Acupuncture Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Acupuncture, including details on alternative medicine, uses, benefits, treatment, chinese medicine.

Volume 3 (2006), Issue 5 (May)

1. Invitation to an international multicenter study of the effect of acupuncture on the outcome of in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
   Fertil Steril, 85(5): 1370. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Effect of acupuncture on the outcome of in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a randomized, prospective, controlled clinical study.
   Fertil Steril, 85(5): 1347-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Acupuncture on the day of embryo transfer significantly improves the reproductive outcome in infertile women: a prospective, randomized trial.
   Fertil Steril, 85(5): 1341-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Positive effects of acupuncture in assisted reproductive technologies are not mediated by changes in ovarian and endometrial production of estradiol, progesterone, and placental protein 14.
   Fertil Steril, 85(5): 1368-1369. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Influence of acupuncture stimulation on pregnancy rates for women undergoing embryo transfer.
   Fertil Steril, 85(5): 1352-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Acupuncture as adjunctive therapy in assisted reproduction: remaining uncertainties.
   Fertil Steril, 85(5): 1362-3; discussion 1368-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Acupuncture and infertility: we need to stick to good science.
   Fertil Steril, 85(5): 1359-61; discussion 1368-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Integrated traditional Chinese medicine.
   Complement Ther Clin Pract, 12(2): 132-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Redefining the randomized controlled trial in the context of acupuncture research.
   Complement Ther Clin Pract, 12(2): 91-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Status of credentialing alternative providers within a subset of u.s. Academic health centers.
    J Altern Complement Med, 12(3): 329-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Adolescent endometriosis-related pelvic pain treated with acupuncture: two case reports.
    J Altern Complement Med, 12(3): 317-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. A review and analysis of placebo treatments, placebo effects, and placebo controls in trials of medical procedures when sham is not inert.
    J Altern Complement Med, 12(3): 303-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Exploring outcomes associated with acupuncture.
    J Altern Complement Med, 12(3): 247-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Designing an acupuncture study: the nationwide, randomized, controlled, german acupuncture trials on migraine and tension-type headache.
    J Altern Complement Med, 12(3): 237-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. The play of chance.
    Fertil Steril, 85(5): 1364-7; discussion 1368-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Effects of electrostimulated acupuncture on ground reaction forces and pain scores in dogs with chronic elbow joint arthritis.
    J Am Vet Med Assoc, 228(9): 1350-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Does acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine have a role in the treatment of allergic rhinitis?
    Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol, 6(3): 175-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Acupuncture is a feasible treatment for post-thoracotomy pain: results of a prospective pilot trial.
    BMC Anesthesiol, 6(1): 5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Effectiveness of acupuncture for migraine: critical literature review.
    J Adv Nurs, 54(4): 491-501. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. ARIA update: I--Systematic review of complementary and alternative medicine for rhinitis and asthma.
    J Allergy Clin Immunol, 117(5): 1054-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Acupuncture in migraine prophylaxis: a randomized sham-controlled trial.
    Cephalalgia, 26(5): 520-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Neural substrates, experimental evidences and functional hypothesis of acupuncture mechanisms.
    Acta Neurol Scand, 113(6): 370-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Beyond paradigm: making transcultural connections in a scientific translation of acupuncture.
    Soc Sci Med, 62(12): 2960-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Midbrain vlPAG inhibits rVLM cardiovascular sympathoexcitatory responses during electroacupuncture.
    Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 290(6): H2543-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Excitatory projections from arcuate nucleus to ventrolateral periaqueductal gray in electroacupuncture inhibition of cardiovascular reflexes.
    Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 290(6): H2535-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Factors that influence the applicability of sham needle in acupuncture trials: two randomized, single-blind, crossover trials with acupuncture-experienced subjects.
    Clin J Pain, 22(4): 346-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Self-reported smoking cessation interventions were not associated with quitting in older women.
    J Clin Epidemiol, 59(6): 622-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Use of complementary and alternative medicine in Germany - a survey of patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
    BMC Complement Altern Med, 6(1): 19. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Electroencephalogram-entropy and acupuncture.
    Anesth Analg, 102(6): 1745-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Acupuncture treatment for opiate addiction: a systematic review.
    J Subst Abuse Treat, 30(4): 309-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Electro-acupuncture attenuates stress-induced defecation in rats with chronic visceral hypersensitivity via serotonergic pathway.
    Brain Res, 1088(1): 101-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Efficacy and safety of acupuncture for the treatment of non-specific acute low back pain: a randomised controlled multicentre trial protocol [ISRCTN65814467].
    BMC Complement Altern Med, 6: 14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Open-label trial regarding the use of acupuncture and yin tui na in Parkinson's disease outpatients: a pilot study on efficacy, tolerability, and quality of life.
    J Altern Complement Med, 12(4): 395-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Demographics and patterns of acupuncture use in the chinese population: the taiwan experience.
    J Altern Complement Med, 12(4): 379-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Analgesic effect of electroacupuncture in postthoracotomy pain: a prospective randomized trial.
    Ann Thorac Surg, 81(6): 2031-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia for clinical and experimental pain.
    Expert Rev Neurother, 6(5): 661-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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