Tag: Acupuncture

Acupuncture ‘safe and effective’ for chronic pain in children

Study leader Angela Johnson, practitioner of Chinese medicine at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL, and colleagues publish their findings in the journal Alternative and Complementary Therapies. Chronic pain is defined as any pain that lasts at least 12 weeks. It is estimated that around 20-35% of children and teenagers across the globe have […]

Acupuncture reduces hot flashes, night sweats in menopause

The study, from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC, is published in the journal Menopause. Lead author Nancy Avis, professor of public health sciences, says: “Although acupuncture does not work for every woman, our study showed that, on average, acupuncture effectively reduced the frequency of hot flashes and results were maintained for 6 […]

Yoga, acupuncture effective for chronic pain management

Lead author Richard L. Nahin, Ph.D., of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and colleagues publish their findings in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings. In any given year, around 100 million adults in the United States experience chronic pain – pain that persists for at […]

Acupuncture may relieve excessive crying in infants

Infantile colic, or excessive crying, is defined as uncontrollable crying that lasts for “more than 3 hours per day, more than 3 days per week, for longer than 3 weeks.” Globally, excessive crying affects around 10-40 percent of infants, the condition usually resolving itself by the age of 6 months. Although infantile colic is believed […]

Top 15 Natural Home Remedies for Migraines

Migraines can be simply understood as a severe case of headache. More specifically, they are described as a health condition, in which one side of your head throbs with pain and it might get worse with increasing movement. Symptoms of Migraines Although migraines’ symptoms can vary from people to people, they all share some common […]

Acupuncture may reduce severity and frequency of menopausal hot flashes

Hot flashes, also known as hot flushes, are a sudden feeling of heat over all or parts of the body. They may also cause redness on the face and neck, red blotches on the arms, back and chest, and heavy sweating or cold shivers. Many health conditions can cause hot flashes, but they are most […]

Yoga, acupuncture effective for chronic pain management

Lead author Richard L. Nahin, Ph.D., of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and colleagues publish their findings in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings. In any given year, around 100 million adults in the United States experience chronic pain – pain that persists for at […]

International Conference Holistic Medicine and Acupuncture, July 14-15, 2016, Philadelphia

Conference Series LLC invites participants across the globe from leading universities, clinical research institutions, diagnostic companies and all interested to share their research experiences in the “International Conference on Holistic Medicine and Holistic Nursing” during July 14-15, 2016, at Philadelphia, USA with the theme of “Emerging techniques and advancements in the field of Holistic medicine […]