia, Auricular Acupuncture can be used as the first step of             substance abuse treatment.                    "So even though there are lots of point that can treat lots of different things, we are             only treating addiction. Their are many points on the ear to treat many things but if you             need help in an addiction you will neeed acupuncture in about 5 points.             Those five points are triggers for different organs in the body which work to detoxify.                     "The kidney, the liver and the lung are all points that help with addiction in several              different ways. One way is those are the organs that detoxify the body. So it aids in             detoxifying and getting chemicals out of the system."                     This process of Auricular Acupuncture helps reduce people's anxiety as they give             up their addictions. And it doesn't hurt at all.                              "You can just feel yourself sort of calming down and relaxing.                              "What the acupuncture is really effective is in helping in sleep. It also helps in                                reducing anger, improving relaxation and concentration." .      11/22/2008                Acupuncture May Help Women Get Pregnant            Treatments May Relax Uterus During In-Vitro Fertilization               CHICAGO -- For some couples, infertility problems make it difficult for            the woman to get pregnant.             Some women are now turning to acupuncture after routine fertility           treatments fail. "This is a very ancient form of healing," said acupuncture specialist Andrea Friedman Ishikawa, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Center for Integrative Medicine in Chicago. "It goes back thousands of years." From the Chinese standpoint, Ishikawa said, acupuncture and herbal medicine help infertile women by opening the body's energy blockages.              From the Western standpoint, she said, the treatments work by           releasing brain chemicals that balance the body's hormones and           relax the uterus at a crucial moment during in-vitro fertilization.        11/20/2008 Acupuncture Eases Breast Cancer    Treatment Side Effects Ancient therapy bested antidepressant for relieving hot flashes in study. By Serena Gordon   MONDAY, Sept. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Lifesaving treatments for breast cancer come at a cost -- many women experience hot flashes, fatigue, night sweats and more. Now new research suggests that acupuncture may help ease some of these side effects, and it may be more effective than antidepressants for relieving hot flashes and more. "This study compared the effectiveness of acupuncture to drug therapy, and we found acupuncture was just as effective and had no side effects," said study author Dr. Eleanor M. Walker, director of breast radiation oncology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. "We were also able to show that the effect of acupuncture was longer lasting. After about two weeks of stopping drug therapy, women started having symptoms. With acupuncture, it was 15 weeks," she said. Walker was expected to present the findings Monday at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's annual meeting, in Boston. Acupuncture is an ancient treatment that's a mainstay of Chinese medicine. It has been practiced for thousands of years, according to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Acupuncture involves the placement of very slender needles into the skin along certain points.     11/18/2008   Acupuncture Beats Drug to Treat Hot Flashes: Study By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Acupuncture works as well as a drug commonly used to combat hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms that can accompany breast cancer treatment, and its benefits last longer, without bad side effects, researchers said on Monday. They tested acupuncture, which began in China more than 2,000 years ago and involves inserting needles into the body, against the Wyeth antidepressant Effexor, for hot flashes in breast cancer patients. Acupuncture was just as effective as Effexor, also called venlafaxine, in managing symptoms including hot flashes and night sweats, according to researchers led by Dr. Eleanor Walker of Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. After 12 weeks of treatment, symptoms were reduced for 15 additional weeks for women who had undergo ne acupuncture, compared with two weeks for those who had taken Effexor, Walker said. "It was a more durable effect," Walker, whose findings were presented at an American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology meeting in Boston, said in a telephone interview. There were no bad side effects with acupuncture, and women reported increased energy, overall sense of well-being and sexual desire, the researchers said.