Research & Lifestyle

Acupuncture and IVF Treatments

Posted on 23/04/2008

Effects of acupuncture on rates of pregnancy and live birth among women undergoing in vitro fertilisation: systematic review and meta-analysis. A recent meta-analysis reported in the prestigious British Medical Journal of 7...

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Acupuncture and the Menopause

Posted on 23/04/2008

Porzio G, Trapasso T, Martelli S, et al. Acupuncture in the treatment of menopause-related symptoms in women taking tamoxifen. Tumori. 2002;88(2):128-30. Fifteen patients were enrolled in a pilot study to evaluate the safety and...

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Acupuncture and Acupressure for Nausea & Vomiting

Posted on 23/04/2008

1. Collins KB, Thomas DJ. Acupuncture and acupressure for the management of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. J Am Acad Nurse Pract. 2004;16(2):76-80. PURPOSE: To review existing research, the National Institutes of...

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Acupuncture for Children

Posted on 23/04/2008

As part of a paediatric pain management program, acupuncture reduces pain scores by over 5 points on a 10-point scale and improves overall well being, new suggests a new study. Research from the Children's Hospital and Harvard...

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Acupuncture and Urinary Tract Infections

Posted on 23/04/2008

Researchers from the University of Bergen in Norway have investigated the benefits of acupuncture in a group of 94 women, all of whom had experienced at least 3 urinary tract infections during the previous 12 months. Sixty-seven...

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Acupuncture and Bedwetting

Posted on 23/04/2008

(1) A Japanese study has added to the research showing nocturnal enuresis (bed wetting) can be effectively treated with acupuncture. 15 patients with nocturnal enuresis were treated by acupuncture inserted bilateral into the...

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Acupuncture and Labour Pain

Posted on 23/04/2008

(1) ACUPUNCTURE: PAIN-KILLER OF CHOICE Obstetricians from Norway have said that acupuncture is the analgesic method of choice for reducing labour pain, whether supplemented by pharmacological pain-killers or not. 210 mothers in...

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Acupuncture and Migraine

Posted on 07/04/2008

ACUPUNCTURE INSTEAD OF DRUGSWomen who opt for acupuncture instead of a drug to prevent migraines report feeling fewer symptoms, fewer attacks, and less side effects from the treatment, new study findings report. The study,...

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