This is a technical paper exploring what occurs in the brain during acupuncture and in the ensuing time period. It also looks at the difference in the brain between sham (superficial) acupuncture and verum or real acupuncture. They also correlate
Study from Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine September 22, 2009 done by a Taiwanese group (http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/nep145v1) looks at obesity in postmenopausal women. They evaluated the effect of Transcutaneous Electric Acupoint Stimulation (TEAS) as a function of body composition and
Acupuncture and oriental medicine use is soaring dramatically. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) which is a part of the National Institute of Health, has reported that 3.1 million Americans used acupuncture and Oriental medicine in 2007,
(I’m not sure how I missed this study which came out in May. This is great news for the practice of acupuncture and great news for patients in Britain. ) “NHS pins its hopes for treating back pain on acupuncture”
(I’m not sure how I missed this study which came out in May. This is great news for the practice of acupuncture and great news for patients in Britain. ) “NHS pins its hopes for treating back pain on acupuncture”
This is a study looking at biochemical markers of stress in rats using a very common acupuncture point Pericardium 6. (Pericardium 6 is the point often used for motion sickness or nausea in pregnancy.)They gave the animals mild stressors for
A patient with neck problems alerted me to this study. He has been working with a trainer but sees a marked improvement with acupuncture treatments. This study compares physiotherapy alone, acupuncture alone, to combination treatment. Unsurprisingly, the combined therapy works
This blog entry is hardly of broad interest, but it pertains to the studies that I’ve done.My own research has looked at the effect of acupuncture on the autonomic nervous system, or stress response. ( Analysis of Heart Rate Variability
In Washington DC this week, President Obama has been having a summit on Health Policy related issues.In regards to cost containment and effectiveness issues, I would like to highlight a series of studies performed in Germany on the cost effectiveness
The same authors as in my previous post also did a survey of the literature for migraine prophylaxis.MAIN RESULTS: Twenty-two trials with 4419 participants (mean 201, median 42, range 27 to 1715) met the inclusion criteria. Six trials (including two
