Research Archive
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A Canadian pilot study has tested the feasibility and potential efficacy of auricular acupuncture for the treatment of repetitive self-injurious behaviour (SIB) in depressed adolescents. In addition to providing relief of...
Acupressure at Yintang (M-HN-3) has been found to reduce preprocedural anxiety in children undergoing endoscopic examination. In the American study, fifty-two children were randomised to receive an acupressure bead placed either...
Korean researchers have found that acupuncture benefits post-stroke-onset insomnia by reducing sympathetic nervous system hyperactivity. Fifty-two hospitalised stroke patients with insomnia were randomly assigned to either real...
Electroacupuncture appears to provide improvement in symptoms, including a reduction in auditory hallucinations, for schizophrenic patients. Sixty schizophrenics, who were partially responsive or non-responsive to treatment with...
Adding acupuncture to medical treatment for depression can reduce the amount of drugs needed to treat the condition and therefore reduce the side-effects of medication. In a Chinese randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled study...
Acupuncture stimulation may help improve language and social functioning in children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) according to a study carried out in Hong Kong. Thirty-two children with ASD were randomly assigned to...
Hong Kong researchers have carried out a pilot study suggesting that acupuncture is beneficial in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) that is refractory to pharmacological and cognitive-behavioural therapy....
Imbalance between Type one (Th1) and Type two (Th2) helper T-cell functions and the resulting increase in inflammatory response have been implicated in major depression. A study by Canadian scientists has investigated the...
Acupuncture appears to be effective in the treatment of insomnia according to a systematic review and meta-analysis carried out by Chinese authors. Forty-six randomised trials involving 3811 patients were included and the...
A Korean systematic review of studies examining the use of acupuncture in treating the symptoms of schizophrenia has provided some evidence for its effectiveness. Thirteen randomised clinical trials (RCTs) met the inclusion...