Pseudoscientific life hacks like Goop-approved vaginal jade eggs and “bio-frequency healing stickers” have made it hard to keep an open mind about complementary and alternative medicine. It’s a shame, ...

Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicinal practice that involves inserting very thin sterile needles into specific points on the body to influence health and relieve pain. Previous studies have ...

A new meta-analysis published in PLoS ONE comparing acupuncture and drugs for the treatment of chronic constipation is one of the worst studies I have ever seen. Chinese researchers from Longhua ...

In a recent clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open, researchers from the United States of America (USA) assessed and compared the effectiveness of acupuncture and massage therapy for ...

A recent study has found that real acupuncture can not only reduce a patient's cancer pain from various types of cancer, but also reduce their painkiller use. Acupuncture and acupressure are ...

Our findings indicate that a large commercial insurer is increasingly covering acupuncture for its beneficiaries. Unlike Medicare Part B, which limits acupuncture coverage to chronic low back pain, ...

TUESDAY, June 27, 2017 -- Acupuncture, a 3,000-year-old healing technique, received mixed reviews in two new studies from China -- one focusing on incontinence and the other on a cause of female ...

CHICAGO — Acupuncture gets a thumbs-up for helping relieve pain from chronic headaches, backaches and arthritis in a review of more than two dozen studies — the latest analysis of an often-studied ...

Acupuncture can help the pain of arthritis in the knee and can improve freedom of movement, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. The study adds to evidence that the 2,000-year-old Chinese treatment, ...