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...]
Acupuncture in Thorpe Bay, Essex
Thorpe Bay is a small and relatively affluent area of Essex, England situated between the south-eastern coast of England, the Thames estuary, and the major metropolitan area of London. The 2001 Census counted around 1,000 citizens of Thorpe Bay proper, though many people in … [Read more...]
Acupuncture has benefits for knee osteoarthritis
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...]
Acupuncture offers GPs low-cost alternative to knee surgery
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...]
Acupuncture vs Western Science
In the UK during the 1990s and continuing into this century, many newspapers and magazines carried a weekly Question & Answer column for readers interested in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). TV and radio "phone-in" programmes had a regular CAM therapist to … [Read more...]
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