GP tells patient, "Acupuncture?!! You might as well try voodoo!" Oh yes, you read that right, one of my patients reported to me only last week that when her friend (who is also being treated with acupuncture) told her GP she was receiving acupuncture treatment he compared the … [Read more...]
Needles, fish oil, asthma and allergies
I have had a lot of positive results treating asthma in adults so its great to see the following trial affirming positive results for children too (see below on this news feed or click on the following … [Read more...]
Acupuncture activates NK cells to fight cancer
US authors have formulated an ‘acupuncture immuno-enhancement hypothesis’ to account for the ability of acupuncture to enhance anti-cancer immune function. In their review paper they hypothesise that acupuncture enhances anti-cancer immune functions by stimulating natural killer … [Read more...]
Acupuncture reduces cost of back pain
Patients with low-back pain (LBP) are less likely to visit physicians for LBP after receiving acupuncture treatment, leading to reduced healthcare spending on LBP. In a case control study carried out in Canada, 201 cases in which LBP was treated with acupuncture were compared … [Read more...]
Acupuncture helps asthma rehabilitation in children
The addition of acupuncture to an inpatient asthma rehabilitation programme results in improvement in bronchial hyper-reactivity and reduced anxiety for paediatric patients. In a German study, 93 paediatric asthma patients were randomised to usual care (sports, climate therapy … [Read more...]
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