Number of veterans affairs facilities offering acupuncture growing rapidly
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Acupuncture is an increasingly important and effective component of chronic pain management and other areas of care in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Many US insurers may fuel the opioid crisis by covering the addictive drugs - but not alternatives
Many health insurance plans help American patients pay for opioid painkillers, but they often don't cover non-addictive therapies like acupuncture and counselling, a Johns Hopkins study reveals. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ötzi the iceman was covered in acupuncture-like marks used as a primitive painkiller
Experts from the Institute for Mummy Research in Bolzano, in the Italian province of South Tyrol, claim that healthcare and treatment was already common during the Iceman’s time. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 24, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Acupuncture: A New Look at an Ancient Remedy
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 19, 2018 -- Widely practiced in Asia for thousands of years, acupuncture is one of the key components of traditional Chinese medicine. Yet it ' s still viewed with some skepticism in the Western world.
And for the squeamish, just the... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 19, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Integrative Medicine: Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute
It's taken a long time, but things like acupuncture, meditation and message are becoming more mainstream in western culture. ?In this Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute, Dr. Brent Bauer discusses the growing use of integrative medicine. To listen, click the link below. Integrative Medicine (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - September 19, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
More women than men veterans with chronic pain use therapies like yoga and acupuncture
(University of Massachusetts at Amherst) A major shift in practice by the VA means that therapies such as meditation and yoga are being offered to VA patients as non-drug approaches for pain management, says Elizabeth Evans of UMass Amherst, who studied their use by gender among veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 17, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Fully Integrating Medical Acupuncture Into Family Medicine Fully Integrating Medical Acupuncture Into Family Medicine
A family physician relates his experience successfully integrating acupuncture into his daily practice.Annals of Family Medicine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Journal Article Source Type: news
Will Tracker-Like Aesthetics Lead to Anti-Nausea Device Bonanza?
A Canadian-Chinese medical device manufacturer is poised to enter a niche market for nausea-fighting neurostimulation with a sleek wrist-worn transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) device, providing an alternative to a long-established manufacturer that has just released a redesign of its technology.
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Peter Ji, co-founder of Vancouver, BC, and Ningbo, China-based WAT Medical Technology, said there is plenty of room in the nascent therapeutic wearables market for both his firm and Horsham, PA-based Reliefband Technologies to thrive in combating motion sickness, morning sickness, post-opera...
Source: MDDI - September 5, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Greg Goth Tags: Business Source Type: news
Advert for contraceptive app banned
Claim that Natural Cycles app is as effective as long-term contraceptive options is misleading Related items fromOnMedica Epilepsy does not affect chance of pregnancy, or outcomes Most CCGs missing smoking target for pregnant women Deprived women 60% less likely to have any antenatal care Fewer than ever women smoke at point of birth Acupuncture with IVF does not increase women ’s chance of a baby (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - August 29, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
5 ways to help overcome those annoying hot flushes
Your face might turn red, looking flushed. Then, you start to sweat. Others may experience a rapid increase in heart rate, or start to feel as if they are about to catch a slight fever. As uncomfortable as it is, the hot flush is almost inevitable during menopause and perimenopause, which is why we teamed up with health writer Sandy Getzky, who shares five simple things that might help you deal with those annoying hot flushes.
It doesn’t matter whether menopause was a natural occurrence or surgically induced through a hysterectomy. It’s that sudden feeling of heat you get without knowing what exactly is causing it. Itâ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - August 27, 2018 Category: OBGYN Authors: Sandy Getzky Tags: Health hot flush natural alternatives to hrt Source Type: news
5 ways to help overcome those annoying hot flushes
Your face might turn red, looking flushed. Then, you start to sweat. Others may experience a rapid increase in heart rate, or start to feel as if they are about to catch a slight fever. As uncomfortable as it is, the hot flush is almost inevitable during menopause and perimenopause, which is why we teamed up with health writer Sandy Getzky, who shares five simple things that might help you deal with those annoying hot flushes.
It doesn’t matter whether menopause was a natural occurrence or surgically induced through a hysterectomy. It’s that sudden feeling of heat you get without knowing what exactly is causing it. Itâ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - August 27, 2018 Category: OBGYN Authors: Sandy Getzky Tags: Health hot flush natural alternatives to hrt Source Type: news
People Are Now Taking Placebo Pills to Deal With Their Health Problems —And It’s Working
For over 20 years, Linda Buonanno lived in fear that her irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) would suddenly interrupt her daily routine with frequent trips to the bathroom and unbearable cramping. Buonanno, now a 71-year-old medical assistant and hairdresser from Methuen, Mass., tried everything from drugs to dairy-free diets. Nothing worked. She remembers a particularly tough period over 10 years ago, when she was working on the factory floor of a medical-device company for up to 10 hours a day, six days a week. When an IBS episode would strike, her co-workers would cover for her as she huddled in a corner, keeled over in pain...
Source: TIME: Health - August 23, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alexandra Sifferlin Tags: Uncategorized medicine Research Source Type: news
People Are Now Taking Placebo Pills to Deal With Their Health Problems —And It’s Working
For over 20 years, Linda Buonanno lived in fear that her irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) would suddenly interrupt her daily routine with frequent trips to the bathroom and unbearable cramping. Buonanno, now a 71-year-old medical assistant and hairdresser from Methuen, Mass., tried everything from drugs to dairy-free diets. Nothing worked. She remembers a particularly tough period over 10 years ago, when she was working on the factory floor of a medical-device company for up to 10 hours a day, six days a week. When an IBS episode would strike, her co-workers would cover for her as she huddled in a corner, keeled over in pain...
Source: TIME: Health - August 23, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alexandra Sifferlin Tags: Uncategorized medicine Research Source Type: news
