Acupuncture

Orac none@example.com wrote an interesting post today on
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Un centre nord-irlandais a testé une méthode de test randomisé contrôlé et en double aveugle afin d’adapter le standard en matière d’essais cliniques à l’évaluation du traitement d’acupuncture.
Il semble que la méthode ait fonctionné et que le groupe de contrôle ait cru recevoir un réel traitement d’acupuncture ce qui qualifierait cette méthode pour d’autres tests.
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L’évaluation scientifique de l’acupuncture est difficile. Parmi les difficultés on peut mentionner le besoin de faire intervenir un opérateur qualifié qui stimulerait correctement un point d’acupuncture, puis de s’assurer du choix des points selon les critères diagnostiques propres à l’acupuncture ainsi que une puncture correcte, c’est-à-dire intra-musculaire si nécessaire, ce qui ne correspond pas ou très peu aux critères retenus par les différents essais.
Les équipes chinoises sont naturellement plus enclines à tester ces points par la présence d’une équipe pluri-disciplinaire ou tout du moins par la double formation correcte du médecin acupuncteur.
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Une étude sur 36 patients devant subir une thoracotomie a été conçue en 2006 pour évaluer les bénéfices à réduire la douleur post-opératoire souvent intense et de longue durée (Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.). Des points ont été piqués sur les membres et de chaque côté de la colonne vertébrale avant l’opération chirurgicale, et l’intensité de la douleur post-opératoire a été évaluée après 5, 7, 30, 60 et  90 jours. Cette évauation a été positive et une autre évaluation devra être faite sous la forme d’un RCT (Randomized Clinical Test).
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Acupuncture Treatment for Sinusitis

Sinusitis is an inflammation of the mucous membranes of the sinus cavities, which are found around the eyes inside the skull. Both allergy and viral infections can trigger sinusitis and sinus headache, as well as exposure to directly irritating substances such as smoke and cosmetic fragrances. Sinus congestion or sinus pain can also be the result. Sinusitis and allergy symptoms are increasing in our society, and often require treatment with powerful drugs which cause a variety of side effects.
Allergy to inhaled pollutants and pollen also contribute to sinus diseases. Most modern cities have problems with air quality outdoors, and indoor air is subject to pollution by furnishings, household chemicals, cosmetics and pet dander. Casual use of lawn chemicals and pesticides have also affected a number of my patients.
Symptoms of allergy and hypersensitivity may affect the body in the sinuses, the airways, the mucous membranes, the lungs or […]

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Acupuncture and IVF wrote an interesting post today on
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Here’s a bit of year-end nonsense:  one of the mysteries of my blog this year has been the post, “Good News For Hypercholesterolemic Hamsters“.  This has been, far and away, the most viewed post; accruing twice the number of views of its nearest rival. So, is it interest in the applicability of animal models to people that has driven this phenomenon? 
This post uses the Google Trends tool to explore the relative popularity of hamsters against: gerbils, guinea pigs, homeopathy, acupuncture, aromatherapy and reflexology, Ginseng, Black Cohosh, Ginkgo Biloba and Red Clover. 
So if you have found this post when all you really want is pictures of cute hamsters - welcome.  If you make it all the way to the end of this post, I’ll reward you with another! 
But now, let’s compare the popularity of ‘googling’ for ‘hamster’ against their fellow small caged mammals: the gerbil and the guinea pig.  In Figure […]

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Acupuncture is a component of traditional Chinese medicine that originated in China over 5,000 years ago. It is based on the belief that living beings have a vital energy, called “qi”, that circulates through twelve invisible energy lines known as meridians on the body. Each meridian is associated with a different organ system. An imbalance in the flow of qi throughout a meridian is how disease begins.
Acupuncturists insert needles into specified points along meridian lines to influence the restore balance to the flow of qi. There are over 1,000 acupuncture points on the body.
In 1997, acupuncture needles were reclassified from “experimental” to “medical device” by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The National Institutes of Health released a consensus statment in the same year endorsing acupuncture for the treatment of a variety of conditions such as post-operative pain, tennis elbow, and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Acupuncture is one of the […]

