The Role of Counselling in Cancer
(1) Wellisch DK, Hoffman A, Goldman S et al. Depression & anxiety symptoms in women at high risk for breast cancer: pilot study of a group intervention. Am J…
Acupuncture and Chronic Painful Peripheral Diabetic Neuropathy
In a study carried out at the University of Manchester, UK, forty-six diabetic patients with chronic painful peripheral neuropathy were…
Acupuncture and Face Pain
(i) A retrospective study of 201 patients treated for facial pain by acupuncture over a 10-year period at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock, Scotland, showed that overall…
Acupuncture and Foot Pain
A study on 67 patients with medically unresponsive foot pain (despite treatment by such methods as orthotics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication, analgesics,…
Acupuncture and Heel Pain
(1) A report in the British Journal of Dermatology describes a female patient who suffered from bilateral heel pain with the appearance of small flesh-coloured papules on…
Acupuncture and Knee Osteoarthritis
(1) 44 patents with advanced osteoarthritis of the knee who were awaiting total knee joint replacements were given acupuncture either on the most affected knee…
Acupuncture, Neck Pain and Whiplash Injury
(1) Acupuncture & neck pain. A study published in the British Medical Journal shows that acupuncture is an effective short term treatment for patients with…
Acupuncture and Tennis Elbow
(1) A study on the treatment of tennis elbow using only Yanglingquan GB-34 on the affected side reports that most patients obtained pain relief of 70% (mean pain relief…
Treatment of Fibromyalgia with Acupuncture
Fibromyalgia is a chronic painful musculoskeletal syndrome of unknown aetiology, characterised by generalised pains in the connective tissues of the body…
