Acupuncture News

Speakers' topics at the Victoria Hall event on Tuesday, June 4, will include Bowen therapy, acupuncture and sirpa and there will be information on shiatsu and homeopathy.

As people become more aware of options in modern medicine, many turn to holistic approaches to manage pain.

Single Sign-On: You can use Facebook account to log in to LasVegasSun.com. Lt. Col. Heather Pickett shows an acupuncture needle at Mike O'Callaghan Federal Medical Center at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Lt. Col. Heather Pickett performs acupuncture therapy on Sandra Moncayo, a retired Naval Chief Petty Officer, at Mike O'Callaghan Federal Medical Center at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

A man rarely thinks about his prostate gland until it starts to cause problems. And, it's a sad fact that, for many men, it will cause problems, especially after men turn 50.

Researchers from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center have found that qigong, an ancient Chinese mind-body practice, reduces symptoms and improves quality of life in women undergoing radiotherapy for breast cancer.

Maintaining a youthful appearance is a multi billion dollar industry. It's been a quest since the sixteenth century when Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon searched for the Fountain of Youth.

While this therapy is thousands of years old, and there are scientific theories about how acupuncture works, a lot of unknowns remain.

Traditional Values Coalition president Andrea Lafferty issued the following statement after outcries from parents in Oklahoma asking why tornado shelters could not be provided for schools for $600,000 to $1 million per school: "So where's the money going? If Oklahoma parents are wondering why the federal government cannot provide the grants to ... (more)

Acupuncture represents an alternative medicine methodology that treats patients by stimulation of acupuncture points within the skin, which can correct imbalances in the flow of qi through channels known as meridians.

Using captive Asiatic black bears for medical purposes, China's Guizhentang Pharmaceutical faces a fight from celebrities and animal rights activists.

My best friend was sexually harassed by his acupuncturist in Kuta last month. In the same week, I was almost denied entry due to my over-ample girth into the CAT scan at the 'Glimmer of Hope' Hospital in Denpasar.

Charles A. Moss, M.D., nationally acclaimed pioneer of integrative medicine, lecturer and author, announces the release of his new book, The Adaptation Diet: A Three-Step Approach to Control Cortisol, Lose Weight, and Prevent Chronic Disease .

Two endangered sea turtles that are shells of their former selves after getting stranded on Cape Cod during a cold spell are getting some help easing back into the wild - from an acupuncturist.

Jung-Eun Kim , Kwon-Eui Hong , Hyeong-Jun Kim , Jin-Bong Choi , Yong-Hyeon Baek , Byung-Kwan Seo , Sanghun Lee , Kyung-Won Kang , Min-Hee Lee , Joo-Hee Kim , Seunghoon Lee , So-Young Jung , Hee-Jung Jung , Mi-Suk Shin and Sun-Mi Choi Even though chronic fatigue syndrome and idiopathic chronic fatigue are quite common, there are no clearly known ... (more)

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Padma Lakshmi , Susan Sarandon , Whoopi Goldberg and another 100 million women worldwide contend with endometriosis, in which endometrial cells that line the uterus grow outside the uterus, causing adhesions, scarring, severe pain and a 30 to 40 percent risk of infertility.

On Monday morning, Dexter was on a clean cloth on the exam table, the first patient of the day.

That naturopathy is a veritable cornucopia of quackery mixed with the odd sensible, science-based suggestion here and there is not in doubt, at least not to supporters of science-based medicine .