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- 1From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 128)Women undergoing mastectomy who receive transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) before surgery report less chronic pain six months later, according to Chinese investigators. They randomised 576 patients...
- 2From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 128)Humans are living longer than ever before, but increasingly burdened by age related and lifestyle diseases. By the year 2030, twenty per cent of the United States population will be over the age of sixty-five. The...
- 3From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 128)Evidence based medicine is the prevailing paradigm of modern healthcare. However, practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) vary significantly in their ability to appraise and understand modern research. Part 2...
- 4From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 128)Moxibustion can significantly relieve pain and improve quality of life in migraine without aura (MO) patients, according to a Chinese research study. Sixty MO patients were assigned to either a treatment or a control...
- 5From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 128)A Chinese medicine (CM) based rehabilitation programme involving acupuncture, herbal medicine and qigong can out-perform conventional pain management for patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA). In a Chinese study, a...
- 6From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 128)Both tai chi and Iyengar yoga are good choices for improving strength, balance and confidence in older adults. A total of 48 healthy participants aged over 60 were divided into a tai chi group, an Iyengar yoga group and...
- 7From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 128)Chinese clinicians report that acupuncture can durably improve symptoms of chronic prostatitis/ chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/ CPPS). A total of 440 men with moderate to severe CP/CPPS underwent 20 sessions of either...
- 8From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 128)Understanding and Treating Hot Flashes in Menopause with Chinese Medicine Brian Grosam Singing Dragon, softback, [pounds sterling]35.00 Hot flashes (or flushes as we also call them in the UK) have in recent years...
- 9From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 128)Acupuncture combined with antidepressants can significantly improve anxiety compared with drug treatment alone, report Iranian researchers. One-hundred and twelve patients with anxiety were randomised to receive...
- 10From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 128)Acupuncture can be a safe alternative to conventional drug therapy for the treatment of migraine, concludes a systematic review by Chinese authors. Meta-analysis of 15 randomised controlled trials involving 2847...
- 11From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 128)Chinese herbal medicines with traditional actions described as 'detoxifying and blood-activating' can reduce attack frequency and relieve the symptoms of unstable angina, according to Chinese researchers. A total of 144...
- 12From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 128)Auricular acupressure can mitigate some of the negative impact of occupational stressors on frontline healthcare workers. American researchers carried out a randomised trial in 117 staff working at a paediatric trauma...
- 13From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 128)The Chinese herbal formula Tian Wang Bu Xin granules (TWBXG) can help to rectify disturbances in the intestinal microflora that are associated with perimenopausal insomnia (PI), report Chinese investigators. Subjects in...
- 14From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 128)Chinese clinicians have used four-dimensional ultrasound to observe changes in postpartum pelvic floor structure after acupuncture treatment. Eighty patients diagnosed with postpartum female pelvic floor dysfunction...
- 15From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 128)Acupuncture can be a safe and effective treatment for post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI), according to a systematic review by Chinese authors. A total of 28 trials with 2144 participants were included in their...
- 16From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 128)The human face is unique in its ability to display our emotions, desires and intentions, as well as provide a diagnostic window into our health. Acupuncturists are able to use the face as a diagnostic tool to understand...
- 17From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 128)Acupuncture can increase levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in cancer survivors with insomnia and low baseline BDNF, according to a team of researchers from the USA and Canada. A randomised clinical trial...
- 18From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 128)Acupuncture is an acceptable and well-tolerated treatment for endometriosis-related chronic pelvic pain, and may reduce pain and improve quality of life. In a feasibility study carried out by Australian clinicians, 29...
- 19From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 128)This article presents a translation of two passages on acupuncture excerpted from Yixue Yuanliulun ([phrase omitted], On the Origins and Development of Medicine, 1764) by the Qing dynasty physician Xu Dachun (1693-1771)....
- 20From:The Journal of Chinese Medicine (Issue 128)Suggestions regarding either treatment benefits (placebo) or adverse side effects (nocebo) did not affect pain intensity reported after acupuncture treatment for chronic low back pain (CLBP). In a randomised trial...