I'm considering studying at either International TCM College of Vancouver or PCU College of Holistic Medicine. Both are located close to each other and both charge almost the same price for their TCM Dr. diploma program. Is anyone able to provide an objective comparison? Thanks in advance.

Anyone know of a possible contraindication between Lovenox (prescribed prophylactically) and Wu Ling San for a pregnant woman (7 weeks), thirty-five, good health, no dramatic clinical signs or symptoms.

Background Triptolide, an active compound of Radix Tripterygium wilfordii, is immunosuppressive, cartilage protective and anti-inflammatory both in human and animal studies of various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, but its therapeutic mechanism remains unclear.

In our fast paced world we often struggle to find a balance in our diet between convenience and health. We all know the dangers of the fast food industry, high levels of salt and fat in many restaurant foods, of portion sizes being too large (particularly here in America), but we rarely question the "healthy" options we are choosing.

Our monthly research synopses contain select research articles from a variety of sources that are of interest to the public and practitioners of Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

Liver fibrosis is a common histological process to develop into cirrhosis in various chronic liver diseases including chronic hepatitis and fatty liver. Therefore anti-liver fibrosis is very important strategy to treat chronic liver diseases.

Dear Colleagues -

Miriam Lee passed away yesterday. Her student, Susan Johnson, was at her bedside.


I would like to have a discussion about autoimmune/ allergy. So much emphasis is put on identifying particular food culprits that are creating some kind of havoc on the system, as in an allergy. Although this is true in many instances, I think that we really have to look at the cause and effect here.

Dr Lorne Brown of Acubalance Wellness Centre interviews Leslie Oldershaw, L.AC from the Bay area in California on how a dysfunctional Thyroid can not only lead to difficulties in conceiving but also increase your risk of miscarriage.

Lorne Brown, Director of www.prodseminars.com and www.acubalance.ca interviews Andy Ellis of www.springwinddispensary.com on what practitioners need to consider when setting up a raw herb pharmacy. He also touches on how China is making progress in filling the organic herb demands from practitioners working in the west.

I have an inquiry to anyone out there who is - or who knows - an acupuncturist in London, ON. We are looking for a woman who has recently been diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma and her sister is thinking that acupuncture might help her stress relief, etc. If you are someone there or know anyone, please let me know here so that I can pass this along. or email me at