A Chinese group has found that acupuncture is significantly superior to sham for the treatment of acute migraines. One-hundred and fifty patients who were having a migraine attack were randomly allocated to either verum or sham acupuncture. Rescue medication was allowed if the … [Read more...]

A large multicentre RCT from China has found that acupuncture plus conventional care was similar in effectiveness to physiotherapy treatment plus conventional care for post-stroke rehabilitation. The research involved a total of 310 patients randomly divided into three groups. … [Read more...]

A three-armed RCT carried out by Greek investigators has shown that a combination of acupuncture plus non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is significantly more effective for chronic pain due to knee osteoarthritis (OA) than either sham acupuncture plus NSAIDs or NSAIDs … [Read more...]

British researchers have found that acupuncture offers an acceptable, low-cost alternative to knee replacement for sufferers of osteoarthritis (OA). Of 114 patients offered acupuncture for knee OA, 90 accepted and were referred to two knee pain clinics for group acupuncture, … [Read more...]

Why are we surprised that medication overload might worsen headaches?!!(See link below). When you consider that acupuncturists often diagnose headaches as stemming from a Liver imbalance, it follows that increasing medication and giving an already congested Liver more work to do, … [Read more...]