Acupuncture good for back pain
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Acupuncture for low back pain is cost-effective and works, say medical researchers.
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Acupuncture, used as a complementary therapy to drugs, is a more effective treatment for knee osteoarthritis than medication alone, says a Spanish study in this week&#39;s issue of the British Medical Journal.
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Acupuncture can help boost the power  of drugs in reducing the pain suffered by patients with  arthritis in their knees, researchers report.
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Rosemary Wilson, a 53-year-old Connecticut homemaker, has spent the past 20-odd years trying to fix whatever it is that's wrong with her back. She's seen neurologists, an orthopedic surgeon, an osteopath and a physical therapist. She has also sought help from chiropractors, a massage therapist an...
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THE soaring popularity of laptop computers has led to a dramatic increase in backpain.   Back specialists say they are treating record numbers of patients for problems caused by carrying heavy laptops or by poor posture while using keyboards.
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It sounds far-fetched Â sticking needles in women to help them become pregnant Â but a scientific review suggests that acupuncture might improve the odds of conceiving if done right before or after embryos are placed in the womb.
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Spinal disc fusion surgery to treat  low-back pain is not very likely to be better than other, more  conservative options such as physical therapy over the long  term, most members of a panel of U.S. medical experts told  Medicare officials on Thursday.
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Is advice based on the theory that anything other than a 90-degree posture places undue strain on the back correct?
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A major study of the effect of acupuncture on osteoarthritis of the knee has found it can both relieve pain and improve movement. The US National Institutes of Health study concludes acupuncture is an effective complement to standard care.
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Fake acupuncture works nearly as well as the real thing for low back pain, and either kind performs much better than usual care, German researchers have found.
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Acupuncture is more effective than drugs in treating osteoarthritis, shows a study published last week. The needle therapy helped to reduce pain and stiffness and gave patients a better quality
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NEW YORK  - The ancient practice of acupressure may be able to calm the aggressive behavior that often results from dementia, a small study suggests.
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The ancient Chinese art of acupuncture offered people with arthritis of the knee significant pain relief, but it didn&#39;t seem to help people with chronic neck pain, according to two scientific studies out today.
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A patient's own stem cells could soon be used to cure chronic back pain, say researchers.
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NEW YORK  - Acupuncture can bring some relief to people with knee arthritis, but the benefits may be at least partly from a placebo effect, a new research review suggests.
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Couch potatoes beware -- slumping for  hours in front of the television or computer can cause severe  lower back pain which may take months or years to cure.
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NEW YORK  - For people with lower back  pain, a set of five criteria seem to predict whether spinal  manipulation is likely to help them, according to a new study.