Acupuncture News

There's not a lot of hustle and bustle typical of a doctor's office at the River Street building in Cos Cob, home for the last two years to Greenwich Hospital's Center for Integrative Medicine.

Susan Albano of Prince's Bay puffs on electronic cigarette, also known as e-cigarette, as vendor Amit Harel touts the tobacco-free product at Staten Island Mall.

Acupuncture and exercise may bring some relief to the one in 10 women of childbearing age who suffer from a common endocrine disease called polycystic ovarian syndrome .

Acupuncture can increase the chance of success for couples seeking to have a baby through in-vitro fertilization , said a review published today by the British Medical Journal.

The high incidences of back pain among nurses are well documented. Dozens of books, studies and articles exist on the subject.

For centuries, medical practitioners have relied on their hands. The "laying on of hands" has been accepted by most cultures as a powerful healing tool.

The review was conducted because undergoing a general anaesthetic can be a frightening experience for a young child and distressing to parents.

The last month article on headshaking syndrome really hit home for me. Everything in the article sounded like my 16 year old grey gelding.

Editor's Choice Main Category: Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine Also Included In: Pain / Anesthetics Article Date: 06 Jul 2009 - 9:00 PDT Acupuncture originates from China and has been practiced there for thousands of years.

At one of the nation's top trauma hospitals, a nurse circles a patient's bed, humming and waving her arms as if shooing evil spirits.

Editor's note: This is the first of three days examining complementary medical practices, including acupuncture, laugh therapy and natural products, which have gained more acceptance in use with traditional medicine.

Acupuncture is considered a safe medical treatment. For this reason, some physicians and practitioners suggest acupuncture as an adjunct therapy to other medical treatments.

The patient was lying on his side, asleep under anesthesia, as a machine measuring his breathing beeped soothingly.

At least 2 million women in the United States suffer from infertility, or the inability to have children.

One of the popular techniques that come from traditional Chinese medicine that is considered to be a bodywork technique and is gaining popularity in America is acupressure .

Report abbreviated for Web site. Brent Lawson, a Concordia College nursing student from Wadena, spent the month of May in China studying Chinese medicine and culture.

The Acupuncture Pen Plus is a needle-free electric acupuncture pen and a major improvement on the old Acupuncture Pen.

Sheryl Roe moved from South Texas to Navarre to escape the aftermath of Hurricane Ike and to find a place to practice acupuncture.

The only kind of back pain Kim Welch knew before 2002 was the kind many mothers are familiar with -- that caused by the extra weight of a pregnant belly.

A new study shows exercise and electro-acupuncture treatment can reduce sympathetic nerve activity in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome .