Category: Research & Articles
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Graduate to Greatness Series Part 1: You’ve Graduated! First Steps to Setting up Shop
Categories: Research & ArticlesYou graduate with your acupuncture or massage therapy degree and are ready to take on the world. You are skilled and enthusiastic to make a name (and some money) for yourself in a career that helps people to feel great. But how do you put your education into practice? What steps do you need to…
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Pacific College Serving Others Through Global Health
Categories: Research & ArticlesIntroduction by: Stacy Gomes, Ed.D., with special interview by: Christine Dionese, LAc, featuring the founder of Acupuncture Ambassadors The increasing interest in grassroots global healthcare organizations has grown over the years. Pacific College students, faculty, and alumni continue to search out opportunities to serve others during their class term breaks. Opportunities abound among volunteer organizations,…
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Lower Your Blood Pressure, Extend Your Life
Categories: Research & ArticlesTraditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a unique perspective on high blood pressure. In TCM, it is believed that the body desires balance. A healthy body is our natural state and any illness or health issue is attributed to something in the body being out of balance. Chinese medicine strives to bring each patient back into…
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Quad Partners and Pacific College Partnership
Categories: Research & ArticlesIn 2008, Pacific College entered into a partnership with Quad Partners. This has sparked a lot of interest, as well as questions from Pacific’s holistic health community. To answer some of these questions, we sat down with Pacific College President Jack Miller and Quad Partners General Partner Daniel Neuwirth to explore the result of the…
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Pacific College New York Brings Healing to Superstorm Sandy Survivors
Categories: Research & ArticlesHurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, was classified as a Category 2 storm at its peak intensity when it hit the East Coast of the United States in late October 2012. Over the course of one week, Sandy devastated portions of the Caribbean and the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern U.S, also impacting Southeastern and…
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Chinese New Year 2013: Year of the Snake
Categories: Research & ArticlesThe Year of the Snake begins on February 10, 2013 and will last until January 30th, 2014. As we phase out of the fifth sign of the zodiac, the Dragon, and enter the Year of the Snake, there are some things you may like to know about what lies ahead. The Snake is the sixth…
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Technology + Fitness: Gearing Up for a New You
Categories: Research & ArticlesThe New Year is now in full swing. It’s that time when New Year’s resolutions are beginning to taper off and be relegated to the back of your mind. Gyms were packed the first two weeks of January, but as we near the close the month there is a noticeable slimming of the crowd (no…
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Kickstart Your Connection with the Holistic Community: Innovative Natural Projects to Discover
Categories: Research & ArticlesOne of the drawbacks of the internet is also one of its best perks. We are constantly online, but are also able to connect to people and places never before possible. Being constantly plugged in can sometimes make us feel like we are disconnected from what’s right in front of us. Chinese medicine is all…
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Holistic Getaways: Trips to Rejuvenate the Mind, Body, and Spirit
Categories: Research & ArticlesA student of holistic healing dedicates years to the study and practice of Chinese medicine before entering the world as a practitioner. Time spent in school is often spread across diverse courses of study, and in different media. From textbooks to hands-on clinic practice or internships, students strive for a range of experiences to best…
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Season’s Greetings: The Chinese Medicine Way
Categories: Research & ArticlesIn Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), human health has long been considered to be closely tied to nature. The natural world is thought of as a holistic entity in itself, and man’s health is determined both by his inner balance as well as in relation to the surrounding environment. Since ancient times, Chinese medicine practitioners have…