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I have recently had a few patients ask me whether acupuncture can help or treat varicose veins. The majority of cases that I have seen involve an early stage form of varicose veins, which is [...]

A skin disease I recently treated in my acupuncture clinic was urticaria, better known as hives. About 20 percent of people will experience hives at some point in their lives. Standard treatment [...]

Since it’s the summer and this is the time of year that we tend to expose the most of our body to the sun, I thought I would write about our skin. I was talking to a patient of mine recently, and [...]

I finally had my daughter tested for food allergies at a clinic in St. Jovite. Since she was little, she would have a bit of a rash, eczema, and itching reaction after eating certain nuts. It was [...]

Of all the common names of diseases, shingles must rank up there as being one of the strangest and worst sounding diseases to have. I wanted to write about this disease to help people better [...]

Eczema, also known as ectopic dermatitis, is a non-contagious inflammation of the skin, which produces redness, fine blisters, dryness, and itchiness. It can start very early in life, even with [...]