Traditions Acupuncture Foundation is a 501c3 organization. There are numerous
main stream medical facilities that offer low-cost care to the medically underserved. TAF is beginning to fill the need for the medically underserved in order that they might access complementary or alternative health care. In our country access to CAM therapies is restricted to the middle and upper classes as most insurance companies and Medicare do not cover CAM therapies.
Our Mission Statement:
To promote and fund access to Chinese Medical Care, in the greater Asheville NC area .

require Hospital medical providers to fully itemize the cost of services and make available data that shows their efforts to reduce cost and improve qualitly through competative RFP process.

Improve patient care & reduce duplicate costs by using a web based EMR. Web based EMR allows easy sharing of information between various physicians, hospitals and patients enabling informed decisions.

Uses biomarkers to identify patient stage of pre-diabetes based on select biomarker measures.

Integrates a health/fitness sensor directly into music earbuds and headsets that gathers real time heart rate, calories burned, distance and aerobic capacity (VO2max) as consumers exercise, listen to music, and talk over the phone.

Acquires and analyzes data from the auditory system through web-based biotelemetry, providing clinicians with the ability to remotely assess, diagnose, and remedy hearing loss, and prescribe methods of treatment.

Placed on the neck to detect irregular blood flow in the carotid arteries which can then be used to help calculate the risk of stroke.

Multi-dimensional tool to predict the risk of onset and progression related to multiple chronic diseases, and reveals how much the risk of onset can be reduced as well as the optimal pathway to achieve that reduction.

Endacea has a working assay and has demonstrated efficacy in a dose-dependent manner for its lead molecule, A1 adenosine receptor antagonist, L-97-1, as an adjunctive, anti-sepsis therapy to antibiotics in two different rat models of sepsis.

A one-day, state-of-the-art comprehensive health screening exam which addresses personal health and professional goal setting.

A new method to prevent and treat autoimmune disorders by decreasing incidence, reducing symptoms, and delaying onset of attack.

A group of community agencies, businesses, health departments, cooperative extensions, medical providers, social services providers, public schools, public libraries, parks and recreations, and child care centers working to increase the number of young children with developed healthy eating and physical activity habits.

Provides technical assistance, teacher education, and improves childcare outdoors to support physical activity and healthy eating.

A computer simulation tool to quantify the number of annual deaths and illnesses in a geographic area attributable to pollution in outdoor air, indoor air, coastal water, other surface waters, drinking water, and seafood.

Helps businesses and their employees drive less and lead healthier lifestyles as well as improves the townÕs environment. ,

Creates "complete" streets that provide capacity and mobility for motorists, while also being safer and more comfortable for pedestrians, cyclists, and neighborhood residents. ,

Acceptance of EBT (former paper food stamps), debit and credit cards at the Farmers Market. ,