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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.

Please note that the most twenty recent research archive items are free to view but access to the thousands of items in the archive require a journal subscription.

Probiotics for mothers halves rate of children's eczema

Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics, Lifestyle research, Diet research, Allergies

The children of mothers who drink milk containing a probiotic supplement during and after pregnancy have a significantly lower risk of developing eczema, according to a Norwegian study.

Probiotics relieve infant colic

Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics, Lifestyle research, Diet research

A probiotic supplement has been shown to significantly relieve the symptoms of infantile colic, compared to placebo.

Antibiotics permanently alter gut flora

Categories: Lifestyle research

A single course of antibiotics has been found to permanently alter the microflora of the gut, with unknown consequences.

A single massage can boost the immune system

Categories: Immunity, Lifestyle research

Researchers from the USA have reported that a single massage treatment can produce measurable changes in the immune and endocrine systems of healthy adults.

Intensive meditation boosts longevity enzyme

Categories: Lifestyle research

Positive psychological changes that occur during meditation training are associated with increased activity of telomerase

Tea drinking cuts heart disease mortality

Categories: Lifestyle research, Diet research

Drinking several cups of tea daily can cut your risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) by more than a third, according to Dutch researchers.

Morning exercise makes up for unhealthy diet

Categories: Lifestyle research

Exercising first thing in the morning before breakfast can significantly lessen the detrimental effects of an unhealthy diet.

Exercise prevents the common cold

Categories: Lifestyle research

Regular exercise may prevent the common cold, according to a study by US researchers.

A few hours of meditation is enough to change brain structure

Categories: Lifestyle research

A collaborative study by scientists from China and the USA has found that 11 hours of meditation can induce positive structural changes in an area of the brain that helps regulate behaviour