Issue 128 WU and colleagues have conducted a systematic review of acupuncture in stroke rehabilitation.... more Issue 127 LINDE and co-authors, Department of Internal Medicine II, Technische Universitat Munchen, Kaiserstrasse 9, 80801 Munich, Germany, have studied acupuncture for pain relief in osteoarthritis.... more LIU and colleagues, Gerontological Department, The First Hospital affiliated to Tianjin College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 314 West Anshan Avenue, China, have found that acupuncture ameliorates oxidative damage in the brains of rats who have had stro... more MANHEIMER and co-workers, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Center for Integrative Medicine, Kernan Hospital Mansion, Baltimore, MD 21207, USA, have reviewed (34 references) published reports of acupuncture trials.... more Issue 126 CABYOGLU and colleagues, Department of Physiology, Selcuk University, Faculty of Meram Medica, Konya, Turkey, have reviewed (45 references) the mechanism and clinical application of acupuncture.
Abstract: This study presents the result of studies explor... more CABYOGLU and colleagues, Department of Physiology, Selcuk University, Faculty of Meram Medical, Konya, Turkey, have also reviewed (37 references) specifically the treatment of obesity with acupuncture.
Abstract: It has been reported that acupuncture is... more Issue 120 BALDRY, p.baldry@ukonline.co.uk, reports on the integration of acupuncture within medicine in the UK.
Abstract: When acupuncture first arrived in the West in the 17th century, the principles which the Chinese had used to explain its actions were at vari... more CHERNYAK and SESSLER, Outcomes Research Institute and Department of Anesthesiology, University of Louisville, Kentucky 40202, USA, have reviewed (120 references) perioperative acupuncture.
Abstract: Acupuncture and related techniques are used more and m... more Issue 118 ELDEN and colleagues, Perinatal Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute for the Health of Women and Children, Sahlgrenska Academy, East Hospital, 41685 Gothenburg, Sweden, helen.elden@vgregion.se, have conducted a trial of the effects of... more Issue 117 BOSTED and WARNAKULASURIVA, Pain clinic, Western Park Hospital and Department of Oncology, University of Sheffield, Whitham Road, Sheffield, prosted@aol.com, have surveyed the use of acupuncture by British dentists.
Abstract: A small number of fully tra... more LINDE and colleagues, Gothenburg Migraine Clinic, Sahlgren Academy, Goteborg University, Gothenburg, Sweden, mattias.linde@neuro.gu.se, have studied the role of needling in prophylactic acupuncture for migraine.... more Issue 116 MILLEA, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA, pmillea@mail.mcw.edu, has written a case study on the treatment of 'Saturday Night Palsy' with acupuncture.... more SCHNEIDER and colleagues, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, University of Heidelberg, Germany, antonius.schneider@med. uni-heidelberg.de, have attempted to predict the response of patients to prophylactic acupuncture for postoper... more USICHENKO and co-workers, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, Friedrich Loeffler Str. 23b, 17487 Greifswald, Germany, taras@uni-greifswald.de, have conducted a study of ear acupuncture for... more Issue 114 LINDE and colleagues, Gothenburg Migraine Clinic, Sahlgren Academy, Goteborg University, Gothenburg, Sweden, mattias.linde@neuro.gu.se, have investigated the role of needling in acupuncture for migraine.... more LIU and co-authors, Department of Cardiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, have found that acupuncture rapidly terminates intractable hiccups after acute myocardial infarction.... more ROSTED and WARNAKULASURIYA, Pain clinic, Western Park Hospital and Department of Oncology, University of Sheffield, Whitham Road, Sheffield, prosted@aol.com, have surveyed the use of acupuncture by dentists in the UK.
Abstract: A small number of Chinese... more Issue 113 MIDDLEKAUFF, University of California – Los Angeles School of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA, has reviewed (19 references) acupuncture in the treatment of heart failure.
