Topic: Acupuncture
Case involving SKorea's most famous acupuncturist highlights clash over traditional medicineKim Nam-soo has stuck needles into generals, actors, tycoons and at least one president for more than six decades as South Korea's acupuncturist to the stars. Grateful patients say his treatments combining ...
Police: acupuncture patient in Washington state calls 911, says she was locked in clinicPolice in Bellingham, Wash., say an acupuncture patient called 911 for assistance after she says clinic workers apparently forgot about her and locked up the office. Police spokesman Mark ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although acupuncture is promoted as a way to induce labor in women who go past their due date, a new study adds to evidence doubting its usefulness. Researchers found that among 125 pregnant women who were past ...
Canadian singer Celine Dion is 20 weeks pregnant with twin boys, she announced on her website on Friday. The 42-year-old entertainer's husband-manager Rene Angelil, 68, is the father. "Celine and Rene Expecting Twin Boys!" said Dion's website. "Celine first announced the upcoming ...
Canadian singer Celine Dion is 14 weeks pregnant with twins, CNN television reported Monday. The television network said Dion, 42, and her husband-manager Rene Angelil, 68, will find out next month the gender of their twins. The pregnancy was the result of ...
Acupuncture eases pain in the limbs because it releases a natural molecule called adenosine, neuroscientists in the United States reported on Sunday. The mechanism was discovered through experiments in lab mice, which were given an injection of an inflammation-inducing chemical in their ...
TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Forget cosmetic surgery. The ancient treatment of acupuncture is gaining new popularity as a beauty secret in Japan about 1,500 years after it first came there from China. As aesthetic sessions increasingly go organic or employ traditional remedies, ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Iraqi doctors faced with a shortage of drugs in a capital city hit by years of conflict have successfully used acupuncture to treat mothers during caesarean section births. Reporting on Thursday on a small study of 200 cases at ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Acupuncture may not help alleviate labor pain, according to a review of past studies trying to establish the efficacy of the treatment. Researchers from South Korea and Britain examined data from 10 clinical trials involving 2,038 women and ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Acupuncture may provide some temporary pain relief for people with fibromyalgia, but does not help with fatigue, sleep problems, or physical function, according to a new research review. However, the results are too inconsistent to recommend acupuncture ...
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