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Acupuncture Facial Rejuvenation Could Be For You
• Alternative Medicine • Jan 13 10
Would you like to feel better, look younger and reduce stress?
For centuries, Oriental women have used acupuncture to improve their appearance and wellbeing.…
Acupuncture eases tamoxifen-related hot flashes
• Alternative Medicine • • Gender: Female • • Menopause • Jan 11 10
A new study provides more evidence that acupuncture can help ease hot flashes in women with breast cancer who are being treated with the…
A Sonata a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
• Children's Health • • Alternative Medicine • Jan 08 10
The music they listen to doesn’t have any lyrics that tell them to grow, but new research from Tel Aviv University finds that premature…
Acupuncture reduces hot flashes, improves sex drive for breast cancer patients
• Alternative Medicine • • Cancer: Breast • • Sexual Health • Dec 29 09
Not only is acupuncture as effective as drug therapy at reducing hot flashes in breast cancer patients, it has the added benefit of potentially…
A little Mozart might benefit preemies’ growth
• Children's Health • • Alternative Medicine • Dec 08 09
The sounds of Mozart might help slow premature infants’ metabolism, potentially helping them to put on needed weight, a study published Monday suggests.
Most…
Tai Chi has major benefits for arthritic knees
• Alternative Medicine • • Arthritis • Nov 06 09
People suffering from creaky knees may want to give Tai Chi a try.
In a study, researchers found that practicing the Chinese mind-body exercise…
Researchers find yoga may be effective for chronic low back pain in minority populations
• Alternative Medicine • • Backache • Nov 04 09
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center found that yoga may be more effective than standard treatment for reducing…
Iranian scholars share Avicenna’s medieval medical wisdom
• Alternative Medicine • • Respiratory Problems • Oct 30 09
For pulmonary ailments, certain mediaeval physicians had a useful medical textbook on hand offering detailed information remarkably similar to those a modern doctor…
Ear acupuncture curbs back pain in pregnant women
• Alternative Medicine • • Backache • • Pregnancy • Oct 19 09
A special acupuncture technique can help ease lower back and pelvic pain in pregnant women, new research shows.
In a study, women who had…
Yoga may ease chronic back pain
• Alternative Medicine • • Backache • Sep 10 09
“Oh, my aching back!” may be heard less frequently as people with chronic lower back pain find some relief from a therapeutic form…
Yoga Benefits Back-pain Patients
• Alternative Medicine • • Backache • Sep 02 09
People with chronic low-back problems who do yoga also do better at overcoming pain and depression than people treated conventionally for back pain, a…
Electroacupuncture Shows Effects on Pain Perception
• Alternative Medicine • • Pain • Aug 20 09
Experiments in volunteers confirm that electroacupuncture—applying electrical current to acupuncture needles—has pain-reducing effects, reports a study in the September issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia,…
Chinese herb shows promise for rheumatoid arthritis
• Alternative Medicine • • Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • Aug 18 09
The Chinese herb Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (TwHF) proved more effective than the anti-inflammatory drug sulfasalazine in a study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
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Natural Herbal Supplements Aren’t Always Safe
• Alternative Medicine • Aug 13 09
Natural doesn’t always mean safe when it comes to herbal supplements, according to the August issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter.
When used…
Alternative medicine a big business in US - report
• Alternative Medicine • • Public Health • Jul 31 09
Complementary and alternative medicine such as acupuncture, herbal supplements and meditation are big business in the United States, totaling nearly $34 billion in out-of-pocket…
Assessing Asian Herbs to Fight Diabetes, Obesity
• Alternative Medicine • • Diabetes • • Obesity • Jul 07 09
Thanks to a new collaboration between the nutrition department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a highly regarded Oriental medicine center in Korea,…
Eating Disorders Lead to Stomach Problems
• Alternative Medicine • • Bowel Problems • • Chinese Medicine • Jul 03 09
Uncontrolled Diet
There is an ancient Chinese saying: “To let children be healthy, offer them one-third of hunger and one-third of cold.” “One-third…
Acupuncture relieves acute migraine pain
• Alternative Medicine • • Headaches • • Migraine • Jun 17 09
There’s scientific evidence that acupuncture may help migraine sufferers.
In a clinical trial involving patients with acute attacks of migraine, real acupuncture proved more…
Herb helps fight drug-resistant microbe
• Alternative Medicine • • Infections • Jun 12 09
- Brazilian researchers have discovered that an extract of the herb Turnera ulmifolia helps the antibiotics gentamicin and kanamycin in treating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus…
Acupuncture soothes heartburn in pregnant women
• Alternative Medicine • • Pregnancy • Jun 10 09
Acupuncture can help ease symptoms in pregnant women with upset stomachs, a small new study from Brazil shows.
Pregnancy can cause a host of…
Alternative Therapy for Lupus Nephritis
• Alternative Medicine • • Urine Problems • Apr 16 09
Lupus is a rare but serious disease that mainly affects women of child-bearing age and occurs when the body’s immune system goes awry, damaging…
Wrist Acupuncture or Acupressure Prevents Nausea From Anesthesia
• Alternative Medicine • • Surgery • Apr 15 09
Up to 80 percent of patients who have surgery complain of nausea and vomiting afterwards, but stimulating an acupoint in their wrists can…
Many Clinicians Unaware of Federally Funded Research on Alternative Therapies
• Alternative Medicine • • Public Health • Apr 14 09
Approximately one in four practicing clinicians appear to be aware of two major federally funded clinical trials of alternative therapies, and many do not…
Alternative Therapies Can be Safe, Effective for Children
• Children's Health • • Alternative Medicine • Apr 06 09
Today, more children than ever are being treated with complementary and alternative therapies. Recent studies indicate that about 30 percent of healthy children and…
Stroke Survivors Improve Balance with Tai Chi
• Alternative Medicine • • Stroke • Mar 23 09
Stroke can impair balance, heightening the risk of a debilitating fall. But a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher has found that stroke survivors…