Tag: Acupuncture
Acupuncture Aids Outcomes After Heart Valve Surgery
Reduction seen in pain, nausea, stress, and anxiety, as well as incidence of atrial fibrillation
Acupuncture, Doxylamine-Pyridoxine Ease Nausea, Vomiting in Pregnancy
Combination seems more effective than either treatment alone
Acupuncture, Acupressure Beneficial in Gynecologic Cancer Surgery Setting
Improvement seen in severe pain, anxiety for treatment groups receiving preoperative touch/relaxation with or without intraoperative acupuncture
Acupuncture May Aid Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Diarrhea
However, improvements not significantly better than those seen with sham acupuncture
Acupressure Aids Self-Reported Sleep Disturbances in Cancer Patients
Systematic review finds acupressure better than acupuncture or electroacupuncture
Acupuncture Helps Alleviate Back/Pelvic Pain During Pregnancy
Researchers find acupuncture has no observable severe adverse influences on newborns
Acupuncture Reduces Aromatase Inhibitor-Related Joint Pain
Findings observed in women with early-stage breast cancer who were taking an aromatase inhibitor and had a score of 3 or higher on BPI-WP item
Electroacupuncture Cuts Risk for Prolonged Postoperative Ileus
Findings seen among patients recovering from laparoscopic resection of colorectal cancer
Adjunctive Acupuncture May Speed Relief From Pain of Renal Colic
Response rates higher for acupuncture versus sham acupuncture at zero, five, 10, 15, 20, and 30 minutes, but not at 45 and 60 minutes
Electroacupuncture May Aid Depression-Related Insomnia
Quality of sleep significantly improved compared with standard care alone or sham acupuncture
