Acupuncture has a potential role in treating the sexual side-effects of antidepressant medications, suggest researchers from Canada who carried out a pilot study. Antidepressants, including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin noradrenaline reuptake … [Read more...]
Electro-acupuncture normalises hormone levels in women with ovarian insufficiency
A small Chinese study suggests that electro-acupuncture (EA) can normalise hormone levels and induce menstruation in women with primary ovarian insufficiency (POI - a syndrome characterised by amenorrhoea, sex steroid deficiency and elevated gonadotrophin levels, occurring in … [Read more...]
Acupuncture helps with pain due to degeneration of cervical vertebrae
Patients with upper extremity pain and paraesththesia due to cervical spondylotic radiculopathy (CSR) can benefit from acupuncture treatment. In a pilot study carried out in Japan, 15 subjects diagnosed with CSR and upper extremity pain and/or paraesthesia were treated with … [Read more...]
Acupuncture improves sleep for psychiatric patients
A small study from Hong Kong has found that acupuncture may improve sleep quality in elderly patients with dementia. Nineteen elderly patients with dementia were followed through a control period and an acupuncture treatment period, each lasting six weeks. A standard six-point … [Read more...]
Cosmetic acupuncture improves facial elasticity
Facial cosmetic acupuncture (FCA) results in improvement of objective measures of facial elasticity, a Korean pilot study suggests. Twenty-seven women aged 40 to 59 with signs of advanced skin aging, completed five FCA treatment sessions over three weeks. The total number of … [Read more...]
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