Acupuncture

In an editorial on bmj.com today, experts are demanding further funding to establish appropriate infection control guidelines to deal with the growing number of acupuncture-transmitted diseases. The number of reported cases is described as "the tip of th

Acupuncture might be frequently used for pain relief and relaxation therapy, but experts now warn that the practice could result in infection due to unsafe, unsanitary practices.In a March 18 editorial in the BMJ medical journal, a team of microbiologists

People who undergo acupuncture risk getting a bacterial or viral infection from contaminated needles and other materials used in the treatment, microbiologists say, but practitioners say infection-control practices in Canada are strong enough to prevent t

Surgery is wrong. This was what I convinced myself over a two-year stint of excessive holistic health care. Thanks to an imbalanced reliance on acupuncture, I neglected a herniated disc until it ruptured somewhere between Washington, D.C., and Salvador, B

Human Dolphin Connection Aros Crystos and the Human Dolphin Connection at Rainbow Doorways, March 20, 1-3 p.m., cost $10. Crystos is an ambassador from the realm of the dolphins, having spent years interacting with dolphins and whales in the open ocean in