Norah McIntire, L.Ac.

12/09/2025

This is a lovely idea.

❄️ If winter feels heavy or you need a kind word,
pick up the phone and let poems be heard.
A call can bring comfort, a rhythm, a rhyme,
A small dose of warmth any day or time! ❄️

Our Holiday Poetry Hotline has officially started!

All month long, dial (310) 853-3952 any time to hear recorded “poetry prescriptions” from City Poet Laureate Jen Cheng along with former Poets Laureate Steven Reigns, Kim Dower, Charles Flowers, and Brian Sonia Wallace.

Catch the live hotline hours on Saturday, December 20 from 2 to 5 PM, where you can listen in real time or request a custom poem written just for you!

A free poetry writing workshop will be held on Saturday, December 13 from 11 AM to 1 PM at West Hollywood Library! It’s open to adults of all experience levels (with RSVP).

More info: go.weho.org/3MyqY2x

06/21/2025

Please contact Gov. Newsom NOW to ask him to keep acupuncture covered by MediCal. Avoiding surgeries and helping people return to work saves money!!!! https://www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

07/16/2024

“While COVID is less severe for most people than during the first years of the pandemic — thanks to immunizations and past infections — and guidance about how to stay safe has become less stringent, doctors say it’s still important for people who are sick to avoid putting others at risk.“

COVID's spread is being aided by people who are still going to work or traveling while sick. Doctors say it's important for people who are sick to avoid putting others at risk.

05/25/2024

Save acupuncture for Medi-Cal patients!

05/24/2024

I work in a clinic that provides these services. Cutting acupuncture would be so shortsighted. Acupuncture can save people from needing opioids, allows them to keep working and prevents the need to more drastic medical intervention. Please contact your state reps and ask them to preserve this coverage! Links below.

California State “Governor’s Proposed 2024-25 May Revision” cuts acupuncture as Medi-Cal Benefit, starting January 2025. This cut will stop the existing acupuncture services for millions of much needed Medi-Cal beneficiaries, and negatively impact the acupuncture profession in the State. TAKE ACTION NOW


1. https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/ Find your local Senator and Assembly Member.
2. Fill in the attached letter with your information and send it out as soon as possible.
3. Share on social media, alumni groups, tell your teachers, patients and families to write and call their reps now.

Thank you.
FOR PATIENTS/PUBLIC
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vf8uZrYwVTtNVpx90l3I__VrKk5PbeaA/view?usp=drive_link

FOR PRACTICIONERS L.AC’s.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iM0E60o1PnSM1rRL2ZphQY-fvOalTfVa/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=101118986627666463980&rtpof=true&sd=true

05/23/2024

Acupuncture is a cost effective method of pain relief and should remain a benefit! Please reach out to your local legislator and tell them so. (Link to find yours in message below.)

California State “Governor’s Proposed 2024-25 May Revision” cuts acupuncture as Medi-Cal Benefit, starting January 2025. This cut will stop the existing acupuncture services for millions of much needed Medi-Cal beneficiaries, and negatively impact the acupuncture profession in the State. TAKE ACTION NOW


1. https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/ Find your local Senator and Assembly Member.
2. Fill in the attached letter with your information and send it out as soon as possible.
3. Share on social media, alumni groups, tell your teachers, patients and families to write and call their reps now.

Thank you.
FOR PATIENTS/PUBLIC
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vf8uZrYwVTtNVpx90l3I__VrKk5PbeaA/view?usp=drive_link

FOR PRACTICIONERS L.AC’s.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iM0E60o1PnSM1rRL2ZphQY-fvOalTfVa/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=101118986627666463980&rtpof=true&sd=true

07/19/2023

Something else to think about if you are having autoimmune or reproductive problems.

In 'To Dye For,' Alden Wicker warns of toxic chemicals in our clothes -

In 2018, Delta airlines unveiled new uniforms made of a synthetic-blend fabric. Soon after, flight attendants began to get sick. Alden Wicker explains how toxic chemicals get in clothes in To Dye For.

02/22/2023

This seems like it shouldn’t be a surprise.

Findings suggest that simple lifestyle changes, such as having adequate sleep and maintaining a healthy body weight could prevent long COVID symptoms.

10/02/2022

An interesting story about what is known about losing and regaining your sense of smell.

Most people recover their sense of smell and taste after Covid-19. But not all do. Some continue to struggle with the inability to smell or taste at all, while others have only partially recovered. Here's what we know so far about why.

07/15/2021

Look at these guys just thriving through the tiny opportunity they found! I hope you are doing the same.