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Acupuncture prevents recurrence of arrhythmia after cardioversion
Categories: Heart / Cardiac
An Italian team has found that acupuncture treatment prevents arrhythmic recurrences after cardioversion in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation
Acupuncture helps with acne
Categories: Skin / dermatology
Acupuncture treatment of acne vulgaris can reduce the number of inflammatory lesions and improve
'Walking is man's best medicine.' Hippocrates
Categories: General discussion, Comment
There are a number of health trends that are causing increasing concern - especially to policy makers and health funders in developed countries with a growing proportion of ageing people.
Deqi makes no difference to osteoarthritis pain relief
Categories: Acupuncture research
Research carried out by UK scientists suggests that the intensity of de qi has no effect on the pain relief obtained from acupuncture by patients with osteoarthritis (OA).
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Categories: General discussion, Comment
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Acupuncture alleviates breast cancer hot flushes
Categories: Cancer
Traditional acupuncture (TA) offers an effective non-pharmaceutical method of managing the hot flushes and night sweats (HF&NS) associated with taking tamoxifen for breast cancer, according to
Acupuncture reduces colicky crying
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics
Swedish researchers have shown that minimal acupuncture can shorten the duration and reduce the intensity of crying in infants with colic.
The European Directive on Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products - what's it got to do with you?
Categories: Herbal medicine, Comment
This is a piece of EU legislation which could cause major problems for UK herbalists and their patients when it comes into force on 1st April 2011.
Acupuncture benefits ICSI in certain kinds of infertility
Categories: Infertility
A Brazilian team has found that the ability of acupuncture to benefit fertility treatment may depend on the cause of the woman's infertility. Four hundred and sixteen patients undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles were randomised to either a control group or acupuncture (performed immediately before and after embryo transfer). When the results were analysed as a whole, no influence of ...
Acupuncture - a treatment to die for? A review of Edzard Ernst's article in The Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
Categories: Acupuncture, Comment
Acupuncture – a treatment to die for? A review of Edzard Ernst's article in The Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
In his editorial, Ernst says of acupuncture that, "serious complications, including deaths, have been noted with some regularity".(Ernst 2010) This, along with the dramatic title, is a disturbing statement. However after reading the article one is left wi ...
Acupuncture affects men and women differently
Categories: Acupuncture research
Two new studies suggest that acupuncture may have different effects on men and women.
SP-6 has immediate effects on menstrual pain
Categories: Gynaecology
Chinese researchers have found that electroacupuncture (EA) at Sanyinjiao SP-6 has a specific and immediate beneficial effect on dysmenorrhoea, compared with
Fish oil reduces breast cancer risk
Categories: Diet research
Postmenopausal women who take fish oil supplements may reduce their breast cancer risk, suggests an American study. The Vitamins and Lifestyle (VITAL) cohort study followed 35,016 postmenopausal women (50 to 76 years), who were asked to answer questions about their use of non-vitamin, non-mineral supplements. After six years of follow up, 880 cases of breast cancer were identified. The researchers ...
Fish oil protects against psychosis
Categories: Diet research
Individuals at high risk of psychosis appear less likely to develop psychotic disorders following a 12-week course of fish oil capsules containing high amounts of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). Eighty-one adolescents with subthreshold psychosis who were at ultra-high risk of psychotic disorder received 1.2g per day of omega-3 PUFA or placebo during a 12-week intervention period with ...
Butter leads to lower blood fats than olive oil
Categories: Diet research
A study from Sweden shows that butter leads to considerably less elevation of blood fats after a meal, compared with olive oil and canola-flaxseed oil. Forty-seven individuals ate three test meals containing canola-flaxseed oil, butter, or olive oil. Blood samples were drawn one, three, five and seven hours after the meal, and all blood fats were analysed. The study authors explain that about 20% ...
Saturated fats not linked to heart disease.
Categories: Diet research
A new systematic review refutes the association between dietary saturated fat intake and increased risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, and cardiovascular disease (CVD). The paper by American authors identified 21 prospective epidemiologic studies involving 347,747 subjects that were eligible for inclusion. Meta-analysis showed that there was no significant evidence for conclud ...
Blueberry juice improves seniors memory
Categories: Diet research
Drinking blueberry juice has a measurable effect on learning and world list recall in older adults. An American group investigated the effects of daily consumption of wild blueberry juice on a sample of nine older adults with early memory changes. At 12 weeks, improved learning and word list recall were observed. In addition, there were trends suggesting reduced depressive symptoms and lower blood ...
Cranberry juice fights bacteria at molecular level
Categories: Diet research
A US team has identified the molecular mechanism that enables cranberry juice to fight off urinary tract infections. A virulent form of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria is the primary cause of most urinary tract infections. This strain of E. coli is covered with fimbriae - tiny hair-like projections that act like hooks enabling the bacteria to attach to cells lining the urinary tract. Previous ...
Beetroot juice boosts stamina by increasing blood nitrate
Categories: Diet research, Geriatric
Chinese nutritional theory has always held that beetroot has Blood-nourishing properties. A British team has now found that beetroot juice can boost athletic stamina by increasing the nitrate concentration of the blood. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study, eight men drank 500ml of beetroot juice every day for seven days and completed a series of exercise tests on the last three ...
Apple juice improves mood for Alzheimer's patients
Categories: Diet research
Apple juice has a positive effect on the mood states of people who suffer from Alzheimer's disease (AD). During the American study, 21 institutionalised AD patients consumed two 120ml glasses of apple juice a day for a month. Although participants demonstrated no change in dementia rating scale, caregivers reported a 27% improvement in behavioral and psychotic symptoms associated with dementia, wi ...
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