A recent study I saw on the Harvard Medical School website gave some kudos to the immune modulating effect of acupuncture and how it can quiet a cytokine storm in mice. The article provides detailed western neuroimmunological evidence on potential mechanisms of action. It is interesting for many to understand […]
A meta-analysis of previously published acupuncture research articles has concluded that acupuncture is effective for a number of chronic pain conditions. The new meta-analysis incorporated data from 20,827 patients over 39 acupuncture trials. In four of every five RCTs, patients underwent between six and fifteen acupuncture sessions. The majority of […]
The “Paulus” study from 2002 demonstrated that acupuncture performed in the IVF clinic before and after an embryo transfer increased pregnancy rates. There have been many attempts to recreate the “Paulus” protocol around embryo transfer using the same or similar acupuncture points. Some were able to reproduce and some failed. […]
Acupuncture For Stroke: A Brief Intro Acupuncture as a healing mechanism has been used for thousands of years by the Chinese, and more recently, all around the world. Acupuncture’s potential benefits have been used to treat ailments such as chronic pain resulting from a wide variety of ailments, sleeping patterns, […]
Acupuncture for Bladder Incontinence According to the American College of Physicians approximately half of women ages 40 to 60 experience bladder leaks, or urinary incontinence. As with many chronic conditions conventional medicine does not offer many suitable answers without unwanted side effects. According to the ACP approximately $19.5 billion […]
