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Acupuncture beneficial for glucose metabolism
Categories: Diabetes
Acupuncture may exert a beneficial effect on glucose metabolism in obese women, according to a small pilot study carried out by an international team of investigators ...
Acupuncture reduces preoperative anxiety
Categories: Psychological / emotional
Authors of a Korean meta-analysis have concluded that acupuncture therapy aimed at reducing preoperative anxiety has a statistically significant effect relative to placebo ...
Acupuncture for ischaemic stroke
Categories: Stroke
Current evidence provisionally demonstrates that acupuncture may compare favourably with either no acupuncture or conventional therapy for cerebral infarction, conclude the authors of a Chinese meta-analysis ...
Acupuncture results in clinically important improvements in COPD
Categories: Respiratory disorders
An Australian systematic review concludes that acupuncture may result in clinically important improvements in QoL (quality of life) and dyspnoea in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Acupuncture may have antipsychotic effects
Categories: Psychological / emotional
Limited evidence suggests that acupuncture may have antipsychotic effects, according to a Cochrane Database Systematic Review by Chinese authors ...
Chinese medicine beneficial for menopause symptoms
Categories: Menopausal syndrome
A pilot study from the UK suggests that Chinese medicine treatment is beneficial for menopausal symptoms ...
Herbs reduce need for surgery in rhinosinusitis patients
Categories: Nose and mouth
Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) who use adjunctive traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to manage their condition are less likely to require endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) ...
Acupuncture effective for short term relief of tennis elbow
Categories: Tennis Elbow
Manual acupuncture is an effective means of short-term pain relief for the treatment of lateral epicondylalgia ...
Needling GB-34 activates brain impaired in Parkinson's disease
Categories: Neurological
Acupuncture stimulation at Yanglingquan GB-34 can activate brain areas known to be impaired in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) ...
Needling KID-9 reduces alcohol cravings
Categories: Substance abuse
Needling Zhubin KID-9 can reduce alcohol cravings in alcohol-dependent patients, according to the authors of a Korean study. Twenty male alcohol-dependent patients were randomly assigned to a treatment group and a placebo group ...
BL-23 plus KID-3 is most effective point combination for preventing cystitis
Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders
Investigators based in Norway have explored the correlation between choice of acupoints and the recurrence rate of cystitis among cystitis-prone women receiving acupuncture as a prophylactic treatment ...
Acupuncture cost-effective for depression
Categories: Psychological / emotional
Acupuncture is cost-effective compared with counselling or usual care alone for patients with depression, according to analysis of the results of a major UK trial ...
Acupuncture can improve sleep quality in the elderly
Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders
Brazilian clinicians report that acupuncture is effective for improving sleep quality and psychological distress in elderly patients with sleep problems ...
Acupuncture effective for PTSD in military veterans
Categories: Psychological / emotional
A brief course of acupuncture is effective for reducing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in military veterans, according to a study carried out in the USA ...
'Fruity' vegetables and fish reduce atopy
Categories: Diet research
Another mother and child study, this time from the Spanish island of Menorca, supports a potential protective effect of ‘fruity’ vegetables and fish intake during childhood on wheeze and atopy respectively. The mothers of 460 children completed detailed questionnaires on their children’s health, weight, diet and respiratory and allergic symptoms, every year until their child was ...
Acupuncture helps with neck pain
Categories: Neck
Pain intensity and cervical range of motion improves in women with myofascial pain who are treated with acupuncture ...
Auricular acupuncture helps with rehab substance cravings
Categories: Substance abuse
A US study has found that auricular acupuncture and relaxation response (RR) sessions can help reduce cravings and anxiety among military veterans in recovery from substance use disorders ...
'Four Gates' treatment normalises GI motility
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
An experimental study had found that acupuncture at the ‘Four Gates’ (Siguan) can normalise accelerated gastrointestinal (GI) motility.
TEAS beneficial in embryo transfer
Categories: Infertility
Transcutaneous electrical acupuncture point stimulation (TEAS) has beneficial effects on markers of endometrial receptivity in women undergoing frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET), a Chinese study has shown ...
Moxibustion helpful in IBS
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
Moxibustion can improve symptoms and quality of life and decrease rectal sensitivity in patients with diarrhoea from irritable bowel syndrome (D-IBS) ...
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