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20 pages in length. Diabetes may not be a curable disease, but the manner by which it is managed is critical to the patient's overall well being and quality of life. Alternative health care for diabetes management is becoming a vital component of patient wellness through the synergistic aspects of mind and body; utilizing such modalities as acupuncture, yoga and chiropractic, the dual benefit diabetics receive - a calmer and more centered emotional outlook that naturally invokes a stronger, more responsive body via neuro-endocrine pathways - is proving instrumental in controlling the disease through self-management by reducing mortality and morbidity. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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diabetes management is becoming a vital component of patient wellness through the synergistic aspects of mind and body; utilizing such modalities as acupuncture, yoga and chiropractic, the dual benefit diabetics
receive - a calmer and more centered emotional outlook that naturally invokes a stronger, more responsive body via neuro-endocrine pathways (DiNardo 30) - is proving instrumental in controlling the disease
through self-management by reducing mortality and morbidity. The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the Western world has grown at a phenomenal rate over the last decade,
especially for the management of chronic diseases such as diabetes. It has been suggested that up to 3.6 million North Americans use CAMs for the management and treatment of
diabetes despite the limited evidence of its effectiveness (Stenhouse et al 70). II. ACUPUNCTURE Auricular acupuncture - a holistic alternative where small,
sterile needles are inserted into specific points on the ear that correlate with various internal organs to release blocked energy necessary for optimum health - has long been looked upon
as fringe medicine. Considered both safe and effective, auricular acupuncture is successful in treating myriad mental and physical ailments not the least of which includes diabetes (Samuels et al
55). Auricle pressure points - comprise over half of the more than 400 acupuncture points through the human body - do not have blood vessels, nerves or important physiological
utility besides collection of sound, however, it does have the highest density of all other acupuncture points. As the needle is inserted into the energy points, central nervous system
hormones (serotonin, endorphins, ACTH and beta-endorphins) are released in greater numbers, ultimately stimulating various forms of cellular growth (Samuels et al 55). Weintraub et al illustrate how the external
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