Acupuncture Eases Side Effects of Head, Neck Cancer Treatments
Acupuncture provides significant reductions in pain, dry mouth and shoulder dysfunction for patients after head or neck cancer surgery, according to a clinical study released ...

Study Shows Acupuncture Significantly Lowers Blood Pressure
A German study published in the June 2007 issue of Circulation found that acupuncture significantly lowers both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. The extent of ...

Acupuncture for a City
Acupuncture is not just for people anymore, it is also for the earth.  Artist, Adam Kuby, has taken Feng Shui to the next level by ...

Study Shows Acupuncture Works for Migraines
The latest study, published in the March, 2008 journal, Headache confirms that acupuncture significantly reduces migraines and works better that drugs alone.  The study, conducted ...

Acupuncture Helps Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Study Says
Acupuncture may help people with posttraumatic stress disorder according to a recent clinical trial. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can develop ...

Acupuncture Relieves Menstrual Pain, Study Finds
A recent German study published in the February, 2008 issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology confirms that acupuncture can relieve a woman ...

Acupuncture increases chances of success in IVF by 65%
Women undergoing IVF were 65 percent more likely to become pregnant when they combined the procedure with acupuncture, a recent study has shown. The remarkable ...

Chinese Medicine Doctor Saves Passengers on Flight with Emergency Acupuncture
“Is there a doctor on board?” Was the urgent plea for help from the pilot of a Boeing 747 on an Air China flight from ...

Happy Chinese New Year! 2008
Chinese Astrology- Year of the RAT. Sun Nien Fai Lok or Happy Chinese New Year! February 7th, 2008 will usher in the year of the ...

Acupuncturists Treat San Diego Fire Evacuees
Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego has been home to the National Football League’s Chargers, Major League Baseball’s Padres, concerts, car sales, and fireworks shows. But ...

Chemical Foundation of TCM Becomes Clearer
One of the greatest challenges to mainstream Western medicine’s acceptance of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been the contrast between the ancient principles and language ...

Acupuncture: Essential Part of IVF Success, Research Finds
Paul Magarelli, M.D., Ph.D., an infertility physician at the Reproductive Medicine & Fertility Center, and Diane Cridennda, L.Ac., an acupuncturist at East Winds, both centers ...

Acupuncture Very Effective in Treating Post-Surgery Pain
New research from Duke University Medical Center points to the positive impact that acupuncture has on reducing surgical patients’ postoperative pain, and their need for ...

New Lung Cancer Guidelines Point to Benefits of Acupuncture
Acupuncture is now officially recommended for lung cancer patients experiencing fatigue, dyspnea, chemotherapy-induced neuropathy, or to soothe symptoms of pain or nausea and vomiting.Evidence-based guidelines ...

Harvard Researchers Discover Genetic Link Between Limiting Calories, Longevity
While it is not news that restricting caloric intake prolongs life in many species — ranging from yeast to higher primates — what hasn’t been ...

“Newest” Tool in Global Fight Against Childhood Killer? Ginger
Could one of the most widely used herbs in cooking around the world be just the right medicine for one of the deadliest conditions children ...

Happy Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Day!
Mark your calendars!  October 24th is officially, Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Day. In an effort to increase public awareness of the progress, promise, and benefits ...

Acupuncture Helps with Fibromyalgia Symptoms
The June 2007 edition of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings reports on a study that found acupuncture helpful in treating the fatigue and anxiety commonly experienced ...

Acupuncture Helps Relieve Lower Back Pain
A British study published in September 2006 found that acupuncture showed the greatest benefit for patients who suffer pain in the lower back, and is ...

Hospitals Turning to TCM and Acupuncture, Other non-Western Treatments
According to a 2006 survey by the American Hospital Association (AHA), more than one out of every four hospitals in the U.S. now offer some ...

Research Analysis Finds TCM and Acupuncture Helpful in Relieving Breast Cancer Effects
For many women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, the use of traditional Chinese medicinal herbs — either alone or with chemotherapy — may help guard ...

Qi Gong a Powerful Stress Reliever, Health Boost During SARS Epidemic
A study of chronically ill people in Hong Kong during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak shows that those who practice Qi Gong, the ...

Chinese Herbs May Hold Keys to New Drugs
A major computer screening of traditional Chinese herbs found more than 62 percent of the 240 plants species studied contained chemical compounds that indicate possible ...

Electroacupuncture, Laser Therapy Relieve Arthritis Pain
A Norwegian research study has found that people with osteoarthritic knee pain may experience relief through electroacupuncture, low-level laser therapy, or electrical nerve stimulation.Dr. Jan ...

Healing in the Streets
When the City of Berkeley, Calif., was looking for ways to reduce aggressive panhandling by homeless people in the mid-1990s, the community got some much-needed ...

