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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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Acu-Tens on Dingchuan improves COPD
Categories: Respiratory disorders
Four weeks of Acu-TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on acupoints) treatment has been shown to improve physical and psychosocial function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), probably due to bronchodilation induced by elevation in beta-endorphin levels. In a Hong Kong study, twenty-eight COPD patients were randomly allocated to receive four weeks of 45 minu ...
Acupuncture improves symptoms after cancer therapy
Categories: Cancer, Nose and mouth
Three recent pieces of research on the benefits of acupuncture to support conventional medicine in the treatment of cancer.
Acupuncture more effective than drugs for gastric emptying
Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A German study has demonstrated that acupuncture is more effective than drug therapy for the treatment of delayed gastric emptying in critically ill patients who are being fed by nasogastric tube.
Acupuncture reduces androgen levels in PCOS
Categories: Gynaecology, Infertility
Low-frequency electro-acupuncture (EA) can improve hyperandrogenism and menstrual frequency in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), according to
Edzard Ernst holds forth again
Categories: General discussion, Comment
A single injury - let alone a fatality - caused by acupuncture is one too many, but we have to wonder why Dr. Edzard Ernst, Chair in Complementary Medicine at the University of Exeter, keeps emphasising the risks of acupuncture.
Acupuncture prevents recurrence of arrhythmia after cardioversion
Categories: Heart / Cardiac
An Italian team has found that acupuncture treatment prevents arrhythmic recurrences after cardioversion in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation
Acupuncture helps with acne
Categories: Skin / dermatology
Acupuncture treatment of acne vulgaris can reduce the number of inflammatory lesions and improve
'Walking is man's best medicine.' Hippocrates
Categories: General discussion, Comment
There are a number of health trends that are causing increasing concern - especially to policy makers and health funders in developed countries with a growing proportion of ageing people.
Deqi makes no difference to osteoarthritis pain relief
Categories: Acupuncture research
Research carried out by UK scientists suggests that the intensity of de qi has no effect on the pain relief obtained from acupuncture by patients with osteoarthritis (OA).
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