Blogs Posts in Acupuncture category; 30 blog posts

Acupuncture Helps Shoulder Pain After Stroke - New Research

A new study finds that acupuncture is effective for the treatment of shoulder pain following a stroke. Shoulder pain commonly occurs after a stroke and interferes with the normal functioning of the arms. Approximately 70 percent of stroke [...]

Posted On : Sep, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

Application of Acupuncture and Moxibustion therapy in differ...

Acupuncture and Moxibustion is a medical treatment that has been practiced for thousands of years in China and other Asian countries as well as now around the world. It is used as a means of treating and preventing disease. Acupuncture [...]

Posted On : Sep, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

Acupuncture for the treatment of infertility

Acupuncture is a natural approach to the treatment of infertility. At the Lokahi Acupunctue clinic in San Jose, CA, treatment is targeted towards common causes of infertility stemming from the quality of eggs, sperm, endometrial lining an [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Acupuncture - Different Types Of Acupuncture

Acupuncture is commonly thought of as an alternative medical treatment. Though in the United States acupuncture is considered an alternative medicine, it is widely practiced throughout the rest of the world and is an extremely common prac [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

For cancer patients, acupuncture counters stress, side effec...

Acupuncture doesn’t treat cancer — but it can help relieve the anxiety, aches and pains, fatigue and other side effects following a breast cancer diagnosis and course of treatment, according to local acupuncturists JoAnn Simon [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Acupuncture Blog Chicago - Study Shows Acupuncture is Effect...

Crohn's disease is an autoimmune disease which involves chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. The main symptoms of Crohn's disease are abdominal pain, fever, fatigue and persistent, watery diarrhea. Symptoms range f [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Acupuncture clinics to be forced to register

Health Secretary Andy Burnham said he was ''minded to legislate'' so all practitioners supplying unlicensed medicines had to register with the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC). Further talks would be he [...]

Posted On : Apr, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Acupuncture can heal anxiety

It has been discovered acupuncture helped to reduce the fear and anxiety among dental patients. Now they are able to easily undergo dental treatment. A test was conducted on 20 patients’ who feared to visit the dentist. It was [...]

Posted On : Apr, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Acupuncture 'provides no help with IVF' say fertility doctor...

Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicines do nothing to boost the chances of having a baby through IVF, fertility doctors will tell patients from today. A growing number of women are willing to pay hundreds of pounds for the ancient treat [...]

Posted On : Mar, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Acupuncture no aid to pregnancy

Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicines do not aid a woman's chances of getting pregnant, experts have said. The British Fertility Society (BFS) advised couples undergoing fertility treatments that it found no proof the complementar [...]

Posted On : Mar, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Acupuncture lessens depression symptoms during pregnancy

Acupuncture appears to be an effective way to reduce depression symptoms during pregnancy, according to a first-of-its-kind study from Stanford University School of Medicine researchers. The study authors, led by Rachel Manber, PhD, [...]

Posted On : Feb, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Acupuncture may relieve menstrual cramps

Acupuncture may be helpful in alleviating menstrual cramps, which affects up to half of all young women, an extensive review of past studies has found. In a review of 27 studies that involved nearly 3,000 women, researchers from the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Acupuncture and herbal medicine to face regulation

The consultation, which is UK-wide, could result in the statutory regulation of all three professions, with practitioners required to obtained accredited qualifications and meet a set of standards. Under the proposals, all three professions [...]

Posted On : Aug, 06 2009 | Comments : 0

NHS to give back pain acupuncture

It is the first time the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has explicitly backed the use of complementary therapies. The rationing watchdog said evidence suggests they help and will be cost effective if doctors stop prov [...]