Acupuncture, Fertility Research Delivers Healthy Results
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been practiced for thousands of years. Amazingly, the first written gynecological records date back to the Shang dynasty (1500 BC- ...

Proposed bill H.R.1479 to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act
H.R.1479 to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of qualified acupuncturist services under part B of the Medicare Program ...

FDA Recall on Three Red Yeast Rice Products
FDA is warning consumers not to buy or eat three red yeast rice products promoted and sold on Web sites. The products, being promoted as ...

Red Yeast Rice (Hong Qu) - Chinese Herbal Medicine Fights Cholesterol
Red yeast rice (Hong Qu) is a substance made by fermenting a type of red yeast called Monascus purpureus over rice.The use of red yeast ...

Acupuncture Shows Promise in Treating Acid Reflux Disease
Although the cause of gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, is still unknown, there are treatments available on the market to help with the symptoms and ...

Tension Headaches Dramatically Reduced by Acupuncture
A randomized controlled trial in Germany found that acupuncture cut tension headache rates almost in half.Researchers divided 270 patients who reported similarly severe tension headaches ...

Acupuncture May Help Some Men with Infertility Problems
A study published in the July 2005 issue of the journal Fertility and Sterility found that acupuncture helped infertile men by apparently helping improve sperm ...

Chinese Herbs Reduce Post-Chemo Nausea
One of the most common side effects of chemotherapy, nausea, may be most effectively treated by traditional Chinese herbs, according to a recent ...

Acupuncture’s Brain Activity Noted
One of the main stumbling blocks to greater acceptance for acupuncture in the West is the lack of understanding of how it works. This began ...

British Program Aims to Use Acupuncture, Reiki to Help At-Risk Youth
The British Home Office is overseeing a £5 million program that treats children in deprived communities to acupuncture, reiki massage, and other therapeutic techniques in ...

Tai Chi Effective Addition to Immunity Against Shingles, New Study Finds
Older adults at risk of shingles may get as much immunity to the varicella-zoster virus (VCV) as the VCV vaccine provides by adding tai chi ...

Acupuncture-Massage Combination Helps After Cancer Surgery
The pain and depression symptoms that sometimes occur following cancer surgery can be eased by a combination of acupuncture and massage, according to ...

Acupuncture Shows Promise in Treating Children’s Allergies
In a small Hong Kong-based study, allergy sufferers between the ages of 6 and 19 showed clear evidence of improvement after being treated with acupuncture ...

Healing a Suffering Continent
The Pan-African Acupuncture Project trains health care workers in Africa to use acupuncture for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.Have you ever wondered if one person can ...

Lifting Chinese tiger trade ban threatened
WASHINGTON–Any easing of the current Chinese ban on trading products made from tigers is likely a death sentence for the endangered cats, according to a ...

Chinese Medicine and Endangered Wildlife
Healing SpeciesTCM practitioners are joining forces with governments and wildlife organizations to stop the trade in products made from endangered species.The growing popularity of traditional ...

Neck Pain Reduced by Acupuncture
A Norwegian study published in the June 2004 issue of Pain found that people who received acupuncture reported less pain three years later than people ...

Acupuncture Relieves Pelvic Pain During Pregnancy
A 2005 Swedish research study found that acupuncture, along with strengthening exercises, help relieve pain in the pelvic girdle for pregnant women and are effective ...

Cupping: How Gwyneth Paltrow Got Her Spots
Film star Gwyneth Paltrow caused quite a stir when she showed up at New York film premiere with round marks on her back from an ...

Acupuncture Effective in Treating Overactive Bladder
Approximately 17 percent of American men and women suffer from overactive bladder and spend an estimated $20 billion on products to manage the condition. But ...

Historic Points: Acupuncture Needles
Ever wonder where acupuncture needles came from, how they evolved, and how they’re used today? Here are some highlights from the history of these ancient ...

Acupuncturists Without Borders
After 16 months in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Acupuncturists Without Borders turns to new projects and places. Diana Fried, a licensed ...

Blood Pressure Lowered by Acupuncture
A 2005 study conducted at the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of California, Irvine found that acupuncture treatments that used low ...

Study Shows Acupuncture Reduces Frequency of Cancer Therapy Induced Male Hot Flashes
Hot flashes, a problem for about 80 percent of men being treated for prostate cancer with hormone therapy, were reduced in frequency and intensity by ...

Acupuncture: a Fertile Idea
Can acupuncture offer a natural fertility aid to couples struggling to get pregnant?  Just ask the McSheffertys.Remember that expression, “Only your hairdresser knows for sure”? ...

