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Acupunture gets medical orthodoxy approval
Monday 15 March 2004, 14:10 Makka Time, 11:10 GMT
In Singapore, acupuncture is even used to treat animals
In a concession by medical orthodoxy, health researchers agree
acupuncture is a useful, cost-effective treatment for patients who
suffer from chronic pain.
In one of the largest randomised studies to assess the effectiveness
of the ancient Chinese treatment, scientists found it worked better
than conventional treatments.
Dr Andrew Vickers, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New
York, told journalist on Sunday that he had concentrated his research
on pain relief, particularly migraines.
"People using acupuncture had fewer headaches, less severe headaches
and they used less health resources over the course of the following
year,"
Methodology
The scientists compared acupuncture plus standard treatment to normal
therapy alone in 401 patients in England and Wales who suffered from
headaches several days each week.
Their research is published online by the British Medical Journal.
"For severely affected patients, acupuncture reduced the severity and
the frequency of their headaches to make a real difference in their
lives"
Dr Andrew Vickers,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York
Patients who had been assigned acupuncture plus standard treatment
received up to 12 treatments over three months.
Initially there was not much difference between the two groups but at
the end of the year-long trial the scientists noticed a big change.
Results
Patients receiving acupuncture had 22 fewer days of headaches per
year, used 15% less medication, made 25% fewer visits to their family
doctors and took fewer days off sick than the other group.
There were not many side effects and Vickers and his colleagues also
found that the treatment was cost effective.
"For severely affected patients, acupuncture reduced the severity and
the frequency of their headaches to make a real difference in their
lives," Vickers said.
Acupuncture was first used in China about 2000 years ago.
It involves inserting very fine needles into the skin at specific
points in the body and is one of the most popular forms of
complementary medicine.
German researchers have also said it could help women undergoing
fertility treatment to conceive.
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www.BreastImplantAwareness.org
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Acupunture gets medical orthodoxy approval
Monday 15 March 2004, 14:10 Makka Time, 11:10 GMT
In Singapore, acupuncture is even used to treat animals
In a concession by medical orthodoxy, health researchers agree
acupuncture is a useful, cost-effective treatment for patients who
suffer from chronic pain.
In one of the largest randomised studies to assess the effectiveness
of the ancient Chinese treatment, scientists found it worked better
than conventional treatments.
Dr Andrew Vickers, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New
York, told journalist on Sunday that he had concentrated his research
on pain relief, particularly migraines.
"People using acupuncture had fewer headaches, less severe headaches
and they used less health resources over the course of the following
year,"
Methodology
The scientists compared acupuncture plus standard treatment to normal
therapy alone in 401 patients in England and Wales who suffered from
headaches several days each week.
Their research is published online by the British Medical Journal.
"For severely affected patients, acupuncture reduced the severity and
the frequency of their headaches to make a real difference in their
lives"
Dr Andrew Vickers,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York
Patients who had been assigned acupuncture plus standard treatment
received up to 12 treatments over three months.
Initially there was not much difference between the two groups but at
the end of the year-long trial the scientists noticed a big change.
Results
Patients receiving acupuncture had 22 fewer days of headaches per
year, used 15% less medication, made 25% fewer visits to their family
doctors and took fewer days off sick than the other group.
There were not many side effects and Vickers and his colleagues also
found that the treatment was cost effective.
"For severely affected patients, acupuncture reduced the severity and
the frequency of their headaches to make a real difference in their
lives," Vickers said.
Acupuncture was first used in China about 2000 years ago.
It involves inserting very fine needles into the skin at specific
points in the body and is one of the most popular forms of
complementary medicine.
German researchers have also said it could help women undergoing
fertility treatment to conceive.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
www.BreastImplantAwareness.org