Greenleaf's Mike Altman is branding his dream of educating people about the positive effects of natural remedies.
Sure Mike Altman, owner of Greenleaf Pharmacy, will fill prescriptions for you; he knows all the potential side-effects of every drug; he can verify that you've been given the right dosage...that you're not taking anything else that might interact badly with a new drug— However, dispensing prescription medications is not his true passion. Altman wants to heal people using holistic, natural remedies first—and by launching his website "New World Apothecary" this month, he hopes to disseminate his belief in the power of natural remedies to an audience much greater than just the Rivertowns. "My dream is to become the 'WebMD' for wellness products," he said. "Our first job will be to educate people worldwide about the products—even before …
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Paula Haberman describes her holistic approach to treating multifarious problems—from impinged shoulders to insomnia.
Hastings' Paula Haberman is not what you might expect when you make an appointment with an acupuncturist; first of all, she's not Asian. She's Canadian. But after nine years working as a traditional physical therapist and many years as a dancer, Haberman turned to traditional medicine after nothing helped with a trigger point in her own shoulder. "I'd wake up constantly at night and couldn't take a deep breath," she said. "At first, I was skeptical about trying acupuncture, but after one 45-minute treatment it was better. Regular PT had never had that kind of effect for me. Suddenly I could breathe again." So after studying physical therapy at NYU, she went back to school for a license in acupuncture at Tri-State College in New York. …
Author Bookshelf
10:32 pm on Thursday, January 5, 2012
As you might imagine, being in the book biz means I read a lot ... which is the reason I decided to try acupuncture. Over Christmas, there was a free promo to giveaway copies of the new thriller, The God Complex. It's basically The DaVinci Code of Chinese medicine. Instead Silas killing people in the name of the holy father, you have the main character torturing Western doctors with acupuncture. … more ›