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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.

Acupuncture reduces sleep disturbance in menopause

Categories: Menopausal syndrome, Insomnia/sleep disorders

Acupuncture is associated with a significant reduction in sleep disturbances in menopausal women, conclude the authors of a systematic review from Taiwan ...

Acupuncture reduces pain of osteoporosis

Categories: Miscellaneous disorders, Menopausal syndrome, Miscellaneous, Back

German clinicians have found acupuncture to be effective in producing sustained, clinically relevant pain relief in patients with osteoporosis ...

Acupuncture reduces hot flushes by half

Categories: Menopausal syndrome

The frequency of hot flushes, and other menopausal vasomotor symptoms (VMS), can be reduced by almost half for about 50 per cent of women with eight weeks of acupuncture treatment, according to American researchers ...

Acupuncture effective for breast cancer hot flushes

Categories: Menopausal syndrome

Acupuncture seems to be an effective therapy for hot flushes experienced by women with breast cancer ...

Acupuncture improves sleep in menopause

Categories: Menopausal syndrome, Insomnia/sleep disorders

Acupuncture is associated with a significant reduction in symptoms in women experiencing menopause-related sleep disturbances, according to a systematic review from Taiwan ..

Acupuncture for menopause symptoms

Categories: Menopausal syndrome

Research from the USA suggests that acupuncture can lead to a significant reduction in vasomotor symptoms (VMS) in menopausal women ...

Electro-acupuncture more effective than drugs for breast cancer hot flushes

Categories: Menopausal syndrome

An American study suggests that electro-acupuncture (EA) may be more effective for managing hot flushes among breast cancer survivors than the drug gabapentin (GP), with fewer adverse effects

Chinese medicine beneficial for menopause symptoms

Categories: Menopausal syndrome

A pilot study from the UK suggests that Chinese medicine treatment is beneficial for menopausal symptoms ...

Acupuncture reduces menopause symptoms

Categories: Gynaecology, Menopausal syndrome

A meta-analysis from Taiwanese authors confirms that acupuncture can improve symptoms in women experiencing menopause ...