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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 comparable to drugs for overactive bladder

Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders

Acupuncture is comparable to drug treatment for reducing urinary frequency in patients with overactive bladder ...

Electro-acupuncture as good as physiotherapy and drugs for urge incontinence

Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders

Electro-acupuncture (EA) can reduce symptoms and improve quality of life in women with urge incontinence ...

Electro-acupuncture reduces pain after kidney stone removal

Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders

Electro-acupuncture can significantly reduce postoperative pain and narcotic usage following percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) for renal calculi ...

Electro-acupuncture as good as usual care for urinary incontinence

Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders

A large randomised trial carried out in China has shown that electro-acupuncture (EA) is as effective as usual medical care for the treatment of women with urinary incontinence ...

Moxa can treat overactive bladder

Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders

Moxibustion may be an effective treatment for overactive bladder, according to Korean researchers ...

Acupuncture and massage benefit dialysis patients

Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders

Use of massage and acupuncture during haemodialysis may improve health-related quality of life among end stage renal disease patients ...

Needling REN-2 improves incontinence

Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders

Single-point acupuncture can lead to significant short-term improvements in urinary incontinence ...

Acupuncture works for postpartum urinary retention

Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders, Pregnancy & labour

Acupuncture could be an alternative to catheterisation for the treatment of postpartum urinary retention, according to an Israeli research team ...

Acupuncture reduces prostatitis symptoms

Categories: Male disorders, Kidney / Urinary disorders

A systematic review of non-pharmacological interventions for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome suggests that acupuncture can be effective ...