Patients with high blood pressure who are taking anti-hypertensive medication may benefit from adjunctive acupuncture treatment, according to a small study carried out in Turkey. Investigators studied 34 patients who had been on anti-hypertensive drug therapy for at least 24 … [Read more...]

Acupuncture is as effective as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) for patients with dysmenorrhoea, Turkish researchers report. In a pilot study, 35 young women with a diagnosis of primary dysmenorrhea were randomly divided to receive either NSAID or acupuncture … [Read more...]

Electro-acupuncture (EA) is as effective for depression as the drug fluoxetine, according to Chinese researchers. Seventy-five patients with depressive disorder (DD) were treated with either fluoxetine or acupuncture five times per week for six weeks. EA and fluoxetine were found … [Read more...]

A prospective, randomised trial carried out in Denmark has found that acupuncture can reduce asthma symptoms and medication use in preschool children. The researchers randomised 122 children to either acupuncture (10 treatments) or usual care over a period of three months. … [Read more...]

Acupuncture can lead to significant pain reduction and improvement in lung function in patients who have had sternotomy for heart surgery. A three-armed trial carried out in Germany enrolled 100 patients who had undergone coronary bypass surgery. Subjects were randomised to three … [Read more...]