NIH issues consensus statement on acupuncture. (National Institutes of...

American Family Physician;  May 15, 1998 ;   Morey, Sharon Scott;   787 words ......is compared with placebo or sham acupuncture is scant. Most of the published...that compared acupuncture with sham acupuncture or placebo. The report notes...includes comments on the use of sham acupuncture, noting that there is disagreement...

Acupuncture for menopausal hot flushes.(Clinical report)

Bandolier;  February 1, 2005 ;     526 words ......randomised trial of acupuncture, sham acupuncture, and oestradiol in menopausal...concluded that acupuncture and sham acupuncture work, but less well than oestradiol...viable alternative, but not sham acupuncture. Is that a sensible conclusion...

Acupuncture for pain of knee osteoarthritis shows strong placebo effect.

HealthFacts;  August 1, 2007 ;   Napoli, Maryann;   605 words ......trials that compared it with a sham acupuncture procedure that was clearly indistinguishable...of trials that not only had sham acupuncture as a comparator but had also...were getting the real or the sham acupuncture, explained Manheimer, and they...

Efficacy of Acupuncture vs Placebo/In reply

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  September 1, 2006 ;   Bartecchi, Carl E; Martin, David P;   658 words ......2 who reported that acupuncture was no better than sham acupuncture for pain relief in patients...Martin et al discussed acupuncture points, meridians, Qi...fibromyalgia symptoms with acupuncture: results of a randomized...randomized clinical trial of acupuncture compared with ...

STUDY FINDS ACUPUNCTURE EASES ARTHRITIS PAIN ANCIENT REMEDY IS CALLED...

The Boston Globe;  December 21, 2004 ;   Alice Dembner Globe Staff;   699 words ......patients. "Just because acupuncture is 2,000 years old doesn...Straus. "Running to acupuncture is not going to cure...assigned patients to get acupuncture, sham acupuncture, or education in addition...School. Patients in the acupuncture and sham acupuncture group each ...

Systematic review of systematic reviews of acupuncture published...

Clinical Medicine;  November 1, 2006 ;   Lewith, George; Berman, Brian; Cummings, Mike; Filshie, Jacqueline; Et al;   787 words ......acupuncture more effective than sham acupuncture?' and only consider shamcontrolled...of treatment against another. Sham acupuncture is not an inactive placebo...acupuncture was more efficacious than sham acupuncture for low back pain in the short...

Study Says Acupuncture Eases Arthritis Pain

The Washington Post;  December 21, 2004 ;   Rob Stein;   787 words ......estimated to have used acupuncture. Berman and his colleagues...painkillers, either real acupuncture, simulated acupuncture or information about...Those receiving the sham acupuncture did not have needles...because insertion of acupuncture needles is usually painless...received the ...

Chinese traditional acupuncture relieves pain, improves kneefunction: US...

Xinhua News Agency;  December 21, 2004 ;     473 words ......three treatments: acupuncture, sham acupuncture, or participation in a control...acupuncture, 191 patients received sham acupuncture for 24 treatment sessions over 26 weeks. Sham acupuncture is a procedure designed to prevent...

Acupuncture to stop smoking.

Bandolier;  February 1, 2000 ;     543 words ......comparisons of acupuncture with sham acupuncture, another intervention, or no...difference between acupuncture and sham acupuncture (Figure 1, Table 1) with 2069...smoking cessation compared with sham acupuncture Number Number Relative benefit...

Acupuncture is useful adjunct in OA of knee: 'it is reasonable to consider...

Internal Medicine News;  January 15, 2005 ;   Walsh, Nancy;   787 words ......traditional Chinese acupuncture with sham acupuncture or an educational program, statistically...Hochberg said. The validated sham acupuncture intervention consisted of the...to preserve blinding of the sham acupuncture, he said. The primary outcome...

Study finds acupuncture better for low back pain

Oakland Tribune;  September 25, 2007 ;   Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press;   598 words ......assigned to receive either acupuncture, sham acupuncture or conventional therapy. For the sham acupuncture, needles were inserted, but not as deeply as for the real thing. The sham acupuncture also did not insert needles in traditional...

Pseudo acupuncture also eases back pain, researchers conclude.(S)

The Virginian Pilot;  September 29, 2007 ;     603 words ......assigned to receive either acupuncture, sham acupuncture or conventional therapy. For the sham acupuncture, needles were inserted, but not as deeply as for the real thing. The sham acupuncture also did not insert needles in traditional...

Acupuncture and placebo equal for fibromyalgia.(POEMs)

American Family Physician;  December 15, 2005 ;   Shaughnessy, Allen F.;   351 words ......protocol (n = 25) or one of three sham acupuncture treatments (n = 25 patients...acupuncture protocol is no better than sham acupuncture in relieving pain or improving...of acupuncture compared with sham acupuncture in fibromyalgia. Ann Intern...

Weekend: HEALTH: Getting the point of acupuncture; John von Radowitz...

The Birmingham Post (England);  January 15, 2005 ;     487 words ......down the efficacy of acupuncture with patient trials...designed that incorporate 'sham' acupuncture treatments. Generally...being placed on real acupuncture points or not. Others...had never experienced acupuncture. They were randomly...treatments - genuine acupuncture, 'sham' ...

Study backs acupuncture

Daily Breeze;  September 25, 2007 ;     441 words ......assigned to receive either acupuncture, sham acupuncture or conventional therapy. For the sham acupuncture, needles were inserted, but not as deeply as for the real thing. The sham acupuncture also did not insert needles in traditional...