How Acupuncture Pierces Chronic Pain
Friday 30th of July 2010 07:00:28 AM
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| Enlarge Image A needle a day. Inserting needles into certain acupuncture points, shown here as labeled dots, seems to spur tissue to release a pain-killing chemical. Credit: Takahiro Takano Millions of people worldwide use acupuncture to ease a variety of painful conditions, but it's still not clear how the ancient treatment works. Now a new study of mice shows that insertion of an acupuncture needle activates nearby pain-suppressing receptors. What's more, a compound that boosts the response of those receptors increases pain relief—a finding that could one day lead to drugs that enhance the effectiveness of acupuncture in people.... |
Acupuncture's molecular effects pinned down
Friday 30th of July 2010 07:00:28 AM
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| New insights spur effort to boost treatment's impact significantlyScientists have taken another important step toward understanding just how sticking needles into the body can ease pain. In a paper published online May 30 in Nature Neuroscience, a team at the University of Rochester Medical Center identifies the molecule adenosine as a central player in parlaying some of the effects of acupuncture in the body. Building on that knowledge, scientists were able to triple the beneficial effects of acupuncture in mice by adding a medication approved to treat leukemia in people. The research focuses on adenosine, a natural compound known for... |
Think Acupuncture's a hoax? Think again (Scientific research shows natural healing compounds)
Friday 30th of July 2010 07:00:28 AM
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| I'll admit it. The seeming lack of scientific evidence that acupuncture actually relieves pain has left me skeptical since I first learned of the ancient Chinese technique. And to this day, it's possible that much of the relief patients feel during and after an acupuncture treatment results from the placebo effect. But new research published this week in the journal Nature Neuroscience finds that the natural compound adenosine, known for its anti-inflammatory properties, floods tissue that is punctured or aggravated, and may be the secret ingredient in acupuncture.A man gives his brother an acupuncture treatment for back pain in Taiwain... |
Military tries 'battlefield' acupuncture to ease pain
Friday 30th of July 2010 07:00:28 AM
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| ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE - Using ancient Chinese medical techniques, a small team of military doctors here has begun treating wounded troops suffering from severe or chronic pain with acupuncture. The technique is proving so successful that the Air Force will begin teaching "battlefield acupuncture" early next year to physicians deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan, senior officials will announce tomorrow. |
Blind Acupuncturist Takes 2nd Stab At License
Friday 30th of July 2010 07:00:28 AM
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| Blind Acupuncturist Takes 2nd Stab At License First Application Rejected Last Year Over BlindnessPOSTED: 1:15 pm EST February 1, 2008 UPDATED: 2:02 pm EST February 1, 2008 AUSTIN, Texas -- A blind student of acupuncture is making a second request for a license to practice in Texas. That's after Juliana Cumbo's first application was rejected last year because of her blindness. The licensure committee of the Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners is set to rehear her request Friday. If she's licensed, she would be the first blind person to be issued a state license. The 31-year-old practices as a... |
New ear stapling fad claims to curb appetites
Friday 30th of July 2010 07:00:28 AM
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| Crash diets, plastic surgery, "miracle pills" and extreme workouts are the most common ways to shed off those extra pounds. However, a new fad is gaining popularity and due to its price and supposed success, it is sweeping the nation one ear at a time. Those who perform the acupuncture ear stapling procedure claim that by inserting a tiny, surgical staple into the ear, it will trigger certain pressure points that may curb appetites, reduce stress, relieve pain, and may even help one to quit smoking. "I must admit, I was a little skeptical at first considering all the gimmicks... |
Acupuncture's Catching On At Veterinary Clinic---Treatment Said To Be A Good Alternative
Friday 30th of July 2010 07:00:28 AM
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ROCKY HILL -- Buffy likes to eat lunch while he gets acupuncture. The house cat licks a china plate of organic beef and vegetables with 10 tiny needles sticking into his furry spine. Buffy is undergoing acupuncture treatments at Catzablanca Cat Clinic and Hospital to ease his 18-year-old arthritic spine and hips. Veterinarian Linda Dupont, who recently began practicing feline acupuncture at her clinic and hospital, said she uses the ancient Chinese healing treatment to complement her Western medicine practice. "I see animals I can't help with Western medicine," said Dupont, one of about 13 veterinary acupuncturists in the state,...
Acupuncture has won medical acceptance
Friday 30th of July 2010 07:00:28 AM
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| HEALTH SENSE Acupuncture has won medical acceptance By Judy Foreman, Globe Staff | March 22, 2005 (excerpt--more at the Globe site)But a growing body of evidence -- brain scans, ultrasound and other techniques -- now shows that acupuncture triggers direct, measurable effects on the body, including perhaps activation of precisely the regions of the brain that would be predicted by ancient Chinese theory. This is potentially good news for the millions of Americans now scrambling for pain relief in the wake of conflicting government recommendations on painkillers Vioxx and Celebrex. |
Zoo Uses Acupuncture on Ailing Elephant
Friday 30th of July 2010 07:00:28 AM
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| Zoo Uses Acupuncture on Ailing Elephant By Associated Press February 28, 2005, 10:18 AM EST SINGAPORE -- The Singapore zoo is using an old Asian remedy to treat sick animals: acupuncture. The latest patient is Tun, a 15-year-old Asian elephant whose right leg was crushed by a male elephant nine years ago. Zookeepers worried that Tun, who weighs 5,291 pounds, might not be able to settle her weight on her lame leg as she grew heavier. Veterinarian and acupuncturist Oh Soon Hock, who has poked and prodded giraffes, cheetahs and Komodo dragons in the name of medicine, started treating Tun... |
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