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 9 (2012), Issue 1 (January)

1. The effectiveness of moxibustion for the treatment of functional constipation: a randomized, sham-controlled, patient blinded, pilot clinical trial.
   BMC Complement Altern Med, 11: 124. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. An overview of systematic reviews of complementary and alternative medicine for fibromyalgia.
   Clin Rheumatol, 31(1): 55-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Serve the people or close the sale? Profit-driven overuse of injections and infusions in China's market-based healthcare system.
   Int J Health Plann Manage, 26(4): 449-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Neuroendocrine mechanisms of acupuncture in the treatment of hypertension.
   Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2012: 878673. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Acupuncture stimulation alleviates corticosterone-induced impairments of spatial memory and cholinergic neurons in rats.
   Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2012: 670536. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Alternative therapies useful in the management of diabetes: A systematic review.
   J Pharm Bioallied Sci, 3(4): 504-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Auricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment-a randomised controlled trial.
   Clin Oral Investig. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Self-administered acupuncture as an alternative to deliberate self-harm: a feasibility study.
   J Pers Disord, 25(6): 741-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Integrative Mental Health (IMH): paradigm, research, and clinical practice.
   Explore (NY), 8(1): 50-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Acupuncture for Bell's palsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
    Chin J Integr Med, 18(1): 48-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. De-qi, not psychological factors, determines the therapeutic efficacy of acupuncture treatment for primary dysmenorrhea.
    Chin J Integr Med, 18(1): 7-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Potential role of complementary and alternative health care providers in chronic disease prevention and health promotion: an analysis of National Health Interview Survey data.
    Prev Med, 54(1): 18-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Registered nurses integrate traditional Chinese medicine into the triage process.
    Qual Health Res, 22(2): 263-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Effects of preventive acupuncture on streptozotocin-induced hyperglycemia in rats.
    J Endocrinol Invest, 34(10): e355-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Dense cranial electroacupuncture stimulation for major depressive disorder--a single-blind, randomized, controlled study.
    PLoS One, 7(1): e29651. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Acupuncture at ST36 prevents chronic stress-induced increases in neuropeptide Y in rat.
    Exp Biol Med (Maywood), 237(1): 18-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Acupuncture and chiropractic care for chronic pain in an integrated health plan: a mixed methods study.
    BMC Complement Altern Med, 11: 118. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Upper cervical and upper thoracic thrust manipulation versus nonthrust mobilization in patients with mechanical neck pain: a multicenter randomized clinical trial.
    J Orthop Sports Phys Ther, 42(1): 5-18. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Acupuncture in practice: mapping the providers, the patients and the settings in a national cross-sectional survey.
    BMJ Open, 2(1): e000456. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Prospective study of risk factors for hepatitis C virus acquisition by Caucasian, Hispanic, and Asian American patients.
    J Viral Hepat, 19(2): e105-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Acupuncture in treatment of musculoskeletal disorders of orchestra musicians.
    Work, 41(1): 5-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Alternative and complementary treatment for food allergy.
    Immunol Allergy Clin North Am, 32(1): 135-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. A Systematic Review of Smoking Cessation Intervention Studies in China.
    Nicotine Tob Res. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Phase 2 results from Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Study 0537: A phase 2/3 study comparing acupuncture-like transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation versus pilocarpine in treating early radiation-induced xerostomia.
    Cancer. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. The successful treatment of flat warts with auricular acupuncture.
    Int J Dermatol, 51(2): 211-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Non-drug therapies for lower limb muscle cramps.
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 1: CD008496. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Cost-effectiveness of nonpharmacologic, nonsurgical interventions for hip and/or knee osteoarthritis: systematic review.
    Value Health, 15(1): 1-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Tempo-spatial analysis of vision-related acupoint specificity in the occipital lobe using fMRI: an ICA study.
    Brain Res, 1436: 34-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Practice, practitioner, or placebo? A multifactorial, mixed-methods randomized controlled trial of acupuncture.
    Pain, 153(2): 455-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Motion style acupuncture treatment (MSAT) for acute low back pain with severe disability: a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial protocol.
    BMC Complement Altern Med, 11: 127. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Dyspnea review for the palliative care professional: treatment goals and therapeutic options.
    J Palliat Med, 15(1): 106-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Electroacupuncture improves survival in rats with lethal endotoxemia via the autonomic nervous system.
    Anesthesiology, 116(2): 406-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Traditional Chinese Medicine for cancer-related symptoms.
    Semin Oncol Nurs, 28(1): 64-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Group recruitment sessions enhance patient understanding in a small multi-centre phase III clinical trial.
    Contemp Clin Trials, 33(2): 286-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. The consultation and relational empathy measure: an investigation of its scaling structure.
    Disabil Rehabil, 34(6): 503-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. The Limbic-Prefrontal Network Modulated by Electroacupuncture at CV4 and CV12.
    Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2012: 515893. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Effects of acupuncture and exercise on insulin sensitivity, adipose tissue characteristics, and markers of coagulation and fibrinolysis in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: secondary analyses of a randomized controlled trial.
    Fertil Steril, 97(2): 501-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Use of and attitudes toward complementary and alternative medicine among midwives in Turkey.
    Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol, 160(2): 131-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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