Acupuncture Effective at Reducing Vomiting in Children Receiving Tonsillectomy or Adenoidectomy
Acupunct Med. 2010 Dec 18.
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Electro-Acupuncture for PCOS
PCOS is one of the most common causes of infertility. Besides lifestyle treatments such as diet changes and exercise there is little medicine has to offer because it is usually treated with hormones. For many women the side effects of these hormones can be worse than the PCOS! […]
Recurrent Pregnancy Loss (RPL) and Miscarriage
The definition of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss is three or more miscarriages prior to 20 weeks gestation. However even one miscarriage takes it emotional toll. Even though the statistical chances of carrying a baby to term are much more favorable than having another miscarriage it is probably better to take the […]
Healthy Uterine Lining, Acupuncture & Pregnancy
A recent study showed that uterine lining health may be more important than egg quality in creating a healthy birth weight baby and carrying to term. (Click here for the Time article about this published research). This was a large study out of Baylor that reviewed over 300,000 IVF cycles […]
Stimulation of Acupuncture Point Improves Gait in Elderly
Below is the abstract of a recent research article that stimulating a certain acupuncture point GB-34 known as “Yang Ling Quan” (translated loosely to Yang Mound Spring) helped improve gait in the elderly. It was a randomized control trial which is what makes it a bit more interesting. Stimulating one […]