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Acupuncture and Infertility
- Effects of the combined therapy of acupuncture with herbal drugs on male immune infertility--a clinical report of 50 cases.
- Controlled study on acupuncture for treatment of endocrine dysfunctional infertility
- A survey comparing TCM diagnosis, health status and medical diagnosis in women undergoing assisted reproduction.
- Quantitative evaluation of spermatozoa ultrastructure after acupuncture treatment for idiopathic male infertility.
- The efficiency of magneto-laser therapy used in excretory-and-inflammatory form of male infertility
- The unexpected outcomes of acupuncture: case reports in support of refocusing research designs.
- Clinical observation on treatment of functional anovulation by acupunctural pricking
- Effects of acupuncture and moxa treatment in patients with semen abnormalities.
- A review of controlled trials of acupuncture for women's reproductive health care.
Acupuncture After Surgery
- New aspects in postoperative pain therapy.
- Transcutaneous acupoint electrical stimulation with the ReliefBand for the prevention of nausea and vomiting during and after cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia.
- Stimulation of the acupuncture point P6 as prophylaxis against postoperative nausea and vomiting
- Preoperative psychological preparation of the child for surgery: an update.
- Evaluation of capsaicin ointment at the Korean hand acupressure point K-D2 for prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting.
- Acupuncture-point stimulation for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.
- Alternative therapy applications for postoperative nausea and vomiting.
- P6 acupressure increases tolerance to nauseogenic motion stimulation in women at high risk for PONV.
- Acupuncture accelerates delayed gastrointestinal transit after abdominal surgery in conscious rats.
Acupuncture and Impotence
- Clinical observation on the therapeutic effects of heavy moxibustion plus point-injection in treatment of impotence.
- Acupuncture in the treatment of psychogenic erectile dysfunction: first results of a prospective randomized placebo-controlled study.
- Dietary supplements and other alternative medicines for erectile dysfunction. What do I tell my patients?
- Conservative treatment of erectile dysfunction. 2: Clinical trials.
- Withered Yang: a review of traditional Chinese medical treatment of male infertility and erectile dysfunction.
- Clinical application of ciliao in acupuncture treatment.
- Treatment of impotence by Chinese herbs and acupuncture.
- Traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, and other alternative medicines for prostate cancer: an introduction and the need for more research.
- The use of acupuncture in the treatment of erectile dysfunction.
Acupuncture and Arthritis
Acupuncture and Heart Disease/Blood Pressure
- Options in mild to medium hypertension. Acupuncture lowers blood pressure
- Effect of acupuncture combined with medicine on neuropeptide Y in the patient of hypertension
- Dance as a therapy for cancer prevention.
- Excessive use of Steroid Hormone & beneficial effects of True St. 36 acupuncture on malignant brain tumors--part I; how to estimate non-invasively presence of excess dose of Steroid Hormone in patients, baseball players & other professional athletes from its toxic effects on heart & pancreas, as well as persistent or recurrent infection--part II.
- The moxibustion sensations and the therapeutic effects.
- Successful removal of migrated acupuncture needles in a patient with cardiac tamponade by means of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiographic assistance.
- Nonpharmacologic treatments for depression in patients with coronary heart disease.
- New developments in osteoarthritis.
- Acupuncture therapy rapidly terminates intractable hiccups complicating acute myocardial infarction.
Acupuncture and Pregnancy
- Acupuncture on the day of embryo transfer significantly improves the reproductive outcome in infertile women: a prospective, randomized trial.
- Influence of acupuncture stimulation on pregnancy rates for women undergoing embryo transfer.
- Acupuncture as adjunctive therapy in assisted reproduction: remaining uncertainties.
- Decrease of pregnant women's pelvic pain after acupuncture: a randomized controlled single-blind study.
- P6 acupressure does not prevent emesis during spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery.
- Transcutaneous acupoint electrical stimulation with the ReliefBand for the prevention of nausea and vomiting during and after cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia.
- Maternal acupuncture effects on surfactant and antioxidant enzymes in preterm rat lungs.
- Controlled study on acupuncture for treatment of endocrine dysfunctional infertility
- Observation on clinical therapeutic effect of acupuncture combined with medicine on abortion
Acupuncture and Chronic Pain
- The diagnosis and treatment of chronic back pain by acupuncturists, chiropractors, and massage therapists.
- Acupuncture: quo vadis?
- Acupuncture in patients with chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.
- Brief introduction to silver needle warming therapy
- Acupuncture for chronic pain patients Treatment outcomes - the role of the acupuncturist.
- The acupuncture randomised trial (ART) for tension-type headache--details of the treatment.
- Published reports of acupuncture trials showed important limitations.
- Clinical study on method of "tonifying the lung to check the liver" for treatment of chronic cholecystitis
- The mechanism of acupuncture and clinical applications.
Acupuncture and Weight-Loss
- Anti-arthritic effects of Ephedra sinica STAPF herb-acupuncture: inhibition of lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation and adjuvant-induced polyarthritis.
- The treatment of obesity by acupuncture.
- Electroacupuncture therapy for weight loss reduces serum total cholesterol, triglycerides, and LDL cholesterol levels in obese women.
- Needling the body to health: acupuncture and weight loss.
- Complementary therapies for reducing body weight: a systematic review.
- Complementary and alternative medicine use by psychiatric inpatients.
- Clinical research on acupuncture. Part 1. What have reviews of the efficacy and safety of acupuncture told us so far?
- Protective and anti-arthritic effects of deer antler aqua-acupuncture (DAA), inhibiting dihydroorotate dehydrogenase, on phosphate ions-mediated chondrocyte apoptosis and rat collagen-induced arthritis.
- The effects of weight reduction on the rehabilitation of patients with knee osteoarthritis and obesity.
Acupuncture and Headaches/Migranes
- Therapeutic effect of point-through-point acupuncture on migraine and its effects on brain blood flow velocity
- Efficacy of acupuncture for the prophylaxis of migraine: a multicentre randomised controlled clinical trial.
- Acupuncture is no more effective than sham acupuncture in the treatment of migraine.
- Acupuncture: quo vadis?
- Acupuncture for chronic pain patients Treatment outcomes - the role of the acupuncturist.
- The acupuncture randomised trial (ART) for tension-type headache--details of the treatment.
- Acupuncture and moxibustion for treatment of pain in Austria
- The mechanism of acupuncture and clinical applications.
- Acupuncture use for the treatment of headache prior to neurological referral.
