Harvard Health Publishing: Acupuncture for headache
How do we know if acupuncture really works for pain? Is acupuncture really that good? Finding a balanced view at Harvard health Publishing.
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Acupuncture effective for neck pain
Objective: This study aims to provide evidence regarding the clinical efficacy of abdominal acupuncture for neck pain. Methods: This randomized, patient and assessor-blind, sham-controlled trial was conducted at a Chinese medicine center in Hong Kong between November 2014 and...
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The Acupuncture Evidence Project in Australia reviewed the most up-to-date evidence of efficacy of acupuncture for various conditions and found more clinical research evidence supporting the effectiveness of acupuncture compared to previous reviews. The level...
Lees meerAcupuncture improves sleep quality and improves psychological health of insomnia patients
Patients with primary insomnia were randomly assigned into two groups – the acupuncture group, who received acupuncture treatment, and the control group, who received sham acupuncture treatment. The treatment was given three times a week...
Lees meerAcupuncture improves the quality of life of psychologically distressed patients
A research in the University of Gothenburg in Sweden found that acupuncture or acupuncture plus coaching improve the sense of coherence and mental health status in primary care patients with psychological distress. Patients treated with acupuncture experienced increased...
Lees meerAcupuncture decreases the risk of coronary heart disease in patients with fibromyalgia
Analysis of the data from the National Health Insurance Research Database on patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia between January 2000 and December 2010 in Taiwan revealed that the cumulative incidence of coronary hear disease in patients who...
Lees meerAcupuncture relieves menstrual pain
Acupuncture can help combat period pain in sufferers, as well as relieve associated headaches and nausea, a study by Australian and New Zealand researchers has found. More than half of the women treated with acupuncture...
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Lees meerAcupuncture as effective as analgesics in emergency department patients
The world’s largest randomised controlled trial of acupuncture in emergency departments (EDs) has found that acupuncture treatment is safe, acceptable and has an analgesic effect comparable with that of pharmacotherapy. Among 2,000 patients presenting to EDs...
Lees meerAmerican College of Physicians recommends non-drug therapies such as acupuncture for low back pain
The American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends in an evidence-based clinical practice guideline published Annals of Internal Medicine that physicians and patients should treat acute or subacute low back pain with non-drug therapies such as...
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