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Author Cardoso T. MD, Mendez C. M. MD, Jimenez I. Centro Internacional de Restauracion Neurologica. Introduction The spinal cord injuries (SCI) and their consequences are the most important causes of disabilities and have a negative impact in the quality life. In 1944, with the creation of a multidisciplinary treatment center for SCI at Stoke-Mandeville by Sir Ludwig Guttman, a new vision started ...

Chinese researchers have found traditional acupuncture to be more effective for pain reduction in migraine sufferers than a control acupuncture treatment and have correlated this effect to differences in activity in pain-related brain regions.

Severe headache; paraplegia; cerebral palsy; tuberculosis of left hip joint; changes in the cuada equina postnatal psychosis; torticollis; herniation of L3/4; fracture of the ulna. Name of the patient: Mr. Desai Age: 62 yrs Problem: This patient had severe headache. He could not sleep properly in any position. He could not use any type of pillow. He had tried all types of soft pillows but he could ...

Acupuncturists outperform non-acupuncturists (NA) in tests of behavioural skills associated with their profession and this is reflected in structural differences in their brains.

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 ...

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  Authors Cardoso T., Mendez C. M., Jimenez I. Introduction Peripheral Facial Nerve Palsy is an inflammatory neuropathy. Patients can have a viral prodrome. Although it is not universally accepted, some authors consider that idiopathic facial nerve palsy is a polyneuropathy, with slight findings referable to the trigeminal, glossopharyngeal, and vagus nerves, and the second cervical nerve in ...

Edzard Ernst's latest paper on acupuncture continues his endeavours to demonstrate that acupuncture is both more harmful and less effective than is claimed.

Author Jennie Longbottom BSc. MCSP, SRP Background AS is a 40-year-old woman, with an extensive history of chronic, idiopathic, pelvic pain, severe around ovulation and subsiding to a lesser degree some ten days after. She has been investigated by a number of gynaecologists, undergone several exploratory laparotomies, all results being inconclusive as to diagnosis and prognosis. She was recently ...

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