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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 and IVF/2

Categories: Infertility
6 female patients being treated for infertility by in vitro fertilisation were referred to acupuncture due to difficulty with follicle production despite maximum gonadotropin therapy. Acupuncture was given at the same time that they began follicle-stimulating hormone injections: 3 or 4 twice-weekly treatments, on days 1-3, 4-6, 7-9 and in some cases 9-11, with the final treatment on the day of or ...
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Acupuncture & IVF

Categories: Infertility
Acupuncture may stimulate follicle development in women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF). In a small study of 6 women who all had difficulty with follicle production despite maximum gonadotropin therapy, three produced more ovarian follicles with acupuncture treatment (mean, 11.3 vs 3.9 prior to acupuncture) and all 3 conceived, although only 1 pregnancy lasted past the 1st trimester. Acupu ...
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Qigong improves chronic fatigue symptoms

Categories: Fatigue
A British pilot study suggests that qigong can be used to manage the symptoms of chronic fatigue.
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Acupuncture for cancer-related fatigue

Categories: Fatigue
A randomised controlled pilot study has assessed the effects of acupuncture and acupressure in managing cancer-related fatigue.
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Ginseng relieves cancer fatigue/2

Categories: Cancer
A pilot study suggests that ginseng can relieve fatigue and boost energy levels in people with cancer.
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Acupuncture for IBS/2

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A sizeable trial investigating the ability of acupuncture to relieve symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has found that both real and sham acupuncture resulted in significant symptom reduction.
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Acupuncture for IBS

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
A small randomised, sham/placebo-controlled pilot study assessing the effect of individualised TCM acupuncture and moxibustion (AcuMoxa) treatment on symptom control of IBS patients found that it showed promise as a treatment.
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Acupuncture for faecal incontinence

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
Italian researchers have carried out a pilot study to investigate the effect of acupuncture on faecal incontinence.
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Acupuncture better than more heartburn drugs

Categories: Digestive & Bowel disorders
If proton pump inhibitors fail to control the symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, current standard management is to double the drug dose, despite limited therapeutic gain.
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