07/01/2014 - ACUPUNCTURE CONTROLS OVERACTIVE BLADDER

[HealthCMi] Researchers have discovered that acupuncture is effective for controlling overactive bladder syndrome. The research team, a combination of Whipps Cross University Hospital and University College of London Hospital investigators, document that 79% of patients in the study showed clinically significant improvements.

http://www.healthcmi.com/Acupuncture-Continuing-Education-News/1337-acupuncture-controls-overactive-bladder

06/28/2014 - ACUPUNCTURE PAIN KILLING MYSTERY REVEALED

[HealthCMi] Researchers have discovered that acupuncture causes a special biochemical reaction that reduces inflammation and muscle pain. The study, published in Molecular Neurobiology, investigated the effects of needling one acupuncture point on the leg. The research team measured a remarkable effect.

http://www.healthcmi.com/Acupuncture-Continuing-Education-News/1336-acupuncture-pain-killing-mystery-revealed

06/26/2014 - ACUPUNCTURE IMPROVES HEAD TRAUMA RECOVERY - NEW RESEARCH

[HealthCMi] An investigative team at the Rehabilitation Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xian Jiaotong University (Shaanxi) compared acupuncture combined with standard care with a control group receiving only standard medical interventions. The addition of acupuncture therapy to the conventional regime of care significantly reduced complications and improved the survival rate.

http://www.healthcmi.com/Acupuncture-Continuing-Education-News/1335-acupuncture-improves-head-trauma-recovery-new-research

06/21/2014 - ACUPUNCTURE TARGETS LUNG CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY DRUG

[HealthCMi] New research confirms that acupuncture enhances the delivery of an important chemotherapy drug for the treatment of lung cancer to the lungs while simultaneously protecting the liver and kidneys.

http://www.healthcmi.com/Acupuncture-Continuing-Education-News/1334-acupuncture-targets-lung-cancer-chemotherapy-drug

06/20/2014 - ACUPUNCTURE HEALS CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME

[HealthCMi] Researchers conclude that acupuncture is effective for the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). A remarkable finding was made in this study. Acupuncture combined with interferential current therapy increased the success rate of acupuncture. The total effective rate of acupuncture as a standalone procedure was 80.0%. Adding interferential current therapy to the regime of care increased the total effective rate to 93.3%.

http://www.healthcmi.com/Acupuncture-Continuing-Education-News/1333-acupuncture-heals-chronic-fatigue-syndrome

06/19/2014 - MIGRAINE VANISHES WITH ACUPUNCTURE AND TUINA

[HealthCMi] Researchers compared a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) combination of acupuncture and tuina massage with the oral medication flunarizine hydrochloride. The TCM treatment was significantly more effective than the drug treatment for reducing pain frequency, intensity and duration due to migraines.

http://www.healthcmi.com/Acupuncture-Continuing-Education-News/1332-migraine-vanishes-with-acupuncture-and-tuina

02/25/2014 - INTENSE ACUPUNCTURE CAN IMPROVE MUSCLE RECOVERY IN PATIENTS WITH BELL PALSY, STUDY SUGGESTS

[Science Daily] Patients with Bell palsy who received acupuncture that achieves de qi, a type of intense stimulation, had improved facial muscle recovery, reduced disability and better quality of life, according to a randomized controlled trial.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225122037.htm

02/23/2014 - ACUPUNCTURE HOLDS PROMISE FOR TREATING INFLAMMATORY DISEASE

[Rutgers Today] Rutgers-led study suggests pathways to alleviating inflammation in disorders such as sepsis and arthritis.

http://news.rutgers.edu/research-news/acupuncture-holds-promise-treating-inflammatory-disease/20140223

02/13/2014 - RESEARCH EXAMINES ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE QUALITY

[Science Daily] The quality of needles used in acupuncture worldwide is high but needs to be universally improved to increase safety and avoid potential problems such as pain and allergic reactions, researchers have found.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140213083714.htm

ANTI-CANCER HERBS IN THE ASIAN PHARMACOPIA

This is a unique database project of the Institute of East-West Medicine. The goal is to bring together materials from traditional Asian pharmacopoeias which have potential anti-cancer activity and to provide one unified source for such information with a special emphasis on translated results of laboratory, animal or human clinical experiments already published in native Asian journals or texts otherwise not easily accessible. The intent of all this is to encourage research and discovery which may hopefully lead to new cancer treatments.

http://www.asiancancerherb.info/research.htm