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Editor-in-Chief Robert J. Rowen MD is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the University of California at San Francisco. He is board certified in emergency medicine and served on the Alaska State Medical Board. Dr. Rowen is known as "The Father of Medical Freedom" for pioneering the nation’s first statutory protection for alternative medicine in 1990.

Dr. Rowen goes beyond the same old tired health advice. He brings you big breakthroughs that really work, often years before they’re covered anywhere else. His advice doesn’t rely on second-hand information or health-food-industry hype. Everything you read about has been tested in the real world on real patients.

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Just say no to drugs for headaches

Ask most Americans what the most effective treatment for a headache is, and you can guess their answer. They’ll tell you aspirin, Tylenol, or one of the other over-the-counter pain medications. But a new study says it’s not true — no matter what type of headache you have.

In this study, the researchers reviewed 31 randomized, controlled trials. They looked at how acupuncture works on all forms of headaches. They found that acupuncture treatment was superior to drugs in reducing the frequency and intensity of chronic headaches. And they found that actual acupuncture was superior to sham acupuncture (placebo). So, it’s not just needling. Proper placement of the needles is necessary to see results.

I strongly support acupuncture over any conventional chemical headache therapy. I had acupuncture training many years ago. So did my wife. And she still performs it with a lot of success. We’ve seen it work.

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A Surprising Treatment for Pain Your Doctor Would Never Consider

This month, I have a moving true story for you. If you have pain or some unexplained condition, this story could give you great hope — and it may just show you how to find a solution. It also will show you how mainstream medicine has failed, and why any steps the government takes to “fix” the “health care” crisis cannot succeed.

On March 5, 2009, a lovely 31-year-old lady came to see me with her mother. Her name is “Donna.” When I first saw Donna, she had excruciating pain in her shoulder. While she had an occasional “teeny” whimper from her shoulder in the past, she described herself as robust and healthy — until two weeks prior to her visit.

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