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Research Archive
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Electro-acupuncture and sham both outperform usual care for pain from cancer drug
Categories: Cancer
American researchers have found that acupuncture produces clinically important and durable improvement in arthralgia in breast cancer patients receiving aromatase inhibitors (AIs).
Acupuncture and self-care effective for low back pain
Categories: Back
A British research team has found that combining acupuncture with self-care is particularly effective in reducing the symptoms of low back pain.
Acupuncture may favourably influence pain by improving self-perception
Categories: Back
The findings of a small Australian study suggest that the specific effect of acupuncture may depend not on the precise location of the needles, but rather on the fact that they draw the patient’s attention to the area being needled.
Individualised acupuncture is not better than standardised acupuncture for back pain
Categories: Back
An RCT carried out in Germany has found that individualised acupuncture is not superior to standardised acupuncture for treating patients suffering from chronic low back pain.
Acupuncture better than drugs for insomnia
Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders
A Chinese study suggests that acupuncture compares favourably with benzodiazepine drugs for improving sleep quality and daytime functioning in insomnia patients. A total of 180 patients with primary insomnia were randomly assigned to one of three groups. The verum group received verum acupuncture and a placebo drug; the estazolam group received the drug estazolam and sham acupuncture; and the sham ...
Acupuncture reduces anxiety and improves memory
Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders, Psychological / emotional
Acupuncture can improve memory and reduce anxiety, according to a study from China. Ninety undergraduate university students were assessed for state and trait anxiety before either receiving acupuncture or lying on a treatment table for 20 minutes without needle insertion. All participants then completed the state anxiety (SA) questionnaire again, after which they undertook a computerised test of ...
Acupuncture helps with chronic pain in urban primary care
According to American researchers, weekly acupuncture is associated with improvements in pain and quality of life when used as an adjunct to usual treatment for chronic pain in urban health centres.
Acupuncture is useful and cost-effective for asthma
Categories: Respiratory disorders
A large randomised study carried out in Germany has found that acupuncture is a useful and cost-effective add-on treatment for asthma patients.
Adding acupuncture or counselling hastens improvement in depression
Categories: Psychological / emotional
Adding either acupuncture or counselling to usual care can hasten improvement in patients with persistent depression according to a large UK-based study.
Tai chi can reshape the brain
Categories: Psychological / emotional, Tai chi
Chinese scientists report that long-term tai chi practice can induce regional structural changes in practitioners
Tai chi is a more effective 'antioxidant' than walking
Categories: Tai chi
A Mexican research team reports that practising tai chi produces a greater antioxidant effect in the body than walking. The researchers carried out a quasi-experimental study of 106 healthy older adults (60 and 74 years of age) who were divided into a control group, a walking group and a tai chi group. Levels of oxidative stress and lipid markers were measured in participants’ blood before a ...
Tai chi for knee osteoarthritis
A systematic review by Danish authors has found moderate evidence for short-term improvement of pain, physical function and stiffness in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee who practice tai chi. Five RCTs with a total of 252 patients were included. Analysis showed moderate overall evidence of short-term effectiveness for pain, physical function and stiffness. Strong evidence was found for sho ...
Tai chi decreases numbers of inflammatory cells in the blood
Categories: Tai chi
One hour of tai chi practice can decrease the numbers of pro-inflammatory lymphocytes circulating in the blood stream, a US pilot study suggests. Healthy subjects were asked to perform tai chi for one hour. Four millilitres of peripheral blood was collected immediately prior and after one hour of practice. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were isolated and assessed for pro-inflammatory m ...
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 ...
Dietary compound kills cancer cells
Categories: Cancer, Diet research
Apigenin, a flavonoid found in fruits and vegetables, could be behind the anti-cancer effects of the Mediterranean diet, according to researchers from the USA. The compound, which is most abundant in chamomile tea, parsley and celery, was shown to be able to switch on the process of apoptosis (programmed cell death) in cultured breast cancer cells. The researchers also showed that apigenin binds w ...
Pain relief is correlated with belief
Categories: Acupuncture research
A Danish study has attempted to discern the contribution of specific and non-specific factors to acupuncture analgesia in patients undergoing dental surgery.
Not all placebos are created equal
Categories: Acupuncture research
The placebo effects of different therapies are not identical, and patients who respond to one type of placebo may not respond to others, according to research from the USA. In a crossover study, researchers tested the analgesic effects of four treatments on pain sensitivity in 48 healthy volunteers. The four treatments were placebo pills, sham acupuncture, verum electro-acupuncture and a no-treatm ...
Acupuncturists have different brains
Categories: Acupuncture research
Acupuncturists outperform non-acupuncturists (NA) in tests of behavioural skills associated with their profession and this is reflected in structural differences in their brains.
Better to miss the point than to miss the channel
Categories: Acupuncture research
Needling non-acupoints that lie on an acupuncture channel has a stronger effect on blood perfusion (BP) in the surrounding tissue than needling non-acupoints that do not line on a channel.
Cordyceps extract switches off inflammatory genes
Categories: Herb research
Cordycepin, one of the active components of the Chinese herb cordyceps (Dong Chong Xia Cao), reduces the production of inflammatory gene products in cultured human airway smooth muscle cells - the cells which contract during an asthma attack.
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