Abstract: Not many studies have been carried... more TUKMACHI and co-workers, Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham, UK, have conducted a randomized controlled study of acupuncture for arthritis of the knee.... more VAS and colleagues, Centro de Salud de Dos Hermanas, Sevilla, Spain, jvas@acmas.com, has conducted a series of case studies on acupuncture and moxibustion as an adjunct treatment for arthritis of the knee.... more VICKERS and co-workers, Integrative Medicine Service, Biostatistics Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA, vickers.a@mskcc.org, have conducted a large randomized trial of acupuncture for chronic headache... more WONDERLING and others, Health Services Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, David.Wonderling@lshtm.ac.uk, have analyzed the cost-effectiveness of acupuncture for chronic headache.... more Issue 112 LEWITH and colleagues, Complementary Medicine Research Unit, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton, UK, GL3@soton.ac.uk, have tested acupuncture in the treatment of disabling breathlessness.... more LIU and FANG, Department of Acupuncture and Massotherapy, Qujing Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qujing City 655000, Yunnan Province, China, have described the use of acupuncture in the therapy of facial paralysis, facial spasms and tri... more Issue 111 BERMAN and co-workers, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21207, USA, have reported on a randomixed controlled trial of acupuncture as a complementary therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee.... more OUYANG and CHEN, Transneuronix and Veterans Research and Education Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA, have reviewed (123 references) the role of acupuncture in functional gastrointestinal disorders.
Abstract: The prevalence of one or more functional ga... more WHITE and colleagues, Complementary Medicine Research Unit, Mail Primary Medical Care, University of Southampton, Aldermoor Health Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom, pjw1@soton.ac.uk, have conducted a randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for chroni... more Issue 110 CHEN and NICKEL, King Street Medical Arts Centre, 71 King Street, W. Suite 400, Mississauga, Ontario, L5B4A2, Canada, have studied the application of electro-acupuncture in the treatment of chronic prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain.
Abstract: Chronic... more HAN and others, Department of Acupuncture and Massotherapy, Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China, have investigated electro-acupuncture for depression.... more MACPHERSON and co-workers, Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine, York, UK. hm18@york.ac.uk, have surveyed patient reports of adverse events following acupuncture treatment.... more Issue 108 LINDE and DINCER, Centre for Complementary Medicine Research, Department of Internal Medicine II, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Munich, Germany, Klaus.Linde@lrz.tu-muenchen.de, have reviewed (32 references) the information given to participants in sham... more Issue 106 KOENIG and co-workers, Orthopedische Klinik, Klinik am Eichert, Goeppingen, Germany, A.Koenig@kae.de, have conducted a randomized controlled trial of acupuncture in chronic neck pain.... more KUO and colleagues, Department of Cosmetic Science, Chia-Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Taiwan, China, kuotsung@mail.chna.edu.tw, have measured the De-Qi (soreness and numbness) effect of acupuncture on blood flow.... more ZHANG and colleagues, Hangzhou Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou 310007, Zhejiang Province, China, describe their clinical observations of 102 cases of chronic pelvic inflammation treated with qi jie granules.... more Issue 105 MACPHERSON and others, Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine, York YO10 5DD, UK, hml@york.ac.uk, report on a clinical trial of diagnosis and acupuncture treatment for low back pain.... more MAGNUSSON and co-workers, Bollebygd's Primary Health Care Center, Bollebygd, Sweden, anna-lena.magnusson@vgregion.se, have conducted a randomized controlled clinical trial of acupuncture for allergic rhinitis.... more MCCARNEY and others, Department of Psychological Medicine, Imperial College London, Room 4.06, Paterson Centre, 20 South Wharf Road, London W2 1PD, have reviewed (46 references) acupuncture for chronic asthma.... more Issue 103 CHEN and others, Department of Nursing, China Medical University, Taichung, 404 Taiwan, Republic of China, describe the use of acupressure to improve gastrointestinal motility in women after transabdominal hysterectomy.... more MACPHERSON and colleagues, Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine, 296 Tadcaster Road, York YO24 1ET, UK, hugh@ftcm.org.uk, present an exploratory study on the