acupuncture

Acupuncture provides headache relief

December 15, 2008 in Health Conditions | 0 comments

A study published in the December issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia indicated that acupuncture is superior to placebo and medication in treating chronic headaches.The study reviewed 25 randomized controlled trials in adults that lasted more than four weeks. In seven trials comparing acupuncture with medication, researchers found that 62 percent of 479 patients had significant response to acupuncture, and only 45 percent to medicine.Fourteen of the studies (with a total of 961 patients) compared acupuncture directly ...
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Treating depression without drugs – Part II

August 15, 2008 in Depression | 4 comments

In the first article in this three-part series on treating depression without drugs, we established that several non-drug treatments are at least as effective in treating depression than antidepressants - with few, if any of their side effects. Specifically, we learned that both psychotherapy and exercise compare favorably with antidepressants for treating even serious depression in the short-term, and are both more effective than antidepressants in the long-term.Today we will examine three other drug-free treatments ...
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