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Acupuncture reduces pain of osteoporosis
German clinicians have found acupuncture to be effective in producing sustained, clinically relevant pain relief in patients with osteoporosis ...
Acupuncture changes brain connectivity in musculoskeletal pain
Categories: Miscellaneous
Findings from a systematic literature review support acupuncture's capacity to alter pain-related functional connectivity in the brains of patients with musculoskeletal pain ...
Acupuncture effective for stubborn pain in veterans
Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Miscellaneous
A retrospective chart review carried out by US doctors at a veterans hospital suggests that auricular acupuncture (AA) is effective in treating refractory pain conditions ...
Acupuncture better than morphine for pain in the emergency department
Categories: Miscellaneous
A study carried out in a Tunisian hospital emergency department has found that, compared with morphine, acupuncture was associated with faster, more effective analgesia and was better tolerated ...
Tai chi good for chronic pain
Categories: Miscellaneous, Tai chi
Tai chi should be considered as a viable therapy for chronic pain conditions, according to an international team of authors ...
Acupuncture helps relieve postoperative pain
Categories: Miscellaneous
Current evidence supports the use of acupuncture as an adjuvant therapy in treating post-operative pain, according to a systematic review from China ...
Acupuncture as effective as painkillers in the emergency room
Categories: Miscellaneous
Acupuncture is an acceptable and effective adjunctive method for reducing pain and anxiety in an emergency department (ED) setting, report American clinicians ...
Battlefield acupuncture reduces neuropathic pain
Categories: Miscellaneous
Battlefield acupuncture (BFA) can result in clinically meaningful reductions in neuropathic pain due to spinal cord injury (SCI), suggests a pilot study by American researchers ...
Acupuncture more effective than drugs for sciatica
Acupuncture may be more effective than drugs, and may enhance the effect of drugs, for patients with sciatica ...
Verum acupuncture normalises dysregulated connectivity between brain's key pain regions in chronic pain
Categories: Miscellaneous, Acupuncture research
Repeated verum acupuncture (but not sham acupuncture) may help reduce chronic pain symptoms by normalising dysregulated connectivity between key brain regions involved in pain perception ...
Battlefield acupuncture beats sore throat
A study by authors from the US Air Force has shown that battlefield auricular acupuncture (BFA) can reduce throat pain and decrease need for pain medication in patients with acute sore throat
Acupuncture reduces pain after tonsillectomy
Intraoperative acupuncture results in reduced pain and earlier return to eating for children undergoing tonsillectomy, according to American researchers ...
Auricular treatment can manage pain
Categories: Miscellaneous, Acupuncture research
Ear acupuncture and acupressure can effectively manage pain, according to a meta-analysis ...
Acupuncture for tenosynovitis
Categories: Miscellaneous
Acupuncture can be considered as an alternative treatment option for De Quervain's tenosynovitis (painful inflammation of tendons in the thumb), suggests an Iranian research study ...
Electro-acupuncture for anaesthesia during kidney stone procedure
Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders, Miscellaneous
Both verum and sham electro-acupuncture (EA) can effectively relieve the pain of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL, a non-invasive method of treating kidney stones), as well as reducing the analgesic dosage, according to the results of Chin ...
Caffeine inhibits analgesic effect of acupuncture
Categories: Miscellaneous, Acupuncture research
Caffeine can inhibit the analgesic effect of acupuncture, according to animal studies carried out in Brazil. Mice subjected to plantar incision surgery were treated with both manual acupuncture and electro-acupuncture at the acupoint Sanyinjiao SP-6 after administration of acute or chronic doses of caffeine. Researchers found that acute pre-administration of caffeine completely reversed acupunctur ...
Acupuncture useful for management of acute dental pain
Acupuncture analgesia is a useful method of pain control in patients with acute dental pain, a Brazilian study has found. A sample of 120 patients waiting for emergency dental care underwent one session of acupuncture, using the points Hegu L.I.-4, Neiting ST-44 and Lianquan REN-23, either alone or in combination. Reductions in pain were observed in all patients. Mean Visual Analog Scale pain scor ...
Acupuncture outperforms counselling and usual care for depressed patients with pain
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Miscellaneous
Acupuncture has been found to outperform counselling and usual care for patients suffering from depression complicated by pain.
Acupuncture - the most effective form of CAM for musculoskeletal conditions
Categories: Arthritis , Miscellaneous
Acupuncture is the most effective CAM for treating musculoskeletal conditions and one of only a few therapies that is supported by current medical evidence, according to a report commissioned by the charity Arthritis Research UK. The report, which examined trial data on 25 therapies, was aimed at helping people with musculoskeletal conditions and healthcare professionals choose safe and effective ...
Acupuncture is significantly superior to all controls for chronic pain
Categories: Miscellaneous, Acupuncture research
A secondary analysis of data from the Acupuncture Trialists' Collaboration has shown that acupuncture is significantly superior to control, irrespective of the type of control used.
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