experience of acupuncture patients with a focus on empathy, enablement, and outcome.... more Issue 101 NAPRIENKO and co-authors have reported on a trial of acupuncture in the treatment of chronic daily headache.... more PATERSON and BRITTEN, MRC Health Services Research Collaboration, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, c.paterson@bristol.ac.uk, have conducted research into acupuncture for chronic illness, combining qualitative and quantitat... more VICKERS and co-workers, Integrative Medicine Service, Biostatistics Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, NY, NY 10021, USA, vickersa@mskcc.org, have conducted a large randomized trial of acupuncture for chronic headache.... more WONDERLING and colleagues, Health Services Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, David.Wonderling@lshtm.ac.uk, have analyzed the cost-effectiveness of a randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for chronic headac... more Issue 100 LIU and co-workers, Ninth People's Hospital of Chengdu, Sechuan Province 610016, report on clinical observations of 31 cases of chronic bronchitis treated with Bufei Keli.... more MAA and colleagues, School of Nursing, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, have carried out a pilot study of acupuncture or acupressure and their effects on the quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive asthma.... more YU and colleagues, First Clinical Medical College, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, have conducted a clinical study on the effect of acupuncture on Behcet's disease.... more Issue 99 LU and ZHONG, Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Ganna Medical College, Jiangxi 341000, LWM421@tom.com, describe clinical observations on the treatment of diabetic foot with integrative Chinese and Western medicine.... more STREITBERGER and colleagues, Department of Anaesthesiology, Coordination Centre for Clinical Trials, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany, konrad_streitberger@med.uni-heidelberg.de, have conducted a trial of acupuncture versus placebo acupun... more WHITE and co-workers, Complementary Medicine Research Unit, Mail Point OPH, Royal South Hants Hospital, University of Southampton, Brintons Terrace, Southampton, UK, pjw1@soton,ac,uk, have asked the question whether the placebo needle is a valid and convin... more ZIJLSTRA and co-workers, Department of Anaesthesiology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Centre location, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, f.zijlstra@erasmusmc.nl, have reviewed (125 references) the anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture.
Abstract: Acupuncture has... more Issue 98 ALIMI and co-workers, Pain Management Unit, INSERM, U521, Villejuif, France, have conducted a randomized, single-blinded controlled trial of auricular acupuncture for cancer pain.... more KERR and co-workers, Rehabilitation Sciences Research Group, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, have conducted a trial of acupuncture in the management of chronic low back pain.... more Issue 97 BRINKHAUS and colleagues, Institut fuer Sozialmedizin, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsoekonomie, Klinikum Charite, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, benno.brinkhaus@charite.de, introduce the design of acupuncture trials in patients with chron... more MELCHART and others, Zentrum fuer naturheilkundliche Forschung, II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, TU Muenchen, Germany, similarly introduce the design of acupuncture trials in patients with migraine or tension headaches.... more Issue 95 CHEN and NICKEL, Trillium Medical Center, Acupuncture Foundation of Canada, Mississaauga, Ontario, Canada, have found that acupuncture ameliorates the symptoms in men with chronic prostate inflammation and chronic pelvic pain.... more Issue 92 ELORRIAGA and colleagues, Department of Anaesthesia, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, aelorriaga@sympatico.ca, have reviewed (16 references) the reporting of clinical details in trials of acupuncture for the treatment of migraine/headaches a... more GRABOWSKA et al., Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Thames Valley University, 32-38 Uxbridge Road, London W5 2BS, UK, christine.grabowska@tvu.ac.uk, have described the provision of acupuncture in a university health centre.... more SAMUELS, Shoresh Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, reviews (34 references) clinical efficacy of acupuncture for nausea.
Abstract: Nausea results from stimulation of the Chemoreceptor Trigger Zone (CTZ) and the Vomiting Centre in the brain. Conventional... more Issue 91 LACEY and co-workers, West Chester University, Sturzebecker Health Sciences Center, PA 19383, USA, have reviewed (81 references) the use of acupuncture for the treatment of obesity.
