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With locations in both Seattle and Tacoma, our team at Acupuncture Northwest & Associates has the pleasure of being apart of two vibrant communities.  Maintaining this sense of...

Upcoming Pregnancy Loss Healing Circle. The dates for the next 5-week series are Sept. 19th - Oct. 17th.The intention of the healing circle is to honor, acknowledge and give expression to...

Have you ever considered using a midwife for your prenatal and delivery care? In the past few years, we’ve seen many of our patients choose this alternative over...

Matt Ferguson and Stephanie Gianarelli win Seattle Met's Top Doc in the East Asian Medicine category for the second year! Congratulations!

Now that you’ve welcomed your little one(s) to the world after a cesarean birth, you, like many women, may be wondering what recovery will be like. Once you’ve...

Pacific Northwest Fertility & IVF Specialists are hosting an LGBTQ+ family making Q&A tonight at Rachel's Ginger Beer on Capitol Hill at 6:30. Come find out your family building...

When it comes to pregnancy and labor prep, our team at Acupuncture Northwest & Associates is pretty in the know. We have a range of treatments and tips...

Infertility is serious. It’s raw. It cuts to the core and makes accomplished, successful, confident people humble, vulnerable, and doubtful. Infertility is so serious, in fact, that sometimes...

Dr. Lora Shahine has written a lovely article for women who aren't yet mothers on Mother's Day. Thank you for your advocacy for "those waiting".Here is the link.

Acupuncture Northwest & Associates is the proud sponsor of the Seattle chapter of RESOLVE, the national infertility support group, for 2018!  Come out to a meeting! Here's some...

Come and Join us on April 21st from 10 am -12 pm at Greenlake for a Race for Fertility! Proceeds (and donations from fertility clinics) will go towards funding...

On February 16th, we will be entering the year of the Earth Dog. According to Chinese Zodiac, people who are born into the year of the dog are...

Is your health condition stress-related?  Whether you realize it or not, it might be.  Many studies have proven that mental/emotional “stress” causes physical changes in the body, which...

PALEO PUMPKIN PIEOver the years I have made every imaginable gluten and dairy free versions of pumpkinpie. Raw versions, tofu versions with various crusts and a version using...

For thousands of years, Chinese herbs have helped couples have fertility success and healthy babies. In 3494 BCE, Emperor Shen Nung began experimenting with herbs and recording valuable...

Kaci Aitchson came into our office a few weeks ago and filmed me treating a patient and then interviewed me about treating infertility with Chinese medicine and acupuncture....

Both Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine can agree: the benefits to breastfeeding your baby are tremendous. Both mother and baby benefit from this bonding (and sometimes frustrating!) experience in emotional and physical ways

Many of us know or have loved ones with a cleft lip or palate. I, myself, have a cleft lip; my mother as well.In utero, the lip forms...

Listen to Lora and Stephanie speak about recurrent miscarriage when they were interviewed by Kate Daniels of the radio show, Inspirational Women. They discuss Lora’s new book, Not...

Congratulations to Stephanie Gianarelli and Matt Ferguson for being recognized by their peers in the medical community as a Seattle Top Doc for East Asian Medicine!