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Placebo and other psychological interactions in headache treatment.

Placebo and other psychological interactions in headache treatment. J Headache Pain. 2012 Feb 26; Authors: Autret A, Valade D, Debiais S Abstract We present a theory according which a headache treatment acts through a specific biological effect (when it exists), a placebo effect linked to both expectancy and repetition of its administration (conditioning), and a [...]

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Acupuncture and Managing Pain in Horses

Using acupuncture to manage severe pain in horses and other animals is not a novel concept, but veterinarians have been hard at work lately combing research studies to better understand this complementary therapys usefulness, efficacy, and safety. During a presentation at the 2011 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention, held Nov. 18-22 in San Antonio, [...]

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Acupuncture alleviates boy's ADHD

At school, 8-year-old Alex Karaszi couldn’t focus his attention and sit still. Soon, his grades began to suffer. At home, he had mood swings and threw tantrums. “I was grumpy at night,” the second-grader explained. The family doctor diagnosed mild to moderate attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and prescribed medication. Beata Karaszi, Alex’s mother, was reluctant, [...]

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Use Of Acupuncture By The U.S. Military To Treat Battlefield Injuries, PTSD

The latest issue of the journal Medical Acupuncture reveals that the United States Armed Forces is incorporating acupuncture, one of the oldest healing practices in the world, to assist in the medical care of its personnel. First recorded in the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon (黄帝内经), an ancient Chinese medical text written more than two millennia [...]

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Traditional Chinese medicine 'makes fertility treatments more effective'

Traditional Chinese medicine has long been used to ease pain and treat disease. Now researchers have found it can also boost fertility if used in combination with fertility treatments. A team led by Dr Shahar Levi-Ari from Tel Aviv University compared the success rates of couples using intrauterine insemination (IUI) both with and without Chinese [...]

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Acupuncture Flops as Relief for Muscle Pain From Aromatase Inhibitors – Internal Medicine News Digital Network

Internal Medicine News Digital Network Acupuncture Flops as Relief for Muscle Pain From Aromatase Inhibitors Internal Medicine News Digital Network SAN ANTONIO – Acupuncture for the reduction of aromatase inhibitor–related musculoskeletal symptoms in breast cancer patients proved a disappointment in an interim analysis of a double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled, multicenter clinical trial. …and more »

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Acupuncture May Help Chemo-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

The addition of acupuncture to best medical care for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) may have a positive effect, according to a pilot study published online Dec. 5 in Acupuncture in Medicine. Sven Schroeder, Ph.D., from the HanseMerkur Centre for Traditional Chinese Medicine at the University Medical Center in Hamburg, Germany, and colleagues evaluated the therapeutic [...]

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Acupuncture Treats Dry Mouth In Cancer Patients

An ancient therapy could prove effective at relieving a common side effect of cancer treatment, a small, new study shows. Acupuncture was able to reduce dry mouth in people who were receiving radiation therapy to treat their head and neck cancers, reported researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the Fudan [...]

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Acupuncture May Be Effective for Migraines

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Acupuncture helps reduce days with migraines and may have lasting effects, according to a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. In the study, almost 500 adults were treated with either traditional Chinese acupuncture or a sham treatment in which acupuncture needles were inserted in nonspecific points. The acupuncture treatment points were previously [...]

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Heart attacks and grief, migraines and a bad tattoo – USA TODAY

USA TODAY Heart attacks and grief, migraines and a bad tattooUSA TODAYAcupuncture and migraines: Migraine sufferers get little more relief from real acupuncture than from a sham version of the procedure, a study finds. But acupuncture advocates say this study and others like it don't prove benefits are purely … and more »

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