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Departments


Newsbriefs 5


Prescription for Living 7


Supplements 101 8


Healthy Family 22


Healthy Pet 23


Know your Herbs 26


Movement as Medicine 28


Healthy Cooking 31


Community Resources 33


Community Calendar 35


Natural Planet 39


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Misconceptions About Acupuncture Elaine Malin, MTCM, L.Ac 10


An Integrative Prescription for Fertility Support Spencer Richlin, MD 12


Perspectives on Thyroid Disease Henry Sobo, MD


Kenneth Hoffman, D.Ac, L.Ac, CCH 14


Environmental Toxins and Weight Management


Vicki Kobliner, MS, RD, CD-N 18


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