Steffan Santoro, L.Ac.

11/11/2015

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” — Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The rose Juliet refers to is the Montague name, which Romeo symbolically rejects in defiance of his father. Setting poetic…

06/17/2015

Wow. This is actually kind of big news:
http://www.fda.gov/Food/NewsEvents/ConstituentUpdates/ucm449145.htm

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today finalized its determination that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), the primary dietary source of artificial trans fat in processed foods, are not

10/03/2014

THIS is why you should always receive acupuncture from a licensed acupuncturist. This so-called "dry needling" is the medical profession's way of practicing "acupuncture" (which is much more than sticking needles into people) without any real training. This MD was "teaching" a class specifically about how to avoid exactly the event he caused!

Pneumothorax is a well-recognised but rare adverse event related to acupuncture or deep dry needling (DDN) over the thorax.1 ,2 This report of a pneumothorax resulting from DDN is unusual for a number of reasons: both the practitioner and the subject were doctors and both have contributed to this re…

05/23/2014

Stress is baaad... M'kay? It's a natural byproduct of our unnatural lifestyle. It behooves us to engage in some activity that relieves/releases it and sets us back to zero. Daily.

We all know the feeling whether it's your hands trembling as you flip through a blank exam or trouble sleeping while you worry about approaching deadlines. Stress is an inevitable aspect of life th...