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Some clever people can be really ... well, a bit dim. The Voice of Young Science organised a demonstration on September 8th at Whitehall in London to protest against proposals for a registration scheme for practitioners of traditional medicine (Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine and other Traditional Medicine Systems). They've come up with the hilarious idea of issuing "Dip ...

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Swiss clinicians have found that acupuncture can improve visual function and quality of life for nystagmus patients ...

A German trial compared 'true' acupuncture, sham acupuncture and no acupuncture in 270 female patients suffering from episodic or chronic tension-type headache. The acupuncture protocol, which was carried out at 28 different clinics, was developed through consultation with various German acupuncture experts and societies and delivered by practitioners with a median of 500 hours training and 10 yea ...

An Israeli research team has found that acupuncture may be able to help clear persistent warts by creating an anti-inflammatory immune response ...

In a small Brazilian study, 19 male patients with sperm abnormalities (sperm count, motility and morphology) were randomly assigned to receive true (treatment group) or sham (control group) acupuncture and moxibustion treatment. The treatment group were needled at Qichong ST-30, Taixi KID-3, Zusanli ST-36, Hegu L.I.-4, Sanyinjiao SP-6, Gongsun SP-4, Taichong LIV-3 and Neiguan P-6 (with deqi), and ...

Moxibustion should be considered as an adjunctive therapy to improve lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) associated with benign prostate enlargement (BPE) ...

Electro-acupuncture can significantly reduce postoperative pain and narcotic usage following percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) for renal calculi ...

Six months of acupuncture treatment is associated with an improvement in insulin sensitivity in both normal-weight and obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) ...

Acupuncture is comparable to drug treatment for reducing urinary frequency in patients with overactive bladder ...