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Research Archive
Welcome to our Chinese medicine and acupuncture research news pages. We add to the content of these pages continuously as more research news comes in. Browse through the complete archive below or use the category links on the right.
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Tuina effective in children with enuresis
Categories: Babies & children / paediatrics, Lifestyle research
Tuina, either alone or combined with other traditional Chinese medical (TCM) treatments can improve clinical outcomes in children with enuresis ...
Quick electro-acupuncture treatments beneficial for weight loss
Short-duration electro-acupuncture (EA) can reduce weight, BMI and other obesity parameters as well as improve metabolic biochemistry in obese women, report researchers from Thailand ...
Acupuncture facilitates change in health behaviours
Findings from a study by a team of UK researchers suggest that behaviour change work is a significant part of traditional acupuncture practice ...
Lifestyle advice is an important part of acupuncture treatment for neck pain
Categories: Neck, Lifestyle research
Acupuncture-related lifestyle advice helps patients with chronic neck pain improve the way they care for themselves and is associated with reductions in pain and disability ...
Singing in a choir benefits the immune system
Categories: Lifestyle research
Singing in a choir can reduce stress, improve mood and boost levels of immune proteins in people affected by cancer, suggests a study carried out in Wales ...
Group drumming improves mental health
Categories: Lifestyle research
A UK study has found that group drumming produces significant changes in well-being, including improvements in depression, anxiety and social resilience ...
Forest walking provides measurable benefits in patients with high blood pressure
Categories: Lifestyle research
A brief walk in the forest can elicit physiological and psychological relaxation effects in hypertensive middle-aged individuals, according to Japanese researchers ...
Acupuncture is a hit with oldest professional baseball player
Categories: Lifestyle research
Baseball’s oldest major league player credits acupuncture as the secret of his longevity in the game ...
Healthy lifestyle reverses cellular ageing
Categories: Lifestyle research, Diet research
A five-year pilot study has shown that a comprehensive lifestyle intervention package may help reverse aging processes at a cellular level.
Healthy lifestyle lengthens life
Categories: Lifestyle research, Diet research
A 30-year long study has found that men with healthy lifestyles enjoy increased disease-free survival and reduced cognitive impairment as they age.
Meditation boosts genes that promote good health
Categories: Lifestyle research
Meditation boosts the activity of genes involved in several processes beneficial to health, American scientists report. The investigators analysed the gene profiles of 26 volunteers, none of whom regularly meditated, before teaching them a 10 to 20 minute meditation routine involving reciting words, breathing exercises and attempting to exclude everyday thoughts. After eight weeks of performing th ...
Mindfulness can ease inflammation
Categories: Qigong, Lifestyle research
People with chronic inflammatory conditions - such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease - which are made worse by stress could benefit from practicing mindfulness meditation, according to a study by US scientists. The new study was designed to pinpoint the benefits specifically due to mindfulness meditation practice, by controlling for the effect of other therapeutic mechanisms, ...
Poor oral hygiene linked with cancer
Categories: Cancer, Lifestyle research
A study from Scandinavia has found a direct link between poor oral hygiene and cancer. People with the highest amount of dental plaque were nearly twice as likely to have cancer; in women, it was most likely to be breast cancer.
Exercise protects against brain shrinkage
Categories: Lifestyle research
Remaining physically active in old age may help prevent the brain from shrinking, a process which has been linked to declining cognitive function. Scottish researchers, who followed a longitudinal cohort of 691 people, starting at age 70, found that physical exercise not only protected against such age-related brain changes, but also had more a more pronounced effect than mentally and socially sti ...
Reactions to today's stress predict future health
Categories: Lifestyle research
Contrary to popular perception, stressors don't cause health problems. It is how people react to stressors that determines whether they will suffer negative health consequences, according to American investigators.
Mental and physical activities delay cognitive decline in seniors
Categories: Tai chi, Lifestyle research
Hong Kong researchers have found that taking part in mental and physical activities can delay cognitive decline in seniors with dementia.
Mental and physical activities delay cognitive decline in seniors
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Lifestyle research
Hong Kong researchers have found that taking part in mental and physical activities can delay cognitive decline in seniors with dementia.
Tai chi prevents more falls than physical therapy
Categories: Tai chi, Lifestyle research
Tai chi provides greater fall-prevention benefits than conventional physical therapy exercises for frail seniors, according to a Canadian study.
Breast cancer tissue contains parabens
Categories: Cancer, Lifestyle research
A study from the UK has found that breast tissue samples from women who underwent mastectomies for breast cancer contained traces of parabens (p-hydroxybenzoic acid), preservatives commonly used in deodorants, body lotions and other cosmetic products ...
BPA associated with obesity, insulin resistance and heart disease
A high urinary concentration of the endocrine disruptor bisphenol A (BPA) has been positively associated with obesity and insulin resistance in older Chinese adults.