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Application of Wireless Dynamic Sleep Monitor in Acupuncture Treatment of Insomnia after Ischemic Stroke: A Retrospective Study
CONCLUSION: By evaluation using ActiSleep-BT wireless sleep monitor, acupuncture treated insomnia after ischemic stroke; the effect is better than usual care.PMID:33868435 | PMC:PMC8035007 | DOI:10.1155/2021/5524622
Source: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine - April 19, 2021 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Yujuan Song Xuebing Wang Friedrich Schubert Source Type: research

Acupuncture combined with moxibustion for insomnia after stroke: A protocol for systematic review and meta analysis
Conclusion: The conclusion of our study will provide the updated evidence to judge the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture combined with moxibustion for the treatment of insomnia after stroke. Trial registration number: PROSPERO CRD42020216720.
Source: Medicine - January 22, 2021 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Study Protocol Systematic Review Source Type: research

Characteristic of Clinical Studies on Baduanjin during 2000-2019: A Comprehensive Review.
Authors: Zhou J, Yu Y, Cao B, Li X, Wu M, Wen T, Xiong Y, Jia J, Zhao Y Abstract To date, a growing number of clinical studies have demonstrated the safety and health benefits from Baduanjin intervention. Based on this, our objective is to systematically retrieve and summarize the clinical studies on Baduanjin, with a view to providing more evidence-based evidence in support of the application of Baduanjin for healthcare, and to identify the shortcomings of existing research and provide feasibility suggest for further clinical research. Both four English language and four Chinese language electronic databases were ...
Source: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine - November 6, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Source Type: research

Evidence Base of Clinical Studies on Qi Gong: A Bibliometric Analysis.
CONCLUSIONS: Qigong research publications have been increasing gradually. Reports on study types, participants, Qigong Intervention, and outcomes are diverse and inconsistent. There is an urgent need to develop a set of reporting standards for various interventions of Qigong. Further trials of high methodological quality with sufficient sample size and real world studies are needed to verify the effects of Qigong in health and disease management. PMID: 32444061 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Complementary Therapies in Medicine - April 30, 2020 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Zhang YP, Hu RX, Han M, Lai BY, Liang SB, Chen BJ, Robinson N, Chen K, Liu JP Tags: Complement Ther Med Source Type: research

Get Rid of Your Depression By Boosting Serotonin Levels
I’m not interested in lengthening your lifespan. I want to increase your “health span”… the length of time you feel energized and ready to take on the world. And an important part of your “health span” is your emotional well-being. The brain chemical serotonin plays a big part in keeping you emotionally balanced. That’s why it’s called the “happy hormone.” What Does Serotonin Levels Affect? Serotonin does a lot more than keep you in a good mood. Your serotonin levels affect your: Energy levels Sex drive Memory Weight and appetite Sleep Low Serotonin Levels Can Cause Depression It’s ...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - June 29, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Health Source Type: news

More than a stretch: Yoga’s benefits may extend to the heart
As a long-time yoga enthusiast, I’m always happy to hear about benefits newly attributed to this ancient practice. Doing yoga for a few hours each week helps me feel calmer and more balanced, both physically and mentally. Now, new research suggests that my habit also may be helping my heart. A recent review of yoga and cardiovascular disease published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology indicates that yoga may help lower heart disease risk as much as conventional exercise, such as brisk walking. As I write in the April issue of the Harvard Heart Letter, the studies in the review looked at different types...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - April 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Julie Corliss Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Heart Health alternative therapy cardiovascular disease exercise yoga Source Type: news

Why acupuncture is giving sceptics the needle
Acupuncture has been prescribed by half of Britain's doctors, but after 3,000 clinical trials its efficacy remains unproven. So is the NHS making a grave error in supporting this ancient treatment?• Are vitamin pills a sham? Q&A with Dr. Paul OffitYou can't get crystal healing on the NHS. The Department of Health doesn't fund faith healing. And most doctors believe magnets are best stuck on fridges, not patients. But ask for a treatment in which an expert examines your tongue, smells your skin and tries to unblock the flow of life force running through your body with needles and the NHS will be happy to oblige.The govern...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 26, 2013 Category: Science Authors: David Derbyshire Tags: Culture Health Science and scepticism Features NHS Alternative medicine The Observer Source Type: news