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 5 (May)

1. Ear acupuncture in the treatment of migraine attacks: a randomized trial on the efficacy of appropriate versus inappropriate acupoints.
   Neurol Sci, 32: S173-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Acupuncture in primary headache treatment.
   Neurol Sci, 32: S15-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Electrical stimulation of acupuncture points and blood pressure responses to postural changes: a pilot study.
   Am J Crit Care, 20(3): e67-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Neural specificity of acupuncture stimulation from support vector machine classification analysis.
   Magn Reson Imaging. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Cost-effectiveness of acupuncture care as an adjunct to exercise-based physical therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee.
   Phys Ther, 91(5): 630-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Ear acupuncture in the treatment of migraine attacks: a randomized trial on the efficacy of appropriate versus inappropriate acupoints.
   Neurol Sci, 32: S173-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Acupuncture in primary headache treatment.
   Neurol Sci, 32: S15-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Electrical stimulation of acupuncture points and blood pressure responses to postural changes: a pilot study.
   Am J Crit Care, 20(3): e67-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Cost-effectiveness of acupuncture care as an adjunct to exercise-based physical therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee.
   Phys Ther, 91(5): 630-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Prevalence of complementary medicine use in a phase 1 clinical trials program: The MD Anderson Cancer Center Experience.
    Cancer. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on ST36 and SP6 acupoints prevents hyperglycaemic response during anaesthesia: a randomised controlled trial.
    Eur J Anaesthesiol, 28(6): 420-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Acupressure at acupoint P6 for prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting: a randomised clinical trial.
    Eur J Anaesthesiol, 28(6): 412-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. The use of complementary and alternative fertility treatments.
    Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol, 23(3): 195-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Factors that influence self-reported general health status among different Asian ethnic groups: evidence from the Roadmap to the New Horizon: Linking Asians to Improved Health and Wellness study.
    J Immigr Minor Health, 13(3): 555-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Prevalence and characteristics of pain in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease compared to the norwegian general population.
    J Pain, 12(5): 539-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Development of an Instrument to Assess the Quality of Acupuncture: Results from a Delphi Process.
    J Altern Complement Med. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. An experimental electro-acupuncture study in treatment of the rat demyelinated spinal cord injury induced by ethidium bromide.
    Neurosci Res. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Prevalence and characteristics of pain in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease compared to the Norwegian general population.
    J Pain, 12(5): 539-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Oral Uncaria rhynchophylla (UR) reduces kainic acid-induced epileptic seizures and neuronal death accompanied by attenuating glial cell proliferation and S100B proteins in rats.
    J Ethnopharmacol, 135(2): 313-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Subjective well-being in patients with chronic tension-type headache: effect of acupuncture, physical training, and relaxation training.
    Clin J Pain, 27(5): 448-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Acupuncture for acute management and rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury.
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Electroacupuncture enhances cell proliferation and neuronal differentiation in young rat brains.
    Neurol Sci, 32(3): 369-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Electroacupuncture for cervical ripening prior to labor induction: a randomized clinical trial.
    Arch Gynecol Obstet, 283(6): 1233-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Acute hepatitis C in Korea: different modes of infection, high rate of spontaneous recovery, and low rate of seroconversion.
    J Med Virol, 83(7): 1195-202. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Effects of acupuncture in reducing attrition and mortality in HIV-infected men with peripheral neuropathy.
    Explore (NY), 7(3): 148-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Review of evidence suggesting that the fascia network could be the anatomical basis for acupoints and meridians in the human body.
    Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2011: 260510. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Pilot scheme of health policy in stroke adjuvant acupuncture therapy for acute and subacute ischemic stroke in taiwan.
    Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2011: 689813. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Reframing placebo in research and practice.
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 366(1572): 1896-904. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Placebo studies and ritual theory: a comparative analysis of Navajo, acupuncture and biomedical healing.
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 366(1572): 1849-58. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Electroacupuncture reduces the evoked responses of the spinal dorsal horn neurons in ankle-sprained rats.
