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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 recommended for chronic pain by UK's main health watchdog
The publication of a new guideline for chronic pain treatment by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is a major advance for the recognition of acupuncture as a legitimate clinically effective treatment in the UK ...
Acupuncture reduces pain in patients with TMD
Categories: Miscellaneous, Acupuncture
Acupuncture may be an effective way of reducing pain in patients with temporomandibular disorder (TMD), Brazilian investigators conclude ...
Battlefield Acupuncture effective for veterans' pain
A large cohort study, carried out in a population of American military veterans, has found that Battlefield Acupuncture (BFA) is an effective and safe intervention for decreasing short-term pain intensity ...
Five weeks of acupuncture treatment needed to relieve chronic pain
Acupuncture treatment duration should not be less than five weeks in order to achieve an adequate analgesic effect in chronic pain conditions ...
Acupuncture reduces temporomandibular pain
Acupuncture is effective for myofascial pain reduction in patients with temporomandibular disorder (TMD), Brazilian investigators suggest ...
Acupuncture improves chronic pain in urban primary care
Both individual and group acupuncture therapy delivered in primary care settings can reduce pain and improve physical function in people with chronic musculoskeletal conditions ...
Perceived value of placebo treatment influences pain relief
Treatments valued at a higher price are associated with enhanced placebo analgesia, and this effect is correlated with activity in brain areas associated with expectation and reward processing ...
Acupoint sensitisation is based on neurogenic inflammation
A review by authors from the UK, New Zealand and China suggests that acupoint sensitisation is based on neurogenic inflammation, and that stimulation of sensitised acupoints results in better clinical effects ...
Acupuncture reduces chronic pain and cortisol levels
Acupuncture leads to reductions in pain intensity, disability and salivary cortisol levels in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain ...