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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 effective for PTSD

Categories: Psychological / emotional

American researchers have concluded that acupuncture can effectively treat the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ...

Acupuncture reduces preoperative anxiety

Categories: Psychological / emotional

Authors of a Korean meta-analysis have concluded that acupuncture therapy aimed at reducing preoperative anxiety has a statistically significant effect relative to placebo ...

Acupuncture may have antipsychotic effects

Categories: Psychological / emotional

Limited evidence suggests that acupuncture may have antipsychotic effects, according to a Cochrane Database Systematic Review by Chinese authors ...

Acupuncture cost-effective for depression

Categories: Psychological / emotional

Acupuncture is cost-effective compared with counselling or usual care alone for patients with depression, according to analysis of the results of a major UK trial ...

Acupuncture effective for PTSD in military veterans

Categories: Psychological / emotional

A brief course of acupuncture is effective for reducing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in military veterans, according to a study carried out in the USA ...

Long-term tai chi prevents depression

Categories: Psychological / emotional, Tai chi

A study by a joint Chinese/Japanese research team suggests that long-term tai chi training may prevent depression. The cross-sectional survey included 529 Japanese tai chi practitioners. The authors conclude that long-term tai chi training and the mood adjustment it produces may have a beneficial effect on the prevention of depression. Long-term Tai Chi training is related to depressive symptoms a ...

Acupuncture improves brain network function in Alzheimer's

Categories: Psychological / emotional, Neurological

A pilot study from China has found that acupuncture can modulate activity in the brain’s default-mode network (DMN) in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

Acupuncture better than conventional treatment for psychological distress

Categories: Psychological / emotional

Integrative treatment (IT) and therapeutic acupuncture (TA) result in more long term benefit than conventional treatment (CT) for alleviating psychological distress in primary care patients...

Tai chi improves attention

Categories: Psychological / emotional, Tai chi

Tai chi (TC) training helps improve attention in healthy young adults, according to American researchers...