Abstract: The usefulness of acupuncture in obesity management has not b... more NORHEIM and FOENNEBOE, National Research Centre for Alternative Medicine University of Tromsoe, Tromsoe, Norway, arne_norheim@hotmail.com, have conducted a survey of attitudes to the contribution of placebo in acupuncture.... more | Issue 91 cont'd SMITH and CROWTHER, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia, caroline.anne.smith@adelaide.edu.au, report on the placebo response in a trial of acupuncture for nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy.... more Issue 88 AHADIAN, Center for Pain and Palliative Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0924, USA, fahadian@ucsd.edu, describes acupuncture in pain medicine as an integrated approach to the management of refractory pain. The acupuncture nomen... more CHANG and colleagues, The Institute of East-West Medicine, New York, NY 10021, USA, review (69 references) the role of acupuncture in the treatment of female infertility.... more POURESMAIL and IBRAHIMZADEH, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran, describe the effects of acupressure and ibuprofen on the severity of primary dysmenorrhoea.... more WONG and co-workers, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, present a clinical trial of acupuncture for patients with spinal cord injuries.... more Issue 87 WHITE and colleagues, University of Southampton, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton, U.K., review (81 references) literature reviews of acupuncture for chronic neck pain to show pitfalls in conducting systematic reviews.... more XUE and co-workers, The Chinese Medicine Unit, RMIT University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, charlie.xue@rmit.edu.au, investigated the effect of acupuncture on seasonal allergic rhinitis in a randomized controlled clinical trial.... more ZHU and POLUS, Betta Health Medical Center, Chinese Medicine Unit, Chadstone, Victoria, Australia, annzhu29@hotmail.com, conducted a controlled trial of acupuncture for chronic neck pain.... more Issue 86 SZE and colleagues, Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Shatin Hospital, N.T. Hong Kong, fkhsze@hotmail.com conducted a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of acupuncture in motor recovery after stroke .... more TARGINO et al., Division of Physical Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Ave. Giovanni Gronchi, 1106 Sao Paulo, Brazil, ucklrsu@ucl.ac.uk, review (36 references) acupuncture treatment for pain i... more Issue 85 BIER and co-workers, I.B. Scientific, LLC, 1 Griffith Drive, Durham, NH 03824, USA, drbier@ibscientific.com, examined auricular acupuncture, education, and smoking cessation .... more FREEDMAN, Jonathan.Freedman@gp-e82060.nhs.uk, carried out an audit of 500 acupuncture patients in general practice .... more GALLAGHER et al., Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721—0068, USA, investigate the six-months relapse rate among women treated with acupuncture for depression.... more Issue 84 KAM and co-workers performed an audit of the effectiveness of acupuncture for musculoskeletal pain in primary health care.... more MACPHERSON and colleagues, hugh@ftcm.org.uk, have published the STRICTA recommendations, the ST andards for R eporting I nterventions in C ontrolled T rials of A cupuncture.... more Issue 83 ALRAEK and BAERHEIM, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway E:, terje.alrek@isf.uib.no, describe health changes experienced by women after acupuncture treatment for recurrent cystitis .... more CECCHERELLI et al., Observatory on Unconventional Medicine, Anesthesiological Unit of the Department of Pharmacology and Anesthesiology, University of Padova, Italy, E: istaneri@uxl.unipd.it, compared deep and superficial acupuncture in the treatment of l... more WANG and KAIN, Department of Anaesthesiology, Pediatrics and Child Adolescent Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8051, USA, E: shu-ming@yale.edu, report that P6 acupuncture injections are as effective as droperidol... more Issue 82 WHITE and coworkers, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK, a.r.white@ex.ac.uk, took part in the development of an information leaflet on acupuncture .... more Issue 81 DONG and colleagues, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, hong.g.dong@hcuge.ch, explored the effects of acupuncture on the quality of life, menopausal symptoms and reproductive hormone levels in meno... more FILSHIE, of the Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK, jacqueline.filshie@btinternet.com, reviewed (19 references) the use and safety of acupuncture in patients with cancer .... more MACPHERSON and