by owuser | Sep 4, 2015 | Acupuncture
Acupuncture may be a viable treatment for women experiencing hot flashes as a result of estrogen-targeting therapies to treat breast cancer, according to a new study from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Hot flashes are...
by owuser | Sep 3, 2015 | Acupuncture
Acupuncture may be a viable treatment for women experiencing hot flashes as a result of estrogen-targeting therapies to treat breast cancer, according to a new study from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Hot flashes are...
by owuser | Sep 2, 2015 | Acupuncture
Acupuncture with herbs outperforms ibuprofen for the relief of acute lower back pain due to lumbar sprain. Researchers from the Nanyang Institute of Technology conducted a randomized controlled trial to investigate the efficacy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). A...
by owuser | Aug 30, 2015 | Acupuncture
The classics of Chinese medicine describe the digestive system in terms of what today we’d call a compost pile. Indeed we symbiotically live with, and are dependent on, a population of microbes that outnumbers our “human” cells. Our modern day war on...
by owuser | Aug 30, 2015 | Acupuncture
Acupuncture reduces anxiety levels. Researchers from Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine investigated the efficacy of electroacupuncture at Huatuojiaji acupoints combined with scalp acupoints for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The results...
by owuser | Aug 20, 2015 | Acupuncture
Patients with hypertension treated with acupuncture experienced drops in their blood pressure that lasted up to a month and a half, researchers with the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine have found. from The Medical News https://ift.tt/1MEOzYD
by owuser | Aug 19, 2015 | Acupuncture
Acupuncture is effective for relieving slow transit constipation (STC). Slow transit refers to the slow passage of feces through the large intestine. STC is a type of functional constipation that is present in approximately 15 to 30% of constipated individuals and is...
by owuser | Aug 16, 2015 | Acupuncture
Acupuncture helps women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). This condition is characterized by leakage of urine during physical activity, standing, sexual intercourse, sneezing, or coughing. Stress incontinence is due to pelvic floor muscle weakness leading to...
by owuser | Aug 14, 2015 | Acupuncture
Acupuncture alleviates shoulder-hand syndrome (SHS), a complex regional pain syndrome of the upper limbs often caused by a stroke. SHS involves sudden swelling and extreme pain as a complication after the onset of hemiplegia. The condition may also be referred to as...
by owuser | Aug 11, 2015 | Acupuncture
We often imagine we want the latest in medicine’s technological innovation should we find ourselves or a loved one in the midst of illness and suffering. But there are moments when our most advanced technology, while it can save lives, can not reach into the...
