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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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Tai chi increases brain size and improves memory in seniors
A joint Chinese-US research team has found that practising tai chi leads to increased brain volume and improved cognitive function in elderly people. One hundred and twenty older adults without symptoms of dementia were randomised to four groups (tai chi, walking, social interaction and no intervention) for 40 weeks. Two MRIs were obtained, one before the intervention period, the other after. A ba ...
Acupuncture as good as NSAIDs for radiating pain from intervertebral disc pathology
Categories: Back
Acupuncture is a promising therapeutic option for the management of radicular pain of discogenic origin, according to Turkish researchers.
Acupuncture for acute back pain
Categories: Back
A Spanish multicentre trial investigating acupuncture for the treatment of acute back pain has found real, sham and placebo acupuncture to be effective, with all three better than conventional treatment alone.
Acupuncture helps with acute migraines
Categories: Headache & migraine
A Chinese group has found that acupuncture is significantly superior to sham for the treatment of acute migraines.
Epimedium formulae increase bone density and prevent postmenopausal fractures
Categories: Menopausal syndrome
A five-year, multicentre clinical study carried out in China has demonstrated that taking a kidney-tonifying herbal formula increased bone mineral density and significantly reduced the incidence of fragility fractures in postmenopausal women.
Acupuncture as effective as physiotherapy in post-stroke rehabilitation
Categories: Stroke
A large multicentre RCT from China has found that acupuncture plus conventional care was similar in effectiveness to physiotherapy treatment plus conventional care for post-stroke rehabilitation.
Acupuncture offers GPs low-cost alternative to knee surgery
British researchers have found that acupuncture offers an acceptable, low-cost alternative to knee replacement for sufferers of osteoarthritis (OA).
Acupuncture has benefits for knee osteoarthritis
A three-armed RCT carried out by Greek investigators has shown that a combination of acupuncture plus non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is significantly more effective for chronic pain due to knee osteoarthritis (OA) than either sham acu ...
ICSI is associated with birth defects
Categories: Infertility
The results of a large Australian observational study suggest that intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is linked to an increased risk of birth defects compared with spontaneous conception.
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