by American College of Physicians Credit: CC0 Public Domain A randomized controlled trial that included more than 300 people diagnosed with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU)—hives—has found that acupuncture may offer limited relief from the condition, but clinical significance of this finding was unclear. The study is published in Annals of Internal Medicine. CSU is the most...
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Does acupuncture work for chronic pain? Here’s what the science says
Advice by Trisha Pasricha, MD, MPH July 24, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. EDT (Chelsea Conrad/The Washington Post; iStock) Q: I’ve tried a lot of medicines for my chronic pain and nothing works. Should I try acupuncture? A: Critics once dismissed the benefits of acupuncture as purely a placebo effect, a notion that still lingers among a portion...
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Acupuncture may aid irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea
by Lori Solomon Acupuncture is safe and feasible for patients with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (IBS-D), according to a pilot study published online Dec. 29 in JAMA Network Open. Ling-Yu Qi, from the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, and colleagues randomly assigned 90 individuals with IBS-D to acupuncture (either specific acupoints [SA] or nonspecific acupoints...
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Acupuncture Linked to Reduced Joint Pain for Up to a Year
Pauline Anderson November 16, 2022 Acupuncture is associated with significant, long-term reduction in joint pain for postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who experience aromatase inhibitor (AI)–related arthralgias, new research shows. In a multicenter study with more than 200 participants, results showed that for patients who received a 12-week acupuncture intervention, joint pain was reduced for up...
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Acupuncture could reduce tension headaches by half
By Linda Searing July 5, 2022 at 5:43 a.m. EDT People who have chronic tension headaches might be able to reduce the frequency of those headaches by as much as 50 percent with acupuncture, according to research published in the journal Neurology. Tension headaches, which are the most common type, are sometimes described as feeling pressure as...
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Physio ‘dry needling’ and acupuncture: What’s the difference and what does the evidence say?
by Wayne Hing and Leigh McCutcheon, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock Physiotherapists are increasingly offering needling therapies in addition to their standard care. Many Australian physiotherapists in private practice now offer dry needling or Western medical acupuncture as part of a treatment approach. Is it just a fad or does science support it? Needling, three ways Physiotherapists can...
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Researchers have discovered neurons needed for acupuncture’s anti-inflammatory response
by Catherine Caruso, Harvard Medical School Credit: CC0 Public Domain Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese technique that has been used for millennia to treat chronic pain and other health problems associated with inflammation, yet the scientific basis of the technique remains poorly understood. Now, a team of researchers led by neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School...
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Acupuncture improves symptoms of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome compared to sham treatment
by American College of Physicians Credit: CC0 Public Domain A multicenter randomized trial showed that 20 sessions of acupuncture over 8 weeks resulted in greater improvement in symptoms of moderate to severe chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) compared with sham therapy. Treatment effects endured over 24 weeks follow up. The findings are published in Annals of...
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Does Medicare cover acupuncture?
Acupuncture is the application of small, thin needles to strategic areas in the body to relieve pain and restore energy flow. In 2020, Medicare began covering acupuncture as a treatment for lower back pain. According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), acupuncture can help soothe neck and lower back pain, as...
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Acupuncture reduced joint pain caused by aromatase inhibitor treatment in a randomized, Phase III clinical trial
Acupuncture significantly reduced joint pain for postmenopausal women with early-stage breast cancer receiving treatment with an aromatase inhibitor compared with both sham acupuncture and no treatment, according to data from the randomized, phase III SWOG S1200 clinical trial presented at the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 5–9. “Aromatase inhibitors are among the...
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