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New research shows the cure to your next headache could come from a needle"¦not a pill!Researchers found patients with headaches who were treated with acupuncture therapy suffered fewer headaches compared to those who used painkillers. Among migraine sufferers, acupuncture was also found to be superior to drug treatments. However, when these patients were given fake acupuncture treatments, they yielded the same positive results, raising questions among researchers."Much of the clinical...
A study found that traditional acupuncture is effective at treating migraines, but researchers also noticed that "fake" treatments worked nearly just as well. Klaus Linde, who works at the Center for Complementary Medicine Research at the Technical University in Munich, led the 33 trial studies published in the Cochrane Review journal.Linde and his colleagues found that the treatment worked even when the procedure was done non-traditionally "“ meaning that the needle was not inserted into...
The U.S military is adding acupuncture to its repertoire for relieving chronic pain, said Pacific College of Oriental Medicine officials. In fact, the Air Force will add a class in battlefield acupuncture beginning next year for physicians being deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, the college said Monday in a news release. Acupuncture can relieve a range of pain, including sharp chronic pain, for days at a time, Pacific College said. Physicians will learn auricular acupuncture -- or...
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical acupuncture, which is acupuncture performed by a licensed physician trained at a conventional medical school, is being used increasingly for pain control. Richard Niemtzow, MD, PhD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief of Medical Acupuncture, a peer-reviewed journal (www.liebertpub.com/acu) and the official journal of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture, is at the forefront of these efforts in the military. The technique developed by Dr....
By JEFF BRUMLEY PART 4OTHER OPTIONS Fighting breast cancer - or any cancer, for that matter - is about employing the best weapons modern medicine has to offer. But there are a growing number of people - including medical experts and survivors - who urge cancer victims to add the arsenal of non-traditional medical and spiritual therapies. In fact, such methods - from acupuncture and yoga to herbal treatments and prayer - can go a long way toward treating the negative side effects of chemo,...
V eterinary science has made great advances in the diagnosis and treatment of lameness and back pain in horses, and there is increasing evidence supporting the use of the ancient art of acupuncture alongside conventional western medicine. The word acupuncture is derived from the Latin Acus meaning needle and punctara meaning puncture. The technique is most commonly recognised as an integral part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and involves piercing the skin with fine needles in order...
By Michelle Dynes Types of complementary and alternative medicineNaturopathic medicine - Naturopathy supports the body's ability to heal through diet and lifestyle changes. Traditional Chinese medicine - Practitioners believe that disease is the result of disruptions and imbalances. Herbs, meditation, massage and acupuncture attempt to restore order. Mind-body medicine - Practitioners study the interactions among the brain, mind, body and behavior. Alternative and holistic medicine focuses...
By Spira, Alan ABSTRACT Acupuncture is a form of medical care that originated in China; it has evolved and progressed over thousands of years to become one of the most commonly used forms of health care throughout the world. Allopathic (Western) medicine has begun to seriously investigate and to use this system only in the past three decades. Although acupuncture's mechanisms for healing are not fully understood, it helps many conditions. Using acupuncture reduces or eliminates the need for...
By DOMINIC LAWSON It's hard to grade nonsense on a scale, but of all forms of medical quackery, psychic surgery must be judged one of the least scrupulous. You might recall the odd television expose of its practitioners - so-called 'surgeons' who appear to be operating on patients with their bare hands, and who seem to be able to remove allegedly diseased tissue without making any incisions. Despite being exposed as hoaxers, 'psychic surgeons' continue to cast their spell over the gullible...
By Rajen M. OSTEOARTHRITIS is a major cause of loss of motion and reduced quality of life especially in the elderly, and more so among the fairer sex. It is the most common form of arthritis and occurs most frequently in the knee. Currently, there is no non-surgical cure for the disease. The focus of treatment is the management of pain and functional limitation. Although patient education, physical therapy, exercise, and weight loss are all an important part of intervention,...