colleagues, Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine, York, UK, hugh@ftcm.org.uk, conducted a survey of professional acupuncturists to obtain information on the type and frequency of adverse events and transient reactions reported followi... more Issue 77 FINK and colleagues, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, m.g.fink@gmx.de, tested the viability of a placebo needle designed for use as a 'control' treatment in acupuncture research .... more RABL and colleagues, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Vienna, Austria, michaela.rabl@akh-wien.ac.at, evaluated the effectiveness of acupuncture given at term to pregnant women to help induce labour and thus reduce the need for post-te... more Issue 75 SZE and colleagues, Department of Medicine, Shatin Hospital, Hong Kong, fkhsze@hotmail.com, carried out a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial to examine whether acupuncture might provide additional benefits over standard post-stroke motor re... more Issue 73 WASHIO and colleagues, Department of Preventive Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan evaluated the effects of acupuncture therapy on low back pain and/or knee pain in elderly patients.... more Issue 71 MACPHERSON and colleagues, Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine, York YO24 4EY, Medical Care Research Unit, University of Sheffield, and Sheffield Health Economics Group, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 4... more Issue 68 KALAUOKALANI and colleagues, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington State University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA, investigated the variability in diagnosis and treatment patterns of acupuncturists evaluating the same patient.... more SHANG, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303-3033, USA, cshang9@yahoo.com, reviewed (90 references) evidence and theories on cellular growth control mechanisms and their possible relationship to acupuncture points .... more Issue 67 KERR and colleagues, Rehabilitation Sciences Research Group, School of Health Sciences, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, have studied the use of acupuncture in physiotherapy .... more MATSUMOTO and TERASAWA, Department of Geriatric Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Meiji University of Oriental Medicine, Japan examined the effect of acupuncture and moxibustion on the quality of life of 35 elderly subjects .... more Issue 66 JOHANSSON and colleagues, Department of Neurology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden investigated the effects of acupuncture and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on functional outcome and quality of life after stroke .... more PHILLIPS and SKELTON, Department of Administrative and Clinical Nursing, College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, USA aimed to explore sleep quality in HIV disease, test the relationship between pain and sleep quality, and test the effectiveness o... more Issue 62 SPROTT and colleagues, Rheumaklinik und Institut fur Physikalische Medizin, Universitatsspital Zurich, Switzerland. ruzsph@ruz.unizh.ch investigated microcirculatory changes over the tender points in fibromyalgia patients after acupuncture therapy.... more Issue 61 Beal and Nield-Anderson, Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, CT, USA investigated acupuncture for symptom relief in HIV-positive adults .... more FINK, KUNSEBECK and WIPPERMANN, Abteilung Physikalische Medizin und Rehabilitation Med. Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany examined the effectiveness of needle acupuncture in reducing the symptoms of osteoarthritis of the hip .... more Issue 58 EZZO and colleagues, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Kernan Hospital Mansion, 220 Kernan Drive, Baltimore, MD 21207-6697, USA reviewed the effectiveness of acupuncture for the treatment of chronic pain.... more Issue 55 EICH and colleagues, Klinik fur Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, am Evangelischen Krankenhaus Gelsenkirchen Universitatsklinik der Ruhr-Universitat Bochum studied the effects of acupuncture for patients with minor depression and generalized anxiety.... more KEMPER and colleagues, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and the Center for Holistic Pediatric Education and Research, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 USA. kemper_k@al.tch.harvard.edu set out to describe paediatric pain pat... more LEE, Department of Anaesthesia, National University Hospital, Singapore. analeetl@nus.edu.sg reviewed the literature (35 references) to assess whether acupuncture is an effective treatment for chronic pain.