A person who has suffered any type of a stroke and survived certainly faces a long road to recovery. A recent study shows that Acupuncture can play an important role in helping such a patient along the road to physical repair, rehabilitation and a useful life. The study involving 23...
If you are one of the approximately 45 million people in the United States that suffers from a chronic headache condition, there is some very good news that may help eliminate the need to take medication. Researchers at Duke University Medical School have shown that Acupuncture is more effective than...
Scientists at the University of Rochester have taken a new step toward understanding how Acupuncture works at the molecular level to ease pain. In a paper published in Nature Neuroscience, a team at the University of Rochester Medical Center described how the molecule adenosine, a naturally-produced chemical compound found in...
As recently as twenty years ago, fibromyalgia was unrecognized. Clinical examinations often revealed no concrete findings. X-rays, blood tests, and muscle biopsies appeared normal, and therefore the symptoms seemed unexplained. Currently, a diagnosis is made by first ruling out other conditions that may mimic its symptoms such as hypothyroidism, lupus,...
When knee pain starts, the medical profession knows just what to do. Start by prescribing painkillers. If that doesn’t work, cut into the knee and remove part of it or maybe better yet, replace the whole knee with an artificial joint! Of course, all these methods of handling require heavy...
Acupuncture Helps Woman Overcome Early Menopause. Many devotees of Acupuncture attest to the therapy’s ability to alleviate pain of all kinds. But true believers often say it can heal physical problems as well as just bring pain relief. Rosana Bouzas of Sydney, Australia, suffered early menopause and was told by...
Scientists at the University of Rochester have taken a new step toward understanding how Acupuncture works at the molecular level to ease pain. In a paper published in Nature Neuroscience, a team at the University of Rochester Medical Center described how the molecule adenosine, a naturally-produced chemical compound found in...
