News Articles Relating to Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Acupuncture and Arthritis
On Pins and Needles: Acupuncture for Arthritis Relief
For people with arthritis, popping a pill does not always provide all of the pain relief they are seeking. A new study demonstrates that acupuncture can complement conventional therapies by easing pain and improving function in people with osteoarthritis of the knee.
Arthritis: Acupuncture
To ease arthritis pain, you do not necessarily have to rely solely on pain pills and steroids; there are a few alternative treatments that may help you find relief, including acupuncture.
Acupuncture Helps Knee Osteoarthritis
Improvement in Pain and Function Seen
New Support for Acupuncture in Knee Arthritis
Acupuncture Complements Drug Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
Acupuncture May Help Knee Arthritis
Short-Term Benefit Seen in Study; Long-Term Effects Unclear
Acupuncture and Chronic Pain
Acupuncture: Targeting Chronic Pain
An interview with Jonathan Ammen, MEd, L.Ac.
MRI Shows That Acupuncture Treatments Reduce Pain
Sticking an acupuncture needle into a point in the hand greatly diminishes the amount of brain activity associated with pain impulses, doctors report.
Acupuncture Helps Relieve Pregnancy's Low Back Pain
For low back pain during pregnancy, acupuncture may be better than traditional treatment with massage, heat, and exercise, according to a Swedish report.
Acupuncture May Be Best to Ease Neck Pain
Is acupuncture or massage therapy better for back and neck pain? One recent study came out in favor of massage while another has found acupuncture to be better.
Study: Acupuncture Works for Back Pain
German researchers have found almost half the patients treated with acupuncture needles felt relief that lasted months. In contrast, only about a quarter of the patients receiving medications and other Western medical treatments felt better.
Acupuncture and Heart Disease/Blood Pressure
Acupuncture 'cuts blood pressure'
Acupuncture combined with electronic stimulation can lower high blood pressure, US researchers say.
Acupuncture Can Lower High Blood Pressure
Scientists investigating its actions in heart disease have found not only that acupuncture works, but why and how.
Acupuncture and Headaches/Migraines
Acupuncture may help tame tension headaches
Acupuncture May Help Tension Headaches
Fewer Headaches With Acupuncture, Report German Researchers
Acupuncture May Ease Impact of Headaches
Acupuncture Lessens Suffering Due to Chronic Daily Headaches
Acupuncture May Be Useful for Migraines
Acupuncture May Have Potent Placebo Effect, Like Many Complex Medical Procedures, Say Researchers
Acupuncture as an Alternative to Face-Lifts/Plastic Surgery
Forget Botox, Try Acupuncture!
Acupuncture Face-Lift Melts Years Away
Doctor Says Procedure Is Painless
Acupuncture: The New Facelift?
Can those tiny little needles really get rid of your wrinkles?
Acupuncture After Surgery
Study: Acupuncture Reduces Breast Surgery Side Effects
Therapy Relieves Nausea, Vomiting, Pain After Major Breast Surgery, Researchers Say
Acupuncture May Lessen Post-Op Pain, Nausea
Study Shows Ancient Chinese Practice Is as Effective as Drugs After Breast Surgery
Acupuncture Shown To Work In Study
Technique Reduces Nausea And Pain After Surgery
Acupuncture and Impotence
Impotence Gets 'Needled' in Acupuncture Study
Acupuncture has been used to treat people in the Far East for thousands of years, so it may strike some people as amusing that it is being studied in the West as a potentially new treatment for everything from back pain to depression. According to some Austrian scientists erectile dysfunction or impotence can now be added to that list.
Acupuncture and Infertility
Acupuncture May Improve Sperm Quality
Acupuncture may help some men overcome infertility problems by improving the quality of their sperm, according to a new study.
Acupuncture: A Cure for Infertility?
Tuesday, April 26, 2005. NEW YORK - At 36, Lucy Appert has suffered through two miscarriages, a stillbirth at 8 1/2 months and, because of a rare pregnancy-related liver dysfunction, intensive illness and surgery.
Could Ancient Chinese Medicine Help Infertility?
Study Testing Effectiveness Of Acupuncture To Help Infertile Women
Acupuncture 'boosts IVF success'
Women undergoing fertility treatment could have their chances of success boosted by acupuncture.
Acupuncture and Pregnancy
Acupuncture May Cut Pregnancy Pelvic Pain
Acupuncture and exercises to help stabilize the pelvis and lower back help ease pelvic/hip pain during pregnancy, say Swedish researchers.
Acupuncture and Weight-Loss
Tackling Asia's growing waistline
TIANJIN, China (CNN) — Acupuncture needles get planted on the flabby frame of Cheng Jian, a 20-year-old student undergoing treatment to cure obesity.
Other News About Acupuncture
Med Schools Opening Up to Alternative Medicine
Once largely dismissed as a leftover fad from the Age of Aquarius, acupuncture, herbal remedies and other forms of alternative medicine are finding their way into curriculums at traditional medical schools - most recently the University of Pennsylvania.
The Science of Acupuncture
Could acupuncture help you deal with some of your health issues in the new year? Many scientific studies suggest it has good health benefits.
A new way to help an overactive bladder
An alternative way to treat an embarrassing and common health problem.
Acupuncture May Help Stroke Victims Move
Patients Report Less Pain, Greater Movement
Scientists prove acupuncture works
Acupuncture does have real health benefits, two separate studies have found.
Acupuncture Gains Acceptance in Western Health Care
Since it surfaced in the U.S. in the 1970s, acupuncture has gained acceptance as an alternative to traditional Western medicine, for pain relief and for treating a variety of other health conditions.
Acupuncture Entering the Mainstream
Once thought of as quackery and scoffed at, acupuncture is making its way from alternative to mainstream medicine.
Acupuncture Treatment is Safe
Acupuncture is a relatively safe form of treatment, according to two studies published in the Sept. 1 issue of the British Medical Journal.
Acupuncture Calms Mom's Stress, Anxiety
Acupuncture Makes Moms Less Anxious, Resulting in Less Anxiety in Children
Acupuncture Technique May Help Some Women Ovulate
Tiny needles placed at acupuncture points on the skin and attached to a device that delivers a low-frequency electrical current improve ovulation in some women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a Swedish study has found.
