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...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients meeting the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria were given 14 sessions of individualised acupuncture treatment for 6 weeks. Improvement in symptoms was assessed using ACR 20, 50 and 70; disease...
A study in Japan with rheumatoid arthritis patients found that 10 acupuncture treatments in 2 months significantly reduced the intensity of pain, improved knee joint range of motion (ROM), and disability of daily activities although no...
The US Food and Drug Administration released proposed changes (page 3, II Nonpharmacologic therapies) Wednesday to its blueprint on educating health care providers about treating pain. The guidelines now recommend that doctors get information about acupuncture and chiropractic care...
In Margriets Gezond Nieuws vertelde de huisarts onlangs over een patiënte met een zere duim, waarschijnlijk door artrose of slijtage. Ik kamp met hetzelfde euvel en heb ontdekt dat acupunctuur wonderen doet tegen de pijn....
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...
Objective: To assess the effect of traditional Chinese acupuncture (TCA) in postviral olfactory dysfunction (PVOD) patients who were refractory to standardized treatment and to compare the results with the impact observed in an observation group. Methods: 50 PVOD patients...
Objective: To date, recovery of olfactory function after viral infection of the upper airway cannot be achieved reliably with pharmacotherapy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of traditional Chinese acupuncture (TCA)...
This is a report detailing the successful treatment of a case of anosmia with acupuncture. The patient was managed conventionally for two years with no sign of improvement. She regained the sense of smell following...
Anosmie is de medische term voor het fenomeen waarbij je geen reuk en smaak meer hebt. Dit is een buitengewoon vervelende ervaring en vermindert de kwaliteit van leven. Anosmie ontstaat vaak na een verkoudheid, maar...