Category: Acupuncture
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Acupuncture for Depression: The Mechanism Underlying Its Therapeutic Effect
This is the title of a study published in Medical Acupuncture. The authors looked up different underlying chemical pathways known to be involved with depression, and they found that acupuncture treatment actually seems to affect them, and may be why some people with depression respond to treatment. To cite this article: Muthmainah and Nurwati Ida. Medical…
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The clinical effect of acupuncture therapy in patients with gouty arthritis
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine , 11/01/2016 Lu WW, et al. The aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of acupuncture therapy in the treatment of acute gouty arthritis. In context of the findings,, the authors illustrate that acupuncture is an effective and safe therapy for patients with gouty arthritis.…
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Acupuncture Has Possible Role in Promoting Cartilage Repair in Knee Osteoarthritis
In this article, the authors conclude that acupuncture has a clinical effect on knee osteoarthritis which is superior compared with physiotherapy, and hint the possible roles of acupuncture in promoting cartilage repairing. ~ Dr. Broussard Influence of acupuncture in treatment of knee osteoarthritis and cartilage repairing Am J Transl Res. 2016; 8(9): 3995–4002. Published online…
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Acupuncture and splinting helps carpal tunnel syndrome
Electroacupuncture and splinting versus splinting alone to treat carpal tunnel syndrome: a randomized controlled trial CMAJ September 6, 2016 vol. 188 no. 12 First published June 6, 2016, doi: 10.1503/cmaj.151003 Vincent C.H. Chung, PhD Abstract Background: The effectiveness of acupuncture for managing carpal tunnel syndrome is uncertain, particularly in patients already receiving conventional treatments (e.g.,…
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Ear Acupuncture May East Inflammation in Chronic Low Back Pain
I was reading on a study published in 2014 in the journal Medical Acupuncture where they were trying to figure out how ear acupuncture helps low back pain. They thought it may have to do with inflammation, so they did blood tests for inflammation markers before treatment, 30 minutes after the first treatment, and every week for…
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Electrotherapy and acupuncture linked with decreased, delayed opioid use after TKA Tedesco D, et al. JAMA Surg. 2017;doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.2872. August 16, 2017 Investigators found electrotherapy and acupuncture after total knee arthroplasty correlated with a decrease in and later use of opioids. Researchers performed a systematic review and found 5,509 studies of nonpharmacological interventions for postoperative pain…
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Acupuncture for neck disorders – Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
In a review of medical studies regarding acupuncture for neck disorders, the authors of this paper concluded that there is moderate-quality evidence that acupuncture relieves pain better than fake treatments, and people who received acupuncture report less pain and disability in the short-term. ~ Dr. Broussard Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Kien Trinh Version published:…
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Abbott Hospital Pioneers Acupuncture in the Emergency Room
By JEREMY OLSON , STAR TRIBUNE March 15, 2016 – 12:09 AM Abbott Northwestern Hospital is reporting success using acupuncture in its emergency room to treat conditions ranging from car accident injuries to migraines to kidney stones, and hoping to prove that the traditional Chinese treatment can reduce doctors’ reliance on addictive opioids to manage…
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Trial of intensive acupuncture for smoking cessation: a pilot study
JULY 10, 2015 Acupuncture in Medicine McFadden DD, et al. The purpose of this trial was to determine if acupuncture is a potential smoking cessation treatment for patients looking for an alternative therapy to help quit. Results show that a majority of the participants who completed the treatment program rated it as successful and would…
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Acupuncture Causes Brain Changes in Patients With Hand Pain
Laird Harrison May 28, 2015 PALM SPRINGS, California — Acupuncture appears to thicken the cortex of patients with idiopathic hand pain while alleviating their pain, a new study suggests. The finding provides new evidence for a condition resembling carpal tunnel syndrome but with a different cause, said first author, Norman Kettner, DC, chair of radiology…