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 6 (2009), Issue 9 (September)

1. Acupuncture: a novel hypothesis for the involvement of purinergic signalling.
   Med Hypotheses, 73(4): 470-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. The role of acupuncture and transcutaneous-electrical nerve stimulation for postoperative pain control.
   Curr Opin Anaesthesiol, 22(5): 623-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Imbalance between pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, and between Th1 and Th2 cytokines in depressed patients: the effect of electroacupuncture or fluoxetine treatment.
   Pharmacopsychiatry, 42(5): 182-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Repeated electroacupuncture preconditioning attenuates matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression and activity after focal cerebral ischemia in rats.
   Neurol Res, 31(8): 853-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Down-regulation of protein and mRNA expression of IL-8 and ICAM-1 in colon tissue of ulcerative colitis patients by partition-herb moxibustion.
   Dig Dis Sci, 54(10): 2198-206. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Acupuncture as a treatment for functional dyspepsia: design and methods of a randomized controlled trial.
   Trials, 10: 75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Endogenous Opiates in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius Mediate Electroacupuncture-induced Sleep Activities in Rats.
   Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Auricular acupuncture as a treatment for pregnant women who have low back and posterior pelvic pain: a pilot study.
   Am J Obstet Gynecol, 201(3): 271.e1-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Electro-acupuncture improves responsiveness to insulin via excitation of somatic afferent fibers in diabetic rats.
   Auton Neurosci, 150(1): 100-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Prolonged analgesic effect of PLGA-encapsulated bee venom on formalin-induced pain in rats.
    Int J Pharm, 380(1): 62-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Caring for the pregnant woman and her baby in a changing maternity service environment: the role of acupuncture.
    Acupunct Med, 27(3): 123-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Developing and validating a sham acupuncture needle.
    Acupunct Med, 27(3): 118-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. The effect of acupuncture on oral microcirculation in healthy volunteers: an exploratory study.
    Acupunct Med, 27(3): 114-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Group acupuncture to relieve radiation induced xerostomia: a feasibility study.
    Acupunct Med, 27(3): 109-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. The acupuncture treatment for postmenopausal hot flushes (Acuflash) study: traditional Chinese medicine diagnoses and acupuncture points used, and their relation to the treatment response.
    Acupunct Med, 27(3): 101-108. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Laser acupuncture for chronic non-specific low back pain: a controlled clinical trial.
    Acupunct Med, 27(3): 94-100. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Correction of nonvertex presentation with moxibustion: a systematic review and metaanalysis.
    Am J Obstet Gynecol, 201(3): 241-59. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Use of complementary and alternative medicine in patients suffering from primary headache disorders.
    Cephalalgia, 29(10): 1069-78. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Beyond cell doctrine: complexity theory informs alternate models of the body for cross-cultural dialogue.
    Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1172: 263-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Acupuncture in acute herpes zoster pain therapy (ACUZoster) - design and protocol of a randomised controlled trial.
    BMC Complement Altern Med, 9: 31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Acupuncture for vasomotor menopausal symptoms: a systematic review.
    Menopause, 16(5): 1065-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Randomized clinical trials of constitutional acupuncture: a systematic review.
    Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 6: 59-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Psychological profile of sasang typology: a systematic review.
    Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 6: 21-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Effects of music on anxiety and pain in children with cerebral palsy receiving acupuncture: a randomized controlled trial.
    Int J Nurs Stud, 46(11): 1423-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Does acupuncture have a place as an adjunct treatment during pregnancy? A review of randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews.
    Birth, 36(3): 246-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Patient and practitioner influences on the placebo effect in irritable bowel syndrome.
    Psychosom Med, 71(7): 789-97. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Acupuncture at both ST25 and ST37 improves the pain threshold of chronic visceral hypersensitivity rats.
    Neurochem Res, 34(11): 1914-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Effects of electro-acupuncture on igf-I expression in spared dorsal root Ganglia and associated spinal dorsal horn in cats subjected to adjacent dorsal root ganglionectomies.
    Neurochem Res, 34(11): 1993-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Parsing brain activity associated with acupuncture treatment in Parkinson's diseases.
    Mov Disord, 24(12): 1794-802. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Integration of acupuncture into family medicine teaching clinics.
    J Altern Complement Med, 15(9): 1015-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Evidence from the Cochrane Collaboration for traditional Chinese medicine therapies.
    J Altern Complement Med, 15(9): 1001-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. The therapeutic depth of abdominal acupuncture points approaches the safe depth in overweight and in older children.
    J Altern Complement Med, 15(9): 1033-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Is there a role for complementary therapy in the management of leukemia?
    Expert Rev Anticancer Ther, 9(9): 1241-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Acupuncture for radiation-induced xerostomia in patients with cancer: a pilot study.
    Head Neck, 31(10): 1360-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Improvement in glucose tolerance as a result of enhanced insulin sensitivity during electroacupuncture in spontaneously diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rats.
    Metabolism, 58(10): 1372-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Massage for low back pain: an updated systematic review within the framework of the Cochrane Back Review Group.
    Spine (Phila Pa 1976), 34(16): 1669-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Evidence-based practice in British complementary and alternative medicine: double standards?
    J Health Serv Res Policy, 14(4): 219-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Electro-acupuncture stimulation improves motor disorders in Parkinsonian rats.
    Behav Brain Res, 205(1): 214-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. A survey of occupational exposure to blood and body fluids in physiotherapists in Western Australia.
    Asia Pac J Public Health, 21(4): 508-19. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Qualitative systemic review of randomized controlled trials on complementary and alternative medicine treatments in fibromyalgia.
    Rheumatol Int. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Acupuncture in the management of post-partum headache following neuraxial analgesia.
    Int J Obstet Anesth, 18(4): 417-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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