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Research Archive
Welcome to our Chinese medicine and acupuncture research news pages. We add to the content of these pages continuously as more research news comes in. Browse through the complete archive below or use the category links on the right.
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Acupuncture-like TENS more beneficial after knee replacement
Categories: Knee, Acupuncture
Acupuncture-like transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (AL-TENS) is more beneficial than TENS for patients following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) ...
TEAS effective for nausea and vomiting after stomach surgery
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Acupuncture
Combining transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) with antiemetics is effective in reducing postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) ...
Acupuncture normalises relationship between brain networks in functional dyspepsia
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders, Acupuncture
Acupuncture which elicits deqi may act to repair disrupted relationships between brain networks in patients with functional dyspepsia (FD) ...
TEAS relieves pain after surgery for stomach cancer
Categories: Cancer, Acupuncture
Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) can help relieve postoperative pain and promote recovery of gastrointestinal function after gastrectomy, concludes a Chinese study ...
Acupuncture feasible and acceptable as adjunct to radiotherapy for cancer
Categories: Cancer, Acupuncture
A UK-based clinical trial suggests that it is feasible to implement acupuncture in a busy radiotherapy unit, when provided by specially trained radiographers ...
Laser acupuncture helps recovery after knee replacement
Categories: Knee, Acupuncture
Acupuncture with low-level laser therapy (ALLLT) can facilitate the recovery of physical function in patients after total knee replacement, report Taiwanese researchers ...
Electro-acupuncture adds benefit to usual care for back pain
Categories: Back, Acupuncture
Electro-acupuncture (EA) combined with usual care (UC) is more effective than UC alone for pain reduction and functional improvement in patients with non-acute low back pain (LBP) after back surgery ...
Acupuncture causes limited changes to metabolic parameters in obesity
Categories: Obesity, Acupuncture
A metabolomic study has found that, with one notable exception, acupuncture treatment had no effect on anthropometric and serum metabolic parameters, compared with sham acupuncture ...
Acupuncture doesn't affect digestion and sleep in infant colic
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics, Acupuncture
Acupuncture does not appear to change some of the objective measures of infant colic, despite leading to decreases in crying time and subjective parental perception of benefit, conclude Swedish researchers ...