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Acupuncture in the News |
Study Shows Acupuncture Treatment Offers Relief
In a 6 month study of
acupuncture treatments on over 100 people at the Phoenix Memorial Hospital, Dr. Martha Grout says she found the treatments not only helped pain and anxiety, but also sometimes eliminated the need for medication. |
The
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Launches Clinical Trial of Electroacupuncture
To
determine if it reduces the delayed nausea experienced by cancer patients
following chemotherapy. This study marks the first clinical trial for
NCCAM's Division of Intramural Research, which was established in April
2001, at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD.. |
Acupuncture at the Mayo Pain Clinic
We've used acupuncture at the Mayo Pain Clinic since 1974 says Lee A. Nauss M.D., an emeritus anesthesiologist at Mayo Pain Clinic. |
Acupuncture Treatment for Psoriasis
Experience indicates that acupuncture is an effective therapeutic modality for psoriasis (in about 50% of cases), particularly when the western medical management is unsuccessful. |
Use of Acupuncture May be Safer than Prolonged Use of Drugs for Respiratory Ailments
An article in the American Medical Association Newspaper reported that the FDA is weighing acupuncture's effectiveness in the treatment of asthma. Dr Kim Jobst M.D. of Oxford University reports that acupuncture showed signs of being effective in 62% of cases. |
Analgesic Effect of Acupuncture in Chronic Tennis Elbow Pain
A report in the British Journal of Rheumatology indicates that acupuncture has an intrinsic analgesic effect in the clinical treatment of tennis elbow pain. Before and after treatment all 48 patients involved in the study were examined physically by an unbiased independent examiner. |
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