Battlefield Acupuncture for those in Military Service
Story by Spc. Brian Smith-Dutton Subscribe To This Journalist Spc. Brian Smith-DuttonFirst Lt. Robert Blume, the physician assistant for 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), inserts a thin gold needle through a U.S. civilian contractor’s ear during a battlefield acupuncture session on Combat Outpost Champkani, Afghanistan, Jan. 27, […]
Acupuncture Victory in the White House!
Major attempt to gain recognition of Acupuncturists as health care providers is successful
The Point of Acupuncture: local acupuncturist starts-up free community style clinics
http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20130204/NEWS01/302040024?source=nletter-top5&nclick_check=1 Stacy Kluck uses the scent a cigarette to decrease Ron Oge’s urge to smoke during an acupuncture clinic Thursday at the Shelter House. / David Scrivner / Iowa City Press-Citizen Written by Alesha L. Crews Iowa City Press-Citizen It can be a bit difficult for people to get their head around exactly how acupuncture […]
Penelope Cruz with Acupuncture Ear Beads
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/01/24/penelope-cruz-sports-acupuncture-beads/ Cruz was spotted wearing auriculotherapy at the January 10 premiere of “Venuto Al Mondo.” (Image credit: Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images) The swath of tiny studs in Penelope Cruz’s ear isn’t the latest piercing fashion – it’s auriculotherapy, a form of acupuncture used to fight stress, pain and infertility. The gold beads were spotted Jan. 10 at the Madrid […]
Insomnia? Try Acupuncture
Research using EEG shows that acupuncture influences brainwaves in such a way as to help with insomnia.
Acupuncture for Plantar Fasciitis
Research articles find acupuncture effective for the treatment of sole of foot pain or plantar fasciitis.
Acupuncture Reduces Knee Pain
New study shows: Acupuncture for treatment of pain and stiffness related to osteoarthritis of the knee is more effective that standard medical care and placebo acupuncture.
Can Acupuncture Help Children?
Figures from a 2007 National Health Interview Survey, which collects data every five years on the use of complementary and alternative medicine, showed that 150,000 children in the United States used acupuncture. Acupuncture has been found to be safe for kids. Much of pain is due to a hyper-arrousal of the nervous system.
Ear Acupuncture for Addicted Pregnant Women
Conclusions: Acupuncture may be a safe and feasible treatment to assist mothers to reduce their dosage of methadone.
Acupuncture and Closure: Turf Wars
Article on the relationships between acupuncture and western medicine, how a healthcare profession is defined and limited.