Back pain is one of the top reasons people seek medical treatment. It is also the No. 1 reported reason for seeking acupuncture. The good news is chronic low back pain is one of the conditions ...

Clinical trials are currently underway to determine the effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of drug addiction. While there are still many unanswered questions about the basic mechanisms ...

Acupuncture, an ancient form of medicine that originated in China several thousand years ago, has been used by Canadian physicians since the 1970s. Research on the neurophysiology of acupuncture ...

Scientists led by NTU Singapore and Hong Kong University (HKU) have found evidence that electro-acupuncture – a form of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment – could be used to manage obesity.

Two previous large-scale, randomized trials showed that real and sham acupuncture were equally effective for migraine prophylaxis. 7,8 Li et al., on the other hand, seem to show that real ...