Predictors of Acupuncture Effect in Patients With Chronic Pain Predictors of Acupuncture Effect in Patients With Chronic Pain
This study aimed to identify psychological and neuroimaging metrics collected before acupuncture treatment that might determine acupuncture efficacy in knee osteoarthritis.Pain (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Journal Article Source Type: news

Efficacy and safety of acupuncture combined with yishen granule in elderly adults with mild cognitive impairment: a multicenter, randomized controlled trial - N L, O L, Z S, Y W, Z L, Y L, J Z, Z Z, S X, J X.
This study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of acupuncture ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Acupuncture, Doxylamine-Pyridoxine Ease Nausea, Vomiting in Pregnancy
TUESDAY, June 20, 2023 -- For women with moderate-to-severe nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP), both acupuncture and doxylamine-pyridoxine are efficacious, and the combination may yield a larger benefit than either treatment alone, according to... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - June 20, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Ear Acupuncture With Diet Aids Weight Loss Ear Acupuncture With Diet Aids Weight Loss
Ear acupuncture with beads rather than needles, when combined with reduced food intake, leads to weight loss and a reduction in waist circumference, in Japanese men.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - May 19, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news

Bizarre, new scientifically-proven way to help you lose weight
Acupuncture, using tiny beads rather than needles, can take up to 10cms off your waistline when used on the ears, new research suggests. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Study suggests ear acupuncture can help men lose weight
A study being presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Ireland this week suggests that ear acupuncture using metal beads can help reduce weight, body mass index and body fat when combined with diet and exercise. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - May 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Stress-management interventions may help individual healthcare workers for at least a year
Interventions aimed at reducing work-related stress for individual healthcare workers may lead to improvements in how people cope with stress up to a year later.Findings from a Cochrane review of the latest available evidence build on the conclusions of a previous review in 2015 that found low-quality evidence that interventions, such as cognitive behavioural training (CBT), mental and physical relaxation, were better than none.The researchers included 117 studies of the effects of different interventions on stress alleviation in the current review, of which 89 studies were new. These 89 studies were published between 2013...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - April 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news

Acupuncture for military veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder and related symptoms after combat exposure: protocol for a scoping review of clinical studies - Seung HB, Leem J, Kwak HY, Kwon CY, Kim SH.
Posttraumatic stress disorder is caused by traumatic events such as death, serious injury, and sexual violence. Military personnel and veterans are at high risk for posttraumatic stress disorder. Conventional posttraumatic stress disorder treatments have c... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

The effectiveness and safety of acupuncture on suicidal behavior: a systematic review - Kwon CY, Lee B.
In situations where death by suicide is a major global issue and effective prevention and management approaches are lacking, acupuncture improves some risk factors for suicide, including depression, and it has been used for a long time in clinical settings... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news

OA Adjunctive Therapies Give Negligible Added Benefit to Exercise OA Adjunctive Therapies Give Negligible Added Benefit to Exercise
Interventions such as electrophysical stimulation and acupuncture don ' t appear to offer much benefit in reducing pain or improving physical function even when used to supplement exercise therapy.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Rheumatology News Source Type: news

Rare, fatal pulmonary fat embolism after acupuncture therapy: a case report and literature review - Xu L, Tan X, Chen X, Du S, Yue X, Qiao D.
BACKGROUND: Death from nontraumatic pulmonary fat embolism associated with minor soft tissue contusion, surgery, cancer chemotherapy, hematologic disorders and so on has been reported. Patients often present with atypical manifestations and rapid deteriora... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Black History Month 2023: Sita Symonette of Black Pearl Acupuncture and Black Pearl Wellness
"We know there is an outsized need for culturally responsive and high-quality health care out there, and we hope to grow to help to fill in some of that gap in 2023." Sita Symonette (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 18, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Elizabeth Hayes Source Type: news

Perforating ocular injury caused by acupuncture: a case report - Zhang XH, Wang BH, Sun Y, Cui JW.
Acpuncture as a branch of traditional Chinese medicine is popular in China. It can regulate the running of meridian qi to stimulate the ocular nerve activity and increase blood supply. Periocular acupuncture treatment is very frequent, but it can lead to s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

An anti-scald device for warm needling - Zhu MH, Li AS, Zhan LF, Han WH, Qiu L, Yan TY, Liu WA.
Warm needling, i.e. acupuncture with the needle warmed by burning moxa stick or cone, is frequently employed in the treatment of cold and dampness type disorders. During treatment, accidental skin scald may occur if the burning moxa drops on the skin due t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Acupuncture, Acupressure Beneficial in Gynecologic Cancer Surgery Setting
TUESDAY, Jan. 17, 2023 -- Preoperative touch/relaxation and intraoperative acupuncture treatments are effective for reducing anxiety and pain in the gynecological oncology surgical setting, according to a study published online Jan. 17 in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 17, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news