Tag: Richard Harris

Medical Research

Brain Scans Show Real Effect of Acupuncture

A report from The Guardian discussing recent findings showing that acupuncture works in a way distinct from any placebo. “Placebo acupuncture can ease short-term pain but the real thing might help to reverse the underlying pathology of a disease.” ” “I was completely floored,” he says. Whatever the acupuncture was doing, it wasn’t working as…

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Case Studies

Clinical Case Studies: PMS and Harris Protocol Ja.Le.

  I’ve written about Dr. Richard Harris’ protocol for chemotherapy fatigue.  I have been experimenting a bit to see if what effect the protocol done with needles has on patients. This case study is of a patient who is in her late 40/50’s and approaching menopause and has incredible mood swings with PMS.  Acupuncture helps her unlike…

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Ethics in Medicine

Acupressure for Cancer Fatigue: Richard Harris

The SAR conference finished yesterday and there were some very provocative presentations.  The work that I am most amazed at is the work of Richard Harris from University of Michigan.  But there were other very impressive presentations also. I’ve posted about Richard Harris’ work on Acupressure for cancer fatigue.  He fleshed out and presented the…

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