Posts made in February, 2014

Acupuncture For Coronary Heart Disease

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Acupuncture For Coronary Heart Disease

An important new acupuncture study from the Department of Nuclear Medicine at Peking University Shenzhen Hospital successfully measured improvements in blood flow to the heart for patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). Using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), researchers discovered that needling two specific acupuncture points caused significant improvements in patients with CHD. Acupuncture successfully increased “blood perfusion of ischemic myocardium.” Coronary Read more...

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Acupuncture Reduces Diarrhea

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Acupuncture Reduces Diarrhea

A new MRI study demonstrates that acupuncture controls and reduces functional diarrhea and has mapped the brain centers involved in the clinical successes. A group of functional diarrhea (FD) patients were compared with a control group. MRI investigation revealed that acupuncture consistently affected specific brain centers in the FD group. The researchers concluded that “acupuncture alleviated defecation frequency and improved stool formation in FD patients.” The MRI results showed that Read more...

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Acupuncture Helps NBA Star Chandler Parsons To Victory

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Acupuncture Helps NBA Star Chandler Parsons To Victory

NBA Houston Rockets star forward Chandler Parsons tried acupuncture as a new way of treating his chronic back pain to get back in the game. Parsons commented that acupuncture significantly reduced his back pain levels. Parsons recuperated enough to make it back in the line up today. The rockets beat California’s Golden State Warriors in a 105-83 victory. Parsons demonstrated the benefits of receiving quality medical care through acupuncture. The Houston Rockets flew in an acupuncturist from Read more...

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Test Reveals Acupuncture Controls Hormones To Reduce Stress

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Test Reveals Acupuncture Controls Hormones To Reduce Stress

A new laboratory experiment reveals that acupuncture regulates steroid hormones to reduce biochemical reactions to stress. Acupuncture upregulates hormones in some areas while downregulating in other areas to maintain balance within the body when it is exposed to stress. Western blot analysis confirmed behavioral testing that acupuncture biochemically reduces stress reactions. The researchers discovered that acupuncture reduces stress by regulating glucocorticoid receptor (GR) protein expression. Read more...

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Acupuncture Reduces Knee Osteoarthritis Pain

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Acupuncture Reduces Knee Osteoarthritis Pain

Acupuncture and moxibustion are effective for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis. The researchers concluded that acupuncture was both safe and effective. In addition, acupuncture and moxibustion showed long term results. Acupuncture points were chosen based on local pain indications generic cialis cheap and syndrome differentiation. Both local and distal acupuncture were applied on the affected acupuncture meridians. Acupuncture was applied to UB23 (BL23, Shenshu) and local Ah Shi points with Read more...

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