<br>... more PARK, WHITE and ERNST, Department of Complementary Medicine, School of Postgraduate Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, UK. J.B. Park@exeter.ac.uk summarized and critically reviewed all randomized controlled trials regarding the effica... more Issue 51 COCILOVO, Acupuncture Clinic of Prescott, AZ 86305 USA. cocilovo@futureone.com writes that light therapy has a long history dating from ancient Egypt to the contemporary treatment of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) .... more CROKE and BOURNE, Institute for Esogetic Colorpuncture and Energy Emission Analysis (IECEEA), Boulder, Colorado 80302 USA review recent research conducted in Europe evaluating the efficacy of Peter Mandel’s Esogetic Colorpuncture Therapy (CT) .... more GAO and colleagues, Heilongjiang Academy of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, People’s Republic of China write that according to Chinese medicine, the differential diagnosis of migraine headache may be classified based upon the state of the viscera, channels... more WALTON-HADLOCK, Parkinson’s Recovery Project, Santa Cruz, California 95060 USA discusses the hypothesis based upon an acupuncture channel theory regarding the cause of Parkinson’s disease (PD) .... more Issue 49 YONG and colleagues, Acupuncture Research Clinic (ARC), AngMo Kio Community Hospital, Singapore report their initial experience with acupuncture treatment at their Acupuncture Research Clinic.... more GILES and MULLER, National Unit for Multidisciplinary Studies of Spinal Pain, Townsville General Hospital, Queensland, Australia compared needle acupuncture, drug medication and spinal manipulation for the management of chronic spinal pain .... more Issue 46 LEAKE and BRODERICK, Department of Psychology at the State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook USA review the current licensure and certification standards for the practice of acupuncture in the United States .... more NEUMEISTER and colleagues, Abteilung fur Pneumologie, Allergologie und Schlafmedizin, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken Bergmannsheil-Universitatsklinik, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany conducted a prospective, randomised and placebo-controlled pilot st... more BULLOCK and colleagues, Center for Addiction and Alternative Medicine Research, Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, and the University of Minnesota, School of Medicine, Minneapolis 55415 USA MLBULL@SPRINTMAIL.COM write that musculoskele... more CREAMER and colleagues, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore USA write that although acupuncture has been found to be beneficial in the treatment of patients with knee osteoarthritis, respon... more YAMASHITA and colleagues, Tsukuba College of Technology Clinic, Tsukuba City, Japan. Yamashsita@k.tsukuba-tech.ac.jp write that many of the frequently reported adverse effects of acupuncture are serious and severe, including pneumothorax, infection, spinal... more Issue 39 ABUAISHA and colleagues, Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, University of Manchester, UK studied the use of acupuncture to determine its efficacy for pain relief for peripheral diabetic neuropathy .... more ROSTED, Sheffield University, UK conducted a review of the literature regarding the efficacy of acupuncture in dentistry.... more Issue 38 HELMS, Office of Continuing Medical Education, University of California- Los Angeles School of Medicine USA describes the theoretical structure and clinical value of the emerging discipline of medical acupuncture, the approach most commonly integrated by p... more ZHEREBKIN, Eastern Europe, conducted a randomised controlled clinical trial to study the efficacy of the multi-modality treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) involving acupuncture (A) treatment .... more Issue 34 AUNE and colleagues, Bryggen Medisinske Senter, Bergen, Norway, studied whether acupuncture is effective for recurrent lower urinary tract infection (UTI).... more CASSIDY writes that Chinese medicine is growing in popularity, offering an important alternative of complementary approach to health-care, but that little is known of users or their reason for using it . The author reports on the first in-depth, large surv... more FURUGARD and colleagues, Norrlands Universitetssjukhus, Umea Norway studied the therapeutic effects of acupuncture upon tinnitus.... more KJENDAHL and colleagues, Sunnaas Sykehus, Nesoddtangen, Norway had previously reported in 1995 that acupuncture treatment for stroke patients in the subacute stage was therapeutic . The present study investigated whether acupuncture treatment continued to... more |