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Thanks to finding optimism for this:
There are many ways to insult someone with depression, without even trying very hard. The best way is to give them some unsolicited advice. Something that you think is simple, yet profound, and potentially life changing. But said in ignorance. Nothing cuts deeper to someone with depression, than when their illness, which is serious, is trivialized by another who doesn’t understand it.
Here are the some of the terrible things that people say:
“This is what life is like. Get used to it.”
“Life isn’t meant to be easy.”
“Just snap out of it!”
“Pull yourself together.”
“Who said that life is fair?”
“You just have to get on with things.”
“At least it’s not that bad.”
“Stop feeling sorry for yourself.”
“You have so many things. What do you have to feel down about?”
“You just need to cheer up.”
“Quit trying to be a martyr.”
“Stop taking all those medicines.”
“I know how you feel. I’ve […]

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305 Third Avenue, between 12th and 13th Streets, is a place of relaxation, kind of like a local 2-stop spa. Start your visit up a few flights, at the Brooklyn Acupuncture Project, where Robbie and Sarah will expertly and affordably address your ailments. Acupuncture is a mysterious thing, so if you’re feeling wobbly and a little off-kilter, I’d recommend a stop at the Draft Barn on the ground floor, maybe a cheese spread appetizer and cool beverage.
The Draft Barn is the Gowanus outpost of a restaurant on Avenue X in Brooklyn. Here, beer rules. There’s a revolving assortment on tap and 200+ bottled brands. The space is nouveau rathskeller; real timber beams suggest ye olde character without the unpleasantness of centuries of smoky, beery funk.

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Acupuncture works, but it appears to work equally well with or without needle penetration. This conclusion was drawn from a treatment study involving cancer patients suffering from nausea during radiotherapy.
In a series of acupuncture studies that involved more than 200 patients who were undergoing radiation treatment, roughly half received traditional acupuncture with needles penetrating the skin in particular points, while the others received simulated acupuncture instead, with a telescopic, blunt placebo needle that merely touched their skin.
Afterwards, 95 percent of the patients in both groups felt that the treatment had helped relieve nausea, and 67 percent had experienced other positive effects such as improved sleep, brighter mood, and less pain. Both groups felt considerably better than a separate control group that received no acupuncture of any kind.
The acupuncture was performed by physiotherapists two or three times a week during the five week long period of their radiation treatment.

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Happy Winter Solstice!
Wizard had his first chiropractic adjustment on Oct 29. His second adjustment was on Dec 20. I asked the chiropractor to watch his movement before she adjusted him. She said that he looks perfectly 100% sound in the front end (and he’s barefoot- yay!). The hind end is not uneven, but she saw weakness in the back and legs. Wizard stands cow-hocked and he’s a bit sickle-hocked . The chiropractor also noticed what looks like an old hamstring injury on his left side- he sort of lifts and slaps down his hind foot on firm footing after work. I was concerned about the looseness of his joints and the weakness in the hind end, but she said that he should be just fine for low level work, including jumping. She said that Wizard’s hind end will benefit from the work that I’m doing since his balance and strength […]

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So it’s official.  We are the worst bloggers and we don’t even have a baby to blame for it.  Instead, we can all say that we survived a pretty rough semester and now that it’s over, we promise to be much, much better about keeping you all updated.
Since we last wrote, lots of exciting things have happened!
Jason finished his Master’s program at Emerson!  Yay!  We will call him Master Jason.
We continue to attend our childbirth class, which is kind of rough going.  The best part of the recent class was when we were doing some bizarre hip undulation, labor movement exercise type-thing and the guy next to us farted.  Unfortunately, Jason didn’t hear it, but I did.  And being a beacon of maturity, I could no longer control myself.  I was grateful that we weren’t the farters, only because the guy’s wife looked mortified.  But I really just couldn’t stop […]

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