Looking at Acupuncture School? Make Sure Minnesota is on Your List Why the Twin Cities are an Ideal Place to Move for Grad School in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine When you’re deciding where to go to acupuncture school, you’ll weigh… Read More ›
Last weekend, acupuncture and chiropractic students at NWHSU celebrated an important milestone in their education: receiving their white coats. The white coat ceremony is a marker of the shift into clinical practice. At the midpoint of the educational journey,… Read More ›
We know how effective chiropractic care, acupuncture and Chinese medicine, and massage therapy are for chronic pain patients. Now, more and more, major medical guidelines are catching up. Most recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a guideline for non-surgical… Read More ›
Larissa Vados, LAc, PhD ‘12 knows chronic pain. She was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis as a teenager. “It was a very long process of trying different medications with many terrible side effects,” she explained. She eventually found a medication that… Read More ›
Check out this in-depth discussion on how to become an acupuncturist, an exciting and expanding healthcare profession.
Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, Chiropractic, Clinic News, Massage Therapy, Thought Leadership, University News
NWHSU has a large clinic system dedicated to patient care. In addition to on-campus clinics, we have community clinics throughout the metro. Students provide free care to a diverse patient population under clinical faculty supervision. We added two new community… Read More ›
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Both the Minnesota Chiropractic and Acupuncture Associations (MCA and MAA) hosted a \”Day at the Capitol\” in 2024. NWHSU students and alumni attended and practiced lobbying for their professions. Students and doctors meet with senators and representatives based on their… Read More ›
January in Minnesota brings icy temperatures and means cold and flu season is in full swing. Reduced snowfall this year in the metro area can correlate with less moisture in general that can cause nose and throat irritation. Chinese medicine-based… Read More ›
Northwestern Health Sciences University alum Sophia Bouwens, MSAc, LAc spoke at the University of Minnesota last month. Bouwens presented about acupuncture for spinal cord injuries at the UMN Grand Rounds. She is currently involved in research at the HealthPartners Neuroscience… Read More ›
As we head into winter, it’s easy to put health and wellness on the back burner. Winter in Minnesota brings colder temperatures, snow and rain, biting wind, dry air and fewer hours of daylight. This can be hard on our… Read More ›