Research & Lifestyle
Posted on 23 April 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...
Posted on 23 April 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...
Posted on 23 April 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...
Posted on 23 April 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...
Posted on 23 April 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...
Posted on 23 April 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...
Posted on 23 April 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...
Posted on 23 April 2008
A compound extracted from Chinese herb Stephania (han fang ji), prevents cocaine from exerting its euphoric effects on rats. Tetrahydropalmatine blocks dopamine receptors in the brain that are normally responsible for pleasurable...
Posted on 23 April 2008
Wednesday, April 09, 2008 by: Mike AdamsChinese herbal medicine appears to be more effective at relieving menstrual cramps and pain than pharmaceutical drugs, acupuncture or heat compression therapy, according to a new study...
Posted on 23 April 2008
Dragon's blood" may sound like an exotic ingredient in a witch's brew or magic potion. But researchers in China are reporting that the material -- which is actually a bright red plant sap used for thousands of years in...
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