Articles by Dave Gabriele:

NASA Finds Amino-Acid on Comet

(NaturalNews) NASA's Stardust satellite, the probe that collected samples of the comet Wild 2 (pronounced "Vilt-2") on January 2, 2004, has uncovered one of the most important discoveries in modern space exploration: the building blocks of life. Glycine,...

PepsiCo Chooses to Continue Using GE Ingredients Despite Evidence of Harm

(NaturalNews) PepsiCo's 2009 shareholder proxy report contains a proposal (pg. 61) that paints a clear picture of the company's use of genetically-engineered (GE) food ingredients and its attitude toward this issue. The proposal describes a loose plan...

Acupuncture Proven to Prevent Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

(NaturalNews) According to a 2009 review from The Cochrane Collaboration, an international not-for-profit and independent medical organization, stimulation of the acupuncture point P-6 (Pericardium-6) significantly reduces the symptoms of nausea and...

Benefits of Taijiquan Strongly Supported by Science

(NaturalNews) Taijiquan (formerly Tai Chi Chuan) is a traditional Chinese martial art that has been practiced in Asia for well over a millennia. Today, the art has spread around the world, and it is mostly practiced for its health and longevity benefits...

The Most Destructive Industrial Venture on Earth: The Canadian Oil Sands Pose Great Danger

(NaturalNews) Common belief is that the Middle East is America's largest supplier of oil. In truth, Canada supplies more oil to the US than any other country, providing 19% of US foreign oil. About half of that oil comes from the single largest industrial...

Acupuncture Proven to have an Effect beyond Placebo, Harvard Study Concludes

(NaturalNews) Is acupuncture nothing more than a dressed-up placebo effect? Not according to a recent joint MIT-Harvard Medical School clinical study. The study, published in the November 2008 issue of the peer-reviewed science journal Behavioural Brain...

Acupuncture Offers Benefits in Alleviating Breast Cancer Treatment Side-Effects

(NaturalNews) A 2008 American study, which appeared in the September issue of The International Journal of Radiation Oncology, examined the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating women coping with the side effects of conventional breast cancer medicine....

Laser acupuncture effective against headaches in children

(NaturalNews) The July 2008 issue of Pain, a prestigious peer-reviewed medical journal published by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), featured a German study conducted by eight pediatric doctors and clinicians. The researchers...

Acupuncture and Its Slow Acceptance in Mainstream Science Circles

(NaturalNews) Acupuncture is a medical procedure in which the function of bodily systems is influenced by stimulating connective and muscular tissue at specific points on the body. The practice, once thought to be something akin to folklore in the West,...

About the author

Dave Gabriele, R.Ac, is a registered acupuncturist helping people in the Greater Toronto Area (Ontario, Canada). He has been a practitioner and a teacher of Chinese martial

arts since 1997. In 2006, he received a B.A. from York University and he is currently studying at TSTCM to become a doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine.