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 helps neck pain patients avoid surgery

Categories: Neck

Cervical surgery rates are lower in neck pain patients who have acupuncture treatment ...

Acupuncture is safe in pregnancy

Categories: Pregnancy & labour

Acupuncture is a safe therapeutic modality for relieving discomfort in pregnancy without an adverse effect on delivery outcome ...

Acupuncture helps with postherpetic neuralgia

Categories: Pain

Acupuncture may improve symptoms in patients with postherpetic neuralgia ...

Acupuncture comparable to drugs for overactive bladder

Categories: Kidney / Urinary disorders

Acupuncture is comparable to drug treatment for reducing urinary frequency in patients with overactive bladder ...

Auricular acupuncture promising for back pain

Categories: Back

Auricular acupuncture is a promising intervention for the treatment of chronic back pain ...

Acupuncture helps with insomnia due to chronic pain

Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders, Pain

Acupuncture is an effective and safe treatment for chronic pain-related insomnia ...

Acupuncture at any point in menstrual cycle is effective for PMS

Categories: Gynaecology

Acupuncture compares favourably to orthodox medicine and sham acupuncture for treating premenstrual syndrome ...

Acupuncture effective for chronic fatigue

Categories: Fatigue

Acupuncture is more effective than sham acupuncture and other interventions for chronic fatigue syndrome ...

Acupuncture effective for infertility without AR

Categories: Infertility

Acupuncture may be effective for treating female infertility in women who are not undergoing orthodox fertility treatment

Research Archive

Acupuncture helps neck pain patients avoid surgery

Acupuncture is safe in pregnancy

Acupuncture helps with postherpetic neuralgia

Acupuncture comparable to drugs for overactive bladder

Auricular acupuncture promising for back pain

Acupuncture helps with insomnia due to chronic pain

Acupuncture at any point in menstrual cycle is effective for PMS

Acupuncture effective for chronic fatigue

Acupuncture effective for infertility without AR

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