To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation, a volunteer-based nonprofit organization whose goal is to ensure that no one faces breast cancer alone, distributed their 2014 grant awards totaling $250,000 to 19 Bay Area nonprofit organizations. CMC was thrilled to be one of their organizations and proud to be part of the To Celebrate Life family! TCLBCF has been supporting CMC integrative…

Thanks to the Oakland Rotary Club and Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, CMC now offers acupuncture in the community group setting. This model of treatment allows 8 clients to be treated at a time in the same healing space. While individual treatment rooms are still the core of our clinics, community healing spaces enable us to…

Here’s another reason CMC is thrilled to have Sunflower Wellness as a partner! They work with our clients individually to assess their mobility and stamina, then place them in appropriate exercise classes. Their exercise programs promote healing and a sense of well-being, while helping our clients gain control through their recovery process.   How Exercise…

18 Reasons shares their culinary skills and creativity with low-income communities through Cooking Matters, a program offering free, six-week-long series of cooking and nutrition classes throughout the Bay Area. CMC is fortunate to be a partner with this incredible organization and our clients get to learn how quick and easy it is to prepare healthy and delicious…

An interesting article in Acupuncture Today. A look at the convergence of Western and Chinese medicine through neuroscience. Integrative medicine is definitely the way of the future. And all of us at CMC have known that for over 25 years! Neuroscience: Where Western Medicine and Chinese Medicine Can Come Together           …

We already know that frequent massage can enhance the immune system and reduce anxiety, and it has been reported that massage therapy can stimulate energy, and reduce symptoms such as nausea and pain. This new study is looking at massage therapy for cancer fatigue because cancer-related fatigue is one of the most prevalent and debilitating symptoms…

The greens of the humble dandelion provide over 500% of the recommended daily value of Vitamin K, which may be the most important source of any other plant-based food to strengthen bones, but may also play a role in fighting Alzheimer’s disease by limiting neuron damage in the brain. Dandelion greens also give the body…

We had another incredible Volunteer Training with new volunteers Sam, Sine, Joan, Liz, Ashley, Susie, Kizzy, Karen, Ruby, Becca, Jenn, Qinyu, Kristen, Yuwen, CMCC board members Holly and Claudia, and staff, Devereaux and Joanne! Here is a pic of our wonderful March 2015 group with our Medical Director Gabriella and Kris, our Volunteer Services Manager….

Calling all Acupuncturists, Massage Therapists, Reiki – Feldenkrais – Jin Shin Jyutsu Practitioners, Western Herbalists, Homeopaths, Drivers and Language Interpreters. We need more women volunteers now! Come be a part of this amazing clinic and make a huge difference in the life of an underserved woman with cancer. One volunteer shift is only 4 hours…

Thank you Avon Foundation for Women and Pfizer for our $50,000 grant!! CMC is proud to be one of your 23 organizations to receive funding for the support of metastatic breast cancer treatment, education and awareness.