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 8 (2011), Issue 12 (December)

1. Acupuncture enhances the synaptic dopamine availability to improve motor function in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease.
   PLoS One, 6(11): e27566. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. The safety of pediatric acupuncture: a systematic review.
   Pediatrics, 128(6): e1575-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Perspectives in clinical research of acupuncture on menopausal symptoms.
   Chin J Integr Med, 17(12): 893-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Complementary and alternative medicine in the treatment of menopausal symptoms.
   Chin J Integr Med, 17(12): 883-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Arcuate nucleus of hypothalamus is involved in mediating the satiety effect of electroacupuncture in obese rats.
   Peptides, 32(12): 2394-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Acupuncture of the sacral vertebrae suppresses bladder activity and bladder activity-related neurons in the brainstem micturition center.
   Neurosci Res, 72(1): 43-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Multifocal infection of mycobacterium other than tuberculosis mimicking a soft tissue tumor of the extremity.
   Orthopedics, 34(12): e952-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Physical therapy for Bell's palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis).
   Cochrane Database Syst Rev. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Complementary and miscellaneous interventions for nocturnal enuresis in children.
   Cochrane Database Syst Rev. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Canine Hip Dysplasia: Reviewing the Evidence for Nonsurgical Management.
    Vet Surg. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Efficacy of nonsurgical interventions for anterior knee pain: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.
    Sports Med, 42(1): 31-49. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Acid-sensing ion channel 3 mediates peripheral anti-hyperalgesia effects of acupuncture in mice inflammatory pain.
    J Biomed Sci, 18: 82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Electroacupuncture increased cerebral blood flow and reduced ischemic brain injury: dependence on stimulation intensity and frequency.
    J Appl Physiol, 111(6): 1877-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. A randomized trial comparing acupuncture and simulated acupuncture for subacute and chronic whiplash.
    Spine (Phila Pa 1976), 36(26): E1659-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Acupuncture for chronic nonbacterial prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a systematic review.
    J Androl, 33(1): 15-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. An assessment of patient safety in acupuncture process under EMR support.
    J Med Syst, 35(6): 1447-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. The relationship between dental occlusion/temporomandibular joint status and general body health: part 2. Fascial connection of TMJ with other parts of the body.
    J Altern Complement Med, 17(12): 1119-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. The efficacy of acupressure at the Sanyinjiao point in the improvement of women's general health.
    J Altern Complement Med, 17(12): 1141-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Electroacupuncture is not effective in chronic painful neuropathies.
    Pain Med, 12(12): 1819-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Risk of bias tool in systematic reviews/meta-analyses of acupuncture in Chinese journals.
    PLoS One, 6(12): e28130. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Moxibustion down-regulates colonic epithelial cell apoptosis and repairs tight junctions in rats with Crohn's disease.
    World J Gastroenterol, 17(45): 4960-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Photoelectric stimulation of defined ear points (Smokex-Pro method) as an aid for smoking cessation: a prospective observational 2-year study with 156 smokers in a primary care setting.
    Eur Addict Res, 17(6): 292-301. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Acupuncture for depression?: A systematic review of systematic reviews.
    Eval Health Prof, 34(4): 403-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. German translation of the Southampton Needle Sensation Questionnaire: use in an experimental acupuncture study.
    Forsch Komplementmed, 18(6): 321-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Effect of an integrated support programme on the concerns and wellbeing of women with breast cancer: a national service evaluation.
    Complement Ther Clin Pract, 18(1): 10-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Safety of 4-week indirect-moxibustion therapy at CV4 and CV8.
    J Acupunct Meridian Stud, 4(4): 262-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Significant neurological improvement in two patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis after 4 weeks of treatment with acupuncture injection point therapy using enercel.
    J Acupunct Meridian Stud, 4(4): 257-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Anti-invasive activity of ethanol extracts of Ganoderma lucidum through tightening of tight junctions and inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase activities in human gastric carcinoma cells.
    J Acupunct Meridian Stud, 4(4): 225-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. The effect of needle-embedding therapy and pharmacopuncture therapy on patients with urinary incontinence.
    J Acupunct Meridian Stud, 4(4): 220-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Effects of manual acupuncture at GB34 on carbon tetrachloride-induced acute liver injury in rats.
    J Acupunct Meridian Stud, 4(4): 214-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Acupuncture as cancer symptom therapy: what a difference a decade makes.
    J Acupunct Meridian Stud, 4(4): 209-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Effects of acupuncture and moxibustion in a mouse model of allergic rhinitis.
    Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 146(1): 19-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. A pilot randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled trial of traditional acupuncture for vasomotor symptoms and mechanistic pathways of menopause.
    Menopause, 19(1): 54-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Bilateral effects of 6 weeks' unilateral acupuncture and electroacupuncture on ankle dorsiflexors muscle strength: a pilot study.
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 93(1): 50-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. A systematic review and meta-analysis of efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and safety of selected complementary and alternative medicine for neck and low-back pain.
    Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2012: 953139. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. A systematic review of the effect of expectancy on treatment responses to acupuncture.
    Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2012: 857804. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Acupuncture for treatment of autism spectrum disorders.
    Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2012: 679845. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Trends in Chinese medicine use among prostate cancer patients under national health insurance in Taiwan: 1996-2008.
    Integr Cancer Ther, 10(4): 317-27. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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