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Non-insertive acupuncture beneficial for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Non-insertive acupuncture (NIA) could be a useful adjunctive treatment in newborns with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS), according to a research team from the USA.

Electrical acupoint stimulation improves IVF outcomes

Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation may help improve IVF outcomes, according to a study by Chinese and British researchers ...

Acupuncture improves immunity in chemo patients

Acupuncture and moxibustion may stimulate anti-cancer immunity, protect bone marrow cells and minimise drug side-effects in colon cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, according to a pilot study carried out in Portugal ...

Acupuncture results in wider spatial patterns of body sensation than tactile stimulation

Compared with tactile stimulation, acupuncture stimulation produces stronger de qi sensations and results in more widespread spatial patterns of sensation, including areas remote from the stimulus site ...

Acupuncture supports pregnancy by regulating gene expression

Acupuncture and moxibustion may increase the pregnancy rate of patients undergoing in vitro fertilisation-embryo transplantation (IVF-ET) by regulating the production of non-coding RNAs ...

Acupuncture treatment of post-herpetic neuralgia

Author Mendez C. M. MD, Cardoso T. MD, Jimenez I. Centro Internacional de Restauracion Neurologica. Introduction Herpes zoster disease (HZ) is caused by varicela zoster virus. HZ typically presents as a vesicular rash involving the thoracic or lumbar dermatomes. Pain, tingling, or itching sensation in the affected dermatome often precedes the rash, which consists of irregularly sized vesicles on ...

Acupuncture treatment of peripheral facial nerve palsy

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 ...

Comment: Acupuncture for lower back pain

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

Acupuncture helps ease breathing in COPD

According to a trial carried out in Japan, acupuncture is associated with clinically relevant improvements of dyspnoea on exertion (DOE) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Sixty-eight patients with COPD were randomised to either real or non-penetrating placebo acupuncture for 12 weeks, in addition to standard medication. A standardised acupuncture protocol was used (Zho ...

ACUPUNCTURE AND BEDWETTING

50 children, aged 9-18 years, suffering from primary persistent nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting) were treated by traditional Chinese acupuncture.