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Seasonal Allergy Relief, Tansy Briggs in Old City & PCOS Research Opportunity
Winter fatigue is real and February is usually the hardest month. We all know sun and exercise help, but what if you can’t even muster the energy to move!? This is where Acupuncture comes in. Find out how.

Getting Through Winter Fatigue, Spotlight on Steve & Changes Coming to Our Package Pricing
Winter fatigue is real and February is usually the hardest month. We all know sun and exercise help, but what if you can’t even muster the energy to move!? This is where Acupuncture comes in. Find out how.

Fall Newsletter: Fall Headaches, Spotlight on Julie & Research Confirms HAC IVF Acu Strategy
Transition times are usually the worst for headache sufferers. There’s the weather, an increase in barometric pressure, life changes like a return to school for teachers and students, finishing vacations and diving into work. Here are 3 things you can do to help.

Using Take Home Acupuncture for Pain Control After C-Section Delivery
Take home Acupuncture has been shown in new research to decrease post-op pain and increase mobility in patients delivering via cesarian or c-section. Learn how!

March Newsletter: Allergies, Spotlight on Vashni & New Website
Getting ahead of allergies is the best way to keep them from taking over your spring. Evidence suggest Acupuncture, some Chinese Herbal medicines and adequate sleep can be your best defense.

Acupuncture for Anxiety
Anxiety can cause that chest and throat tightening feeling. Here’s how acupuncture can help.

Ditch the Plastics
How plastic can affect our health and especially fertility and what to do about it.

Period Poverty
Period poverty in Philadelphia shouldn’t be a thing, but it is. Here’s how to help.

Virtual Acupuncture
Patients can come pick up a set of stick on mini acupuncture needles for guided self administration.

😴 INSOMNIA 😴
Ever since daylight savings time ended last weekend it seems that every patient, regardless of what they’re coming in for, has been having trouble sleeping. Whether it’s having trouble falling asleep, or waking up in the middle of the night and just laying there for hours, it seems like a good night’s rest is eluding everyone. So let’s get straight to what you can do about it.

Yoga for Women Experiencing Infertility

PCOS: Working Towards Fertility AND a Normal Life
Having symptoms of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome can make life feel anything but normal. Having no idea if or when your period is on its way, abnormal hair growth, acne, fatigue and difficulty maintaining a healthy weight can all cause extreme distress. If you do start trying to conceive, those first few months can feel like you’re chasing a moving target, and that’s assuming you’re actually ovulating (which not everyone with PCOS does). It all adds up to a decreased quality of life that many women have a hard time finding answers and solutions for.

Let's Talk About Sperm
June is Men’s Health Month, and I’ve been thinking about ways to help men with their health. Given my area of expertise, let’s talk about SPERM.
I could go with the standard list of things to avoid that not only help your sperm count but your health in general - don’t smoke (it won’t just shorten your life span, but your fertility goes down and you smell gross), or be wary of plastics (seriously, heating food in a plastic container or drinking from BPA containing water bottles can disrupt endocrine signaling in the body and not only lower sperm counts but also lead to higher rates of cancer).

Flipping the Script this National Infertility Awareness Week
Let this year be the one where we actually #FlipTheScript and change the way we look at and treat those who struggle with infertility.

Year of the Dog
The day I landed in Shanghai was the first day of the Year of the Ox. It was 1997, I was 20, and I had absolutely no idea what I was getting myself into. We were staying at dorms at East China Normal University and the whole campus had poured out onto the back streets. Everywhere I turned someone was lighting off fireworks, banging a loud drum, drinking a large bottle of Becks (the only choices in the whole country were Becks, Tsingtao and Tiger) and eating up a storm. Groups of people tucked into a dragon costume were wandering down the streets. Unlike in the west, this New Year celebration lasted for 2 weeks! Families came together, often bringing oranges for luck, and shared long noodles and the kids got little red envelopes filled with money.

15 Years of Acupuncture and IVF at the Healing Arts Center
Increasing Success Rates for our Patients Through Cutting Edge Research.
One year after I began practicing acupuncture, a patient wanted help trying to conceive. Shewas about to go through IVF and brought me a recent study showing acupuncture treatmentsboth before and after embryo transfer significantly increased the success rates of live birth – inother words, taking home a healthy baby, not just achieving pregnancy.