Possible Traditional Chinese Medicine formula for post-traumatic stress and addictions
Photo Cred: Bundo Kim/Unsplash By Melissa Carr, BSc, DrTCM In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the body and mind have always been thought of an inseparable continuum. As a result, physical,...
Read MorePatients with COVID-19 may experience self-inflicted lung injury
Photo Cred: Cottonbro/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The impact of high breathing efforts on the lungs of patients suffering with acute respiratory failure due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been...
Read MoreStudy links COVID-19 pandemic to reduced access to gender-affirming care
Photo Cred: Brett Sayles/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury A survey offered to transgender and nonbinary people across six continents and in thirteen languages shows that during the first months of the...
Read MoreNew research looks at how immune system reacts to COVID-19 variants
Photo Cred: Australian Red Cross Lifeblood By Katherine Shagoury In a new study published in the journal PLOS Medicine, researchers from the University of Sydney looked at how the immune...
Read MoreTraditional Chinese Medicine specific approach to liver health and disease
Photo Cred: Cottonbro/Pexels By Melissa Carr, BSc, DrTCM While most practitioners recognize the liver’s role in helping to remove toxins from the body, it’s often forgotten that the liver performs...
Read MoreInvestigating chronic Lyme disease and coinfections
Photo Cred: Erik Karits/Pexels By Carolina Brooks, BA, IFMCP Very few patients come into clinic thinking they might have Lyme disease, let alone coinfections. They don’t remember ever being bitten...
Read MoreRacial healing, equity, and transformation in medicine
Photo Cred: Anna Nekrashevich/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury We are experiencing converging pandemics with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, economic vulnerability, and racial injustice, said Gail Christopher, DN, at the 2021...
Read MoreTraditional Chinese Medicine treatments for temporomandibular joint pain
Photo Cred: PCH.Vector/Freepik By Melissa Carr, BSc, DrTCM The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is the point of connection between the mandibular fossa of the temporal bone and the condyle of the...
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