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Article: Acupuncture performed in group setting relieves HIV-related pain.
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- Pain & Central Nervous System Week
- Article date:
- July 26, 2004
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2004 JUL 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV-infected individuals who received five weeks of acupuncture treatment in a group setting reported decreased pain and reduced symptoms of peripheral neuropathy, according to a study published in the June 2004 issue of The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.
Kenneth Phillips, PhD and colleagues at the Mind-Body Research Group, University of South Carolina, and The Acupuncture Clinic in Columbia, South Carolina, demonstrated a significant reduction in current pain, pain during the last 24 hours, and total pain among HIV-infected individuals who received acupuncture treatments two evenings per week at a ...