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Acupuncture may hold promise for women with hormone disorder

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 03, 2008 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Getting pregnant with her first child was difficult, but when Rebecca Killmeyer of Charlottesville, Va. experienced a miscarriage during her second pregnancy, she wasn't sure if she would ever have another baby. When she ...





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Acupuncture 'probably ineffective' in treatment of hot flushes

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Acupuncture cannot be shown to have any positive effect on hot flushes during the menopause. This is the conclusion of a systematic review of literature by three groups in Daejon, Busan (South Korea) and Exeter (UK), published ...


Acupuncture eases chronic low back pain in SPINE trial

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created May 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Acupuncture can help people with chronic low back pain feel less bothered by their symptoms and function better in their daily activities, according to the largest randomized trial of its kind, published in the May 11, 2009 ...


Acupuncture may cool hot flashes

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 25, 2006 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at Stanford University are planning further investigation to see if acupuncture can cool the hot flashes of menopausal women.


In vitro fertilization less successful with alternative fertility treatments

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created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Women who are desperately trying to get pregnant might want to avoid complementary and alternative medicine.


Acupuncture eases radiation-induced dry mouth in cancer patients

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twice weekly acupuncture treatments relieve debilitating symptoms of xerostomia - severe dry mouth - among patients treated with radiation for head and neck cancer, researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson ...


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Study: Acupuncture Does Combat Pain

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created Jan 25, 2006 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (24) | comments 0

Ancient Chinese medicine is gradually gaining in popularity amongst Westerners. An increasing number of patients across Europe and America are turning to the Chinese deep-needle acupuncture to treat their aches ...


Acupuncture reduces pain and dysfunction in head and neck cancer patients after neck dissection

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created Jun 01, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

New data from a randomized, controlled trial found that acupuncture provided significant reductions in pain, dysfunction, and dry mouth in head and neck cancer patients after neck dissection. The study was led by David Pfister, ...


For women with PCOS, acupuncture and exercise may bring relief, reduce risks

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exercise and electro-acupuncture treatments can reduce sympathetic nerve activity in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), according to a new study. The finding is important because women with PCOS often have elevated ...


New studies point to strategies for reducing painful breast cancer drug side effects

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Aromatase inhibitors, the same drugs that have buoyed long-term survival rates among breast cancer patients, also carry side effects including joint pain so severe that many patients discontinue these lifesaving medicines. ...


Acupressure calms children before surgery

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created Oct 01, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

An acupressure treatment applied to children undergoing anesthesia noticeably lowers their anxiety levels and makes the stress of surgery more calming for them and their families, UC Irvine anesthesiologists have learned.



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