    J Neurophysiol, 105(5): 2050-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Effects of acupuncture therapy on abdominal fat and hepatic fat content in obese children: a magnetic resonance imaging and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.
    J Altern Complement Med, 17(5): 413-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Chinese herbal medicine and clomiphene citrate for anovulation: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
    J Altern Complement Med, 17(5): 397-405. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Use of acupuncture and other CAM methods in obstetrics: an analysis of 409,413 deliveries from Hesse, Germany.
    J Altern Complement Med, 17(5): 421-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Development of an instrument to assess the quality of acupuncture: results from a Delphi process.
    J Altern Complement Med, 17(5): 441-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. An acute cervical epidural hematoma as a complication of dry needling.
    Spine (Phila Pa 1976), 36(13): E891-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Women's use of nonprescribed methods to induce labor: a brief report.
    Birth, 38(2): 168-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Acupuncture for insomnia? An overview of systematic reviews.
    Eur J Gen Pract, 17(2): 116-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Potential role of metabolomics apporoaches in the area of traditional Chinese medicine: as pillars of the bridge between Chinese and Western medicine.
    J Pharm Biomed Anal, 55(5): 859-68. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Dielectric properties of human skin at an acupuncture point in the 50-75 GHz frequency range: a pilot study.
    Bioelectromagnetics, 32(5): 360-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Acupuncture for infertility: is it an effective therapy?
    Chin J Integr Med, 17(5): 386-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Contralateral electroacupuncture pretreatment suppresses carrageenan-induced inflammatory pain via the opioid-mu receptor.
    Rheumatol Int, 31(6): 725-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Report of adverse event with electroacupuncture.
    Acupunct Med, 29(2): 147-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Skin changes after manual or electrical acupuncture.
    Acupunct Med, 29(2): 143-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. 'Forbidden points' in pregnancy: no plausible mechanism for risk.
    Acupunct Med, 29(2): 140-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Quality of reporting on randomised controlled trials of auriculotherapy for pain.
    Acupunct Med, 29(2): 122-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Acupuncture and massage therapy for neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury: an exploratory study.
    Acupunct Med, 29(2): 108-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Pilot testing of methods for evaluation of acupuncture for emesis during radiotherapy: a randomised single subject experimental design.
    Acupunct Med, 29(2): 94-102. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. A pilot study of ST36 acupuncture for infantile colic.
    Acupunct Med, 29(2): 103-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Forbidden points' in pregnancy: historical wisdom?
    Acupunct Med, 29(2): 137-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. 'Forbidden points' in pregnancy: do they exist?
    Acupunct Med, 29(2): 135-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Enhancing acupuncture by low dose naltrexone.
    Acupunct Med, 29(2): 127-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Is there a difference between the effects of single and triple indirect moxibustion stimulations on skin temperature changes of the posterior trunk surface?
    Acupunct Med, 29(2): 116-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Electroacupuncture on a patient with pacemaker: a case report.
    Acupunct Med, 29(2): 152-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Direct current electrical stimulation of acupuncture needles for peripheral nerve regeneration: an exploratory case series.
    Acupunct Med, 29(2): 88-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Complementary medicine for children and young people who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
    Curr Opin Psychiatry, 24(4): 291-300. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. The analgesic effect of magnetic acupressure in cancer patients undergoing bone marrow aspiration and biopsy: a randomized, blinded, controlled trial.
    J Pain Symptom Manage, 41(6): 995-1002. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. The antioxidative effect of electro-acupuncture in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease.
    PLoS One, 6(5): e19790. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Rostral ventromedial medulla μ, but not κ, opioid receptors are involved in electroacupuncture anti-hyperalgesia in an inflammatory pain rat model.
    Brain Res, 1395: 38-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. An experimental electro-acupuncture study in treatment of the rat demyelinated spinal cord injury induced by ethidium bromide.
    Neurosci Res, 70(3): 294-304. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Changes of gene expression profiles in the cervical spinal cord by acupuncture in an MPTP-intoxicated mouse model: microarray analysis.
    Gene, 481(1): 7-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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