MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE

THE GIOVANNI MACIOCIA'S BLOG

7.24.2009

Giovanni Maciocia has a new blog. We hope to learn a lot from him!

ACUPUNCTURE AND POSTPARTUM WEIGHT LOSS

I recommend and interesting article from Chinese Medicine Times about postpartum weight loss. A dose of common sense.

http://www.chinesemedicinetimes.com/section/339/1/postpartum_weight_loss_for_nursing_mothers_using_tcm_and_modern_techniques

Endometriosis is a common gynaecological condition causing menstrual and pelvic pain. A new Cochrane Review suggests that Chinese herbal medicine may be useful in relieving endometriosis-related pain with fewer side effects than conventional treatment. However, better quality randomised controlled trials are needed to investigate it.
http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab006568.html

THE TREATMENT OF FIBROMYALGIA USING ACUPUNCTURE

5.23.2009

Acupuncture can play an important role in the treatment of fibromyalgia. "Chinese Medicine Times" publishes an interesting article about it.
http://www.chinesemedicinetimes.com/section/341/1/the_treatment_of_fibromyalgia_using_acupuncture

Sham acupuncture

4.10.2009

An interesting editorial article from The British Medical Journal by Cummings and White about sham acupuncture. I think that placebo have a very different role in the evaluation of acupuncture than in the evaluation of drugs. What do you thing?
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/338/jan27_2/a3115
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/section_pdf/338/jan27_2/a2760.pdf

ACUPUNCTURE FOR MIGRAINE PROPHYLAXIS

2.08.2009

The Cochrane Library publised an updated version of a Cochrane review to investigate whether acupuncture is effective in reducing headache frequency in patients with migraine. The conclusion is that there is consistent evidence that acupuncture provides additional benefit to treatment of acute migraine attacks.