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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Oprah Magazine Honors Acus Founder Dr. Joseph Helms

By | Acupuncture, anxiety, Health Heroes, Medicine, Military, Opioid Epidemic, Opioid Reduction, Opioids, Oprah, Pain, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Prescription drugs, Veterans | No Comments
BERKELEY, Calif. (December 14, 2017) — Acus Foundation is thrilled to announce that founder Dr. Joseph Helms has been named by Oprah Magazine as one of fourteen 2018 Health Heroes. He also received recognition as Oprah’s 2018 Opioid Fighter. Helms, who graduated from UCLA medical school said, “Being trained in...
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Acus Research Spotlight: Medical Acupuncture Builds Trust between Physicians and Patients

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LAS VEGAS – One notable finding that Dr. Carla L. Fisher and her colleagues discovered during their research on medical acupuncture at Nellis AFB was the feeling of greater trust between patients and physicians. “Acupuncture really changed that relationship,” Fisher said. “It warrants that doctors take more time, and they...
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Acus Foundation featured in The Economist as successful case study in combating the opioid epidemic

By | Acupuncture, anxiety, Las Vegas, Medical Acupuncture, Medicine, Military, Opioid Epidemic, Opioid Reduction, Opioids, Pain, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Prescription drugs, Veterans, Wounded warriors | No Comments
The Economist Intelligence Unit featured Acus Foundation in a special report on innovative programs successfully combating the opioid epidemic. Read the report here: http://tacklingopioids.eiu.com/case_study/medical-treatment-including-alternative-practices/ Our goal at Acus is to interrupt the opioid epidemic at its outset: the primary care clinic.  As the report's Executive Summary notes, "practitioners see the problem but don't...
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Interview with Dr. Freda Dreher, Acus Clinical Preceptor

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"This acupuncture treatment neither removed nor added anything to your body. Thus the healing is within you." Acus Preceptor Dr. Freda Dreher explains how acupuncture influences the neurological and physiological processes that perpetuate PTS among military service members in this interview with Acus Acting Executive Director Brad Erickson. Dr. Freda...
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