Medical Research

Indwelling Needles for Dyspnea in End Stage Lung CA patients

Abstract from the paper by Jacqueline Filshie using indwelling sternal needles showing that acupuncture was effective in relieving the dyspnea of end stage Lung cancer...

Acupuncture Reduces Dust Mite Associated IgE

The author of this paper presented a poster at the SAR conference in Boston last November.  Acupuncture basically “cured” my allergies, so I’ve continued to...

American Academy of Medical Acupuncturists 2016 Presentation

I’ve converted my presentation from the April conference in Anaheim to a PDF so that for those who are masochistic enough, can easily read it.USING...

Brain Physiology Behind Electroacupuncture’s Modulating Effect on Blood Pressure

Nice.  This article appears in Nature, quite a coup. There is a lot about this paper that surprises me.  Perhaps I’m just not familiar enough...

Acupressure for Breast Cancer Fatigue

The International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health (ICIMH) Green Valley Ranch Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA OA02.01 Differential Effects of Two Acupressure Point Combinations...

Acupuncture for Endometriosis Review

Thomas Lundeberg does very thorough  and thoughtful research.  Nice resource article to have on hand. J Pain Res. 2016; 9: 157–165. Published online 2016 Mar...

Study on Acupuncture and Aging: Telomeres

This is so great.  A group is going to give intensive acupuncture for 8 weeks to patients with various ailments and look at their telomeres...

Weightlessness and Stress Response in Animal Acupuncture Study

  Ancient Wisdom Through the Ages This study looks at what happens with and without acupuncture to rats stressed with weightlessness.  The acupuncture decreases the...

Harris Acupressure Protocols for Cancer Fatigue with Chemotherapy

These two point prescriptions were presented in Boston at the SAR. The points for relaxation were, Yin Tang, Heart7. Liver 3 and Spleen 6. The...

Complexity (Sample Entropy) Increases With Acupuncture

  Ancient Wisdom Through the Ages This study is not new, but I didn’t seem to have access to it, so am linking here. 7_Yong_Huang_Presentation...