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Electro-acupuncture helps reduce carpal tunnel symptoms

Electro-acupuncture (EA) can reduce symptoms and improve function when added to nocturnal splinting for carpal tunnel syndrome ...

Acupuncture effective for resistant fibromyalgia

An eight-week course of acupuncture is effective for treating multiple physical and mental symptoms in patients with severe fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) ...

Acupuncture improves exercise tolerance and lung function in COPD

The positive effects of acupuncture on exertional dyspnoea in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are associated with improved oxygen utilisation during exercise. ...

Acupuncture helps ease breathing in COPD

According to a trial carried out in Japan, acupuncture is associated with clinically relevant improvements of dyspnoea on exertion (DOE) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Sixty-eight patients with COPD were randomised to either real or non-penetrating placebo acupuncture for 12 weeks, in addition to standard medication. A standardised acupuncture protocol was used (Zho ...

Acupuncture improves insulin sensitivity in diabetes

Preliminary Chinese research suggests that combining acupuncture with metformin treatment may be more effective than metformin alone for improving weight loss and insulin sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus ...

Acupuncture three times a week is better than once a week for indigestion

Three sessions of acupuncture per week leads to better symptom improvement and quality of life among patients with postprandial distress syndrome (PDS) ...

Acupuncture relieves functional dyspepsia

Individualised acupuncture treatment can relieve the symptoms of functional dyspepsia, according to investigators from Korea ...

Acupuncture improves insulin sensitivity in PCOS

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 causes limited changes to metabolic parameters in obesity

A metabolomic study has found that, with one notable exception, acupuncture treatment had no effect on anthropometric and serum metabolic parameters, compared with sham acupuncture ...

Acupuncture helps reduce cognitive impairment after stroke

Acupuncture may be useful as an add-on to conventional pharmacological treatment for improving the clinical outcomes of patients with mild cognitive impairment following a stroke ...