Acupuncture Equal to Talk Therapy for Recurring Depression
Acupuncture appears to be equal to counseling and may offer an additional nonpharmacologic treatment option for patients with moderate to severe depression, new research suggests…
Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis
Although acupuncture is widely used for chronic pain, there remains considerable controversy as to its value. We aimed to determine the effect size of acupuncture for 4 chronic pain conditions: back and neck pain, osteoarthritis, chronic headache, and shoulder pain…
Acupuncture Provides True Pain Relief in Study
A new study of acupuncture – the most rigorous and detailed analysis of the treatment to date – found that it can ease migraines and arthritis and other forms of chronic pain…
Reflections on Subtle Palpation
There are times when I pick up something surprising with a light touch on the patient’s body that leads to a deepening of my understanding of the nature of that touch and how it encourages a corresponding subtlety in awareness…
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