Acupuncture Association of Colorado - Acufinder.com Lists Members!
We are proud to announce the recent affiliation between the Acupuncture Association of Colorado and Acufinder.com. AAC members can now be found in the Acufinder.com ...

Chinese medicine interest threatens rare species
11/17/2006 - Britons are embracing traditional Chinese medicine and unwittingly fuelling a $10 billion illegal trade in the world's most endangered species, police said.The market ...

Actress Bo Derek and Assistant Secretary of the State Claudia McMurray to Address Wildlife Trafficking at Local College
10/12/2006 - According to researchers, on hundred years ago there were eight different kinds of tigers, with over 100,000 wild tigers in the world. Today ...

Study Finds Acupuncture Relieves Fibromyalgia
06/14/2006 - The traditional Chinese acupuncture could reduce the symptoms of a musculoskeletal disease that disables many people, a study released on Tuesday said.The disease ...

Chinese extract may yield diabetes treatment
06/10/2006 - A plant extract used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat type 2 diabetes could form the basis for new treatments for the disease ...

Acupuncture Boosts IVF Pregnancy Rates
Can Acupuncture Boost In Vitro Fertilization Pregnancy Rates?06/07/2006 - On TV's Sex in the City, when Charlotte had difficulty getting pregnant, she went to see ...

Beijing docs using herbs for heart diseases
5/26/2006 - DOCTORS in China are using herbal medicines for treating cardiovascular diseases, said Assoc. Prof. Dr Zhang Xu from the Nanjing University of Chinese ...

Patients benefit from multi-approach to pain relief
05/09/2006 - Stockholm - Patients often experience better pain relief when offered several different treatments while alternative pain relief methods like acupuncture may also offer ...

Miss. Medical Board Bars Ear Stapling
Weight Loss Ear Staple – Mississippi Medical Board shuts down Businesses offering Ear Stapling for Losing WeightThe state medical board of Mississippi ordered 14 weight ...

Acupuncture to Erase Wrinkles & Renew Youth.
Facial Rejuvenation (Cosmetic Acupuncture) to Erase Wrinkles & Renew Youth, Offers Benefits Over Chemicals or SurgeryThe newest way to replenish the skin, erase lines, and ...

Acupuncture Can Aid Fertility Treatments
Liz Bonis -- While many of those struggling with infertility often turn to high-tech treatments, some couples are getting help from the ancient art of ...

Acupuncture Shown to Relieve Pelvic Pregnancy Pain
ISLAMABAD: Acupuncture and exercise can help relieve pelvic pain during pregnancy, Swedish researchers said on Friday.About 30 percent of pregnant women suffer pelvic pain, usually ...

Walter Reed patients manage their pain through acupuncture
Col. Jeff Gambel admits that sometimes it’s tough to convince soldiers that the pain in their arms and legs can be eased by sticking needles ...

Cancer Center researchers find ginseng may improve breast cancer outcomes
Ginseng, one of the most widely used herbs in traditional Chinese medicine, may improve survival and quality of life after a diagnosis of breast cancer ...

Traditional food types offer guidance to alleviate allergic symptoms
Allergic rhinitis sufferers are often exhorted to eat fewer watermelons, oranges and tangerines – foods considered to be "cold" in traditional Chinese thought. Now, research ...

Kate Moss takes acupuncture to beat drugs
Supermodel Kate Moss is apparently undergoing acupuncture to help control her drug cravings, it was reported Thursday.Moss and her former boyfriend, Libertines frontman Pete Doherty ...

Herbal formula silences peanut allergy in mice
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treatment of peanut allergic mice with the Chinese herbal formula known as FAHF-2 completely blocks peanut-induced allergic reactions for up ...

Acupuncture appears to ease lower back pain
Acupuncture improves lower back pain, compared with no treatment, German researchers report. However, they found that a minimal intervention consisting of superficial needle placement at ...

Marine finds pain relief via acupuncture
TWIN FALLS -- The Marine has found some pain relief through an alternative form of medicine.Acupuncture.Marine Cpl. Travis Greene had an acupuncture treatment Monday morning."He ...

California Bill Requires more Training
California acupuncturists are aiming their needles at doctors.Backed by an East Bay assemblywoman, acupuncturists are pushing new legislation to bar doctors from the field unless ...

40% of bear gallbladders smuggled
More than 40 percent of bear gallbladders, a common ingredient in Chinese medicines, are likely smuggled, according to research conducted by the Japan Wildlife Conservation ...

Michigan legislates Acupuncture
New Law on AcupunctureThe first ever acupuncture law is now on the books in Michigan. Governor Granholm signed the law that recognizes practitioners of acupuncture ...

Acupuncture Equals Drug Treatment for Migraine
ESSEN, Germany - With acupuncture for migraine, apparently it's the needles that make the point.Acupuncture for migraine patients proved as effective as standard drug therapy ...

