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Randomised controlled trials of herbal therapy for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) show encouraging results, but studies remain limited and heterogenous. Authors from Hong Kong analysed 21 RCTs including a total of 1484 subjects. For ulcerative colitis (UC), aloe vera gel, wheat grass juice, Andrographis paniculata extract (Chuan Xin Lian) and topical Xi Lei San (administered by ...

Auricular acupuncture can improve appetite and help patients with advanced cancer gain weight, according to research carried out in China ...

A study from China suggests that Jianpi Qingchang Decoction can be used to relieve symptoms in patients with ulcerative colitis ...

Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicines (CHM) can serve as complementary therapies to alleviate menstrual and perimenopausal symptoms, and improve serum sex hormone levels in women with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) ...

In an American study, fifteen healthy subjects were evaluated with magnetoencephalography (MEG) to map the location and timing of brain activity during low-frequency electroacupuncture (EA) and non-penetrating sham acupuncture (SA) using a metal filament at Neiguan P-6. Both EA and SA evoked brain responses in the contralateral primary somatosensory (SI) cortex. However, initial responses for EA p ...

A response to a study debunking acupuncture for back pain ... 

A study by Danish researchers has found that intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) significantly decreases the level of testosterone in male children conceived using the assisted reproductive technique. The study examined over a thousand male babies and compared testosterone levels of boys conceived via ICSI with those of naturally conceived males, at birth and three months of age. Serum testost ...

Hosni Mubarak ordered a global search for effective lung cancer treatments after his favourite actor died of the disease.

A small preliminary study suggests that antidepressants could impair male fertility by causing DNA damage to sperm. A US team gave 35 healthy men doses of the selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitor paroxetine) for five weeks, and examined their sperm before treatment and after four weeks. The men's sperm seemed superficially healthy, with normal sperm amount, shape and motility. However when the t ...

A study of 593 women at the Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, who were less than 14 weeks pregnant and suffered from symptoms of nausea or vomiting, compared traditional acupuncture, simple acupuncture at Neiguan P-6 only, sham acupuncture and no acupuncture. The acupuncture patients received two 20-minute sessions of acupuncture in the first week followed by one weekly treatme ...