Crying Out for Help

By Nick Jacobs Let me begin with a caveat. In this article there will be a proposed “beginning of a solution” that you’re going to read about but it is not in place yet. This article is a solicitation to help our elected officials know how much and why we need their support to make this … Read more

The Real Medical Disasters

By Nick Jacobs In an article titled  “Disasters, Capitalism, and COVID-19” by Vincennes Adams, Naomi Klein  describes disaster capitalism as a form of economics that responds to disasters in ways that promote “free-market, for-profit, corporate solutions.” She says, “It may succeed in creating company profits but ultimately fails in terms of democracy, fairness, and justice.”   ​ She describes … Read more

World Health Organization Officially Recognizes Traditional Chinese Medicine

By Bill Reddy, L.Ac., Dipl.Ac. and Nick Jacobs, FACHE As incredible as it sounds, the Department of Veterans Affairs offers acupuncture services in 88% of their 1,920 facilities nationwide, and the top five hospitals in the United States, ranked by US News and World Report all offer acupuncture to their patients.  The World Health Organization (WHO) … Read more

Heal With the Pill?

By Nick Jacobs Last weekend a friend of mine showed me a paper that had been written by a brilliant, young physician.  In the paper she explained that, in her research, she had discovered that a fundamental piece of knowledge regarding the manner in which physicians in her specialty are expected to practice was seriously … Read more

Starting with a CLEAN SLATE

By Nick Jacobs In the book “Change or DIE” there is a reference to the fact that, when confronted with life altering decisions, about 90% of us make the choice not to change, not because we are suicidal or obtuse, but because resisting change seems to be built into our DNA. Immediately before my son … Read more