Students offered acupuncture for pre-exam nerves
This needle won't hurt and you should feel a lot calmer before you sit your exam ...The 900 children at Stanchester Community School are the ...

Acupuncture for overactive bladder
In people with an overactive bladder, the layered muscle that surrounds the bladder, called the detrusor muscle, contracts spastically, which results in sustained bladder pressure ...

Sham Acupuncture More Effective Than Sugar Pill
BOSTON, Feb. 2 - In a dual between two placebos for treating self-reported arm pain, the better placebo emerged victorious, Harvard researchers have found. They ...

Chinese medicine for sperm abnormalities
Bioscientists from the University of Kent have called for clinical trials to further investigate how traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) may have a positive effect on ...

Acupuncture has a measurable effect on the brain
The treatment of aches and pains through the ancient Chinese medicine, commonly known as acupuncture, has always been doubted by the scientists, as to whether ...

Chinese Herbal Medicine May Increase Effectiveness of Lung Cancer Chemotherapy
A combined analysis of 34 studies suggests that Astragalus-based Chinese herbal medicine may increase the effectiveness of platinum-based chemotherapy regimens for advanced non-small cell lung ...

Acupuncture & the Military
Acupuncture & the MilitaryWTOP - Washington,D.C.,USA Studies show about 50 percent of Americans have tried alternative medicine like acupuncture. So the man who pioneered acupuncture ...

Acupuncture for cancer patients
Some cancer patients experience side effects that can interfere with their lives, from the disease or from the treatment. More and more cancer patients are ...

Lose weight, with acupuncture
Tampa, Florida -- New Year's resolutions often go by the wayside even before February.But for those who are hoping to get rid of those pounds ...

How does acupuncture ease the pain?
Dr. Helene Langevin is confident that acupuncture can heal the body in ways yet undiscovered.                Acupuncture is shown in scientific studies to ...

Pets On Pins And Needles
(CBS) Acupuncture has been used on humans for thousands of years for everything from relieving pain to quitting smoking. But The Early Show's resident veterinarian ...

Acupuncture May Help With Hot Flashes
The following report by medical editor Marilyn Brooks first aired Dec. 22, 2005, on Channel 4 Action News at 5 p.m.Hormone replacement therapy has been ...

Acupuncture can help women battle PMS
An NBC affiliate in North Texas reports on the growing number of women who are seeking relief from pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) through acupuncture sessions. ...

Coca-Cola partners with Chinese academy of traditional medicine
The Coca-Cola Company has signed a 15-year collaborative agreement with the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CATCM) during the academy's 50th anniversary celebration in ...

Diabetes study confirms success of acupuncture treatment
Dubai Wellbeing Center conducted a small study of diabetes in the United Arab Emirates and found that acupuncture was a successful treatment for the disease.Summary: ...

Acupuncture Regulation in Canada
Traditional Chinese medical practice to be standardizedHealth minister George Smitherman has tabled legislation to make traditional Chinese medicine a fully regulated health profession in Ontario.Known ...

Doctors Study Acupuncture To Induce Labor
American doctors are studying an ancient practice to help needle a woman into labor. Eastern cultures have used acupuncture for centuries. Now, researchers at the ...

Acupuncturist helps out Katrina victims
Penny Warren Todd of Crofton Acupuncture & Wellness Center has just returned from a week in New Orleans as part of the "Acupuncturists Without Borders ...

Acupuncture can relieve arthritis pain
Acupuncture can reduce pain and improve mobility in arthritis patients by 40 per cent, scientists say. They announced the finding after conducting one of the ...

Ancient herbal medicine boosts influenza arsenal
Slurp up a bowl of noodles at Pho Republique, a hip Asian fusion restaurant in Boston's South End, and you'll get a taste of the ...

Traditional Chinese medicine gains popularity worldwide
BEIJING, Nov. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- Traditional Chinese medicine has been accepted by more than 120 countries and regions in the world, according to a conference ...

Using Acupuncture In Heart Patients
For thousands of years, the Chinese have used acupuncture to treat many conditions. Now, doctors are studying acupuncture to see how it helps people who ...

NSW considers regulating Chinese medicine
New South Wales Health Minister John Hatzistergos is considering a proposal to force practitioners of Chinese medicine to become officially registered in the state, after ...

Chinese herbs emphasize prevention over cure
Herbs have been used in Chinese medicine for hundreds of years. The Chinese adopt a holistic approach to treatment that emphasizes prevention over cure. And ...

Acupuncture For Child Labor
There may be a new way to jumpstart the labor process without drugs, Local 4 reported. Researchers at the University of North Carolina are testing ...