Jenn Strathman, newsnet5.com Apr 5, 2013 CLEVELAND – We’re all anxious for the spring sun to shine, but with spring comes allergy season. There is a treatment you can start today that may help with all those seasonal sneezes. Spring flowers brighten the landscape and mood until the sneezing and wheezing starts leaving allergy suffers […]
Acupuncture Pins Hay Fever, but Briefly Published: Feb 18, 2013 An 8-week course of acupuncture had statistically significant but short-lived benefits for people with seasonal allergic rhinitis, researchers reported. The improvements in quality of life and use of rescue medication were small and of “uncertain” clinical significance, according to Benno Brinkhaus, MD, of Charité-University Medical […]
Allais G, De Lorenzo C, Quirico PE, Airola G, Tolardo G, Mana O, Benedetto C. Headache. 2002 Oct;42(9):855-61. PubMed Reference Abstract OBJECTIVES: In a randomized controlled trial extending over 6 months, we evaluated the effectiveness of acupuncture versus flunarizine in the prophylactic treatment of migraine without aura. METHODS: One hundred sixty women with migraines were randomly […]
Burns Volume 37, Issue 1, February 2011, Pages 117–125 Jin-Ah Lee Abstract The effects of acupuncture on healing of deep second degree burns were compared to the conventional hydrocolloid dressing, Duoderm in mice. The expression level of inflammatory protein-1α (MIP-1α) was significantly reduced in the injured skin and the number of eosinophils in blood decreased […]
FEBRUARY 17, 2011 One of the more distressing items being reported out of the developing medical catastrophe in Haiti is the lack of even rudimentary anesthesia and analgesia for the treatment of amputations and severe acute traumatic injuries. One possible strategy for treating patients in pain that is rapidly effective and has little mortality or serious […]
Autonomic Neuroscience Volume 157, Issues 1–2, 28 October 2010, Pages 38–41 Sun Kwang Kim Abstract Acupuncture is probably the most popular alternative therapy practiced in the United States, Europe and many Asian countries. It has been applied clinically for more than 5 thousand years according to the ancient oriental medical theory. A great deal of […]
Neurobiology of Disease Volume 39, Issue 3, September 2010, Pages 272–282 Doo C. Choi Abstract Here, we first demonstrated the neuroprotective effect of acupuncture after SCI. Acupuncture applied at two specific acupoints, Shuigou (GV26) and Yanglingquan (GB34) significantly alleviated apoptotic cell death of neurons and oligodendrocytes, thereby leading to improved functional recovery after SCI. Acupuncture […]
Junhua Zhang Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2010;88:915-921C. doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.076737 Introduction Acupuncture is popular in most countries, but nowhere more than in China. Because its use is so widespread, safety is an important issue that deserves close attention. Serious adverse events resulting from acupuncture, including pneumothorax, cardiac tamponade, spinal cord injury and viral hepatitis, […]
Ying Li MD, PhD Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain Volume 49, Issue 6, pages 805–816, June 2009 Abstract Objective.— To discuss the results of a multicenter randomized controlled trial of the efficacy of verum acupuncture in treating acute migraine attacks. Background.— Acupuncture has been used in China for centuries to treat migraine […]
Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D., clinical professor of surgery at Yale University recants his experiences observing acupuncture analgesia used in surgery while in China. NCCAM Distingushed Lecture – Chinese Medicine, Western Science, and Acupuncture NCCAM will hold the inaugural lecture of the Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture in the Science of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Dr. […]
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2008 Aug;36(2):160-3. Abstract AIM: To systematically review the literature on vascular injuries caused by acupuncture. METHOD: Systematic literature search in Medline and PubMed. RESULTS: Twentyone cases were identified and the majority developed symptoms in direct connection with the acupuncture treatment. Three patients died, two from pericardial tamponade and one from […]
Progress in Neurobiology Volume 85, Issue 4, August 2008, Pages 355–375 Zhi-Qi Zhao Abstract Acupuncture has been accepted to effectively treat chronic pain by inserting needles into the specific “acupuncture points” (acupoints) on the patient’s body. During the last decades, our understanding of how the brain processes acupuncture analgesia has undergone considerable development. Acupuncture analgesia […]
Eur Spine J. 2008 Apr; 17(Suppl 1): 123–152. Published online 2008 Mar 4. doi: 10.1007/s00586-008-0631-z PMCID: PMC2271098 Eric L. Hurwitz Abstract Study Design. Best evidence synthesis. Objective. To identify, critically appraise, and synthesize literature from 1980 through 2006 on noninvasive interventions for neck pain and its associated disorders. Summary of Background Data. No comprehensive systematic […]
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 4 (2007), Issue 1, Pages 51-57 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nel054 Original Article Yun-Kyoung Yim Abstract This study aimed to investigate the anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic and immuno-regulatory effects of electro-acupuncture (EA) at ST36 on Collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) in mice. Male DBA/1J mice were divided into five groups: Normal, Control, NR (needle retention), EAI and […]
Neurobiological Correlates of Acupuncture: Modern Science Explores Ancient Practice Air date: Wednesday, April 26, 2006, 11:00:00 AM Dr. Rosen’s research focuses on the development and utilization of physiological and functional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques and the application of this technology to solve specific biological and clinical problems. The techniques that he and his colleagues […]
Published: Mar 2, 2006 By Judith Groch Full Story Action Points Discuss with migraine patients that acupuncture might do just as well for them as drug therapy. Explain that drug therapy, like acupuncture, might also halve the number of days with a migraine headaches. ESSEN, Germany, March 2 – With acupuncture for migraine, apparently it’s […]
Mediators of Inflammation Volume 12 (2003), Issue 2, Pages 59-69 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0962935031000114943 Freek J. Zijlstra Abstract Acupuncture has a beneficial effect when treating many diseases and painful conditions, and therefore is thought to be useful as a complementary therapy or to replace generally accepted pharmacological intervention. The attributive effect of acupuncture has been investigated in inflammatory […]
Acupunct Med. 2001 Dec;19(2):103-8. Peuker E, Grönemeyer D. Abstract Acupuncture has a reputation among the public of being safe. Although recently performed prospective studies on the frequency of adverse effects of acupuncture found no severe complication, since 1965 many case reports of serious or even life-threatening incidents caused by acupuncture have appeared in the scientific […]
Study Highlights the “Exceptional Usefulness” of Treatment By Editorial Staff Acupuncture Today April, 2001, Vol. 02, Issue 04 According to the National Headache Foundation, as many as 28 million Americans suffer from migraine headaches each year.1 Migraines can be caused by a variety of physical and environmental factors, including diet, stress, allergens, menstruation, and changes in […]