Acupuncture in Research Studies 

 

 

CHRONIC PAIN

• Acupuncture Relieves Chronic Pain, Review Shows. Acupuncture gets a thumbs-up for helping relieve pain from chronic headaches, backaches and arthritis in a review of more than two dozen studies – the latest analysis of an often-studied therapy that has as many fans as critics. 

• Acupuncture is Worth a Try for Chronic Pain. Over the years there has been substantial debate about whether acupuncture really works for chronic pain. Research from an international team of experts adds to the evidence that it does provide real relief from common forms of pain.

• Acupuncture May Offer Real Relief for Chronic Pain. Acupuncture is effective in reducing people's chronic pain, suggesting that the benefits of acupuncture are due to something more than the placebo effect. 

• Acupuncture Confirmed Helpful for Chronic Pain. Acupuncture has a definite effect in reducing chronic pain, such as back pain and headaches, moreso than standard pain treatments. 

• Acupuncture Found Effective for Treating Chronic Pain. In the most rigorous analysis of its kind to date, Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers find acupuncture to be an effective therapy for several types of pain. 

 

MIGRAINES

• Acupuncture Provides True Pain Relief in Study. A new study of acupuncture - the most rigorous and detailed analysis of the treatment to date - found that it can ease migraines and arthritis and other forms of chronic pain.

• Migraines, Tension Headaches Respond to Acupuncture. Two new systematic reviews have found that acupuncture can provide patients who suffer from tension and migraine headache an alternative treatment for their pain.

• Acupuncture May Be Effective for Migraines. Acupuncture helps reduce days with migraines and may have lasting effects, according to a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. 

• Acupuncture is Better for Migraines than Drugs. New research demonstrates that acupuncture is more effective than valproic acid for the treatment of migraines. 

 

ARTHRITIS

• Acupuncture Helps Knee Osteoarthritis. Traditional Chinese acupuncture helps people with knee osteoarthritis, new research shows.

• Acupuncture Gets Respect. Some people say the ancient therapy of acupuncture really works to relieve pain – now research backs them up.

• Acupuncture Helps to Relieve Rheumatoid Arthritis. Study shows that acupuncture can lower levels of TNA-alpha in people with rheumatoid arthritis. 

• Acupuncture for Osteoarthritis of the Knee. A landmark study has shown that acupuncture provides pain relief and improves function for people with osteoarthritis of the knee and serves as an effective complement to standard care. 

 

INFERTILITY

• Acupuncture Shows Promise in Improving Rates of Pregnancy Following IVF. A review of seven clinical trials of acupuncture given with embryo transfer in women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) suggests that acupuncture may improve rates of pregnancy.

• Acupuncture Boosts IVF Success. Women undergoing fertility treatment could have their chances of success boosted by acupuncture.

• Acupuncture on Day of Embryo Transfer Improves Reproductive Outcome in Infertile Women. Acupuncture on the day of embryo transfer significantly improves the reproductive outcome of IVF treatment.

• Influence of Acupuncture on Pregnancy Rates for ART. Acupuncture is a useful tool for improving pregnancy rate after assisted reproductive techniques. 

• The Ancient Art of Infertility Treatment. When it comes to getting pregnant, old world techniques may be just what today's high-tech doctors order. 

 

CANCER

• Acupuncture Eases Breast Cancer Therapy. U.S. researchers say acupuncture may relieve joint pain often accompanying breast cancer treatment.

• Two Modes of Acupuncture May Work for Hot Flushes. Two modes of acupuncture appear to decrease the number and distress of hot flushes in men receiving castrational treatment for prostate cancer, according to a Swedish study.

• Acupuncture Helps Ease SIde Effects and Symptoms of Some Cancers. Research studies have shown that acupuncture can help control a number of symptoms and side effects associated with various cancers and their treatments. 

 

WEIGHT LOSS ​ 

• Ear Acupuncture Boosts Weight Loss. Ear acupuncture can help people lose weight, with better results if practitioners stimulated five points instead of just one, researchers from Korea claim in a study published in the BMJ journal Acupuncture in Medicine.

• Using the Healing Power of Qi for Weight Loss. Chinese acupuncture is finally getting under the skin of dieters by tapping into the body's many hidden energy meridians. The ancient practice of acupuncture helps to heal a host of ailments, and practitioners of Western medicine now embrace it to quell chronic pain, postoperative pain, nausea and vomiting, high blood pressure, addictions and weight loss.​