Study shows benefits of eye-specific acupuncture in patients with glaucoma
Eye-specific acupuncture treatment had beneficial short-term effects on ocular blood flow in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma.
The study was conducted in 56 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) treated with topical antiglaucoma medication. Patients were randomized into one eye-specific acupuncture treatment group and one eye-unspecific acupuncture treatment of 28 patients each.
Acupuncture Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Relief Confirmed!
Researchers find acupuncture effective for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), a local entrapment neuropathy affecting the wrist and hand that causes pain, numbness, and dysfunction. The research team documents acupuncture’s beneficial influence on the morphology of the median nerve and improvement of clinical symptoms.
According to researchers conducting the investigation, “while previous studies investigated the effect of acupuncture on clinical symptoms and electromyographic studies, to the best of […]
Chinese herbs could help relieve dementia symptoms: Study courtesy of “Starts at 60”
Ageing is inevitable, but a Chinese study might have uncovered the key to warding off dementia, one of the common and more serious downsides of getting older.
A study published in the recent journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia, has found that the Chinese herbal medicine Sailuotong (SLT) could improve cognition and daily functioning in patients with mild-to-moderate vascular dementia.
Vascular dementia, the second most common form […]
Confirmation that Acupuncture provides relief for Parkinson’s disease
Dalian Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine researchers confirm that acupuncture combined with herbal medicine is effective for the treatment of insomnia in Parkinson’s disease patients. In a controlled clinical trial, a combination of scalp acupuncture and a modified version of the herbal formula Gui Pi Tang were tested. Using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) as a quantitative measure, Parkinson’s disease patients demonstrated significant improvements in sleep. [1]
The PSQI […]
Join me next week at the Cancer Support Community for a Lunch n’ Learn!
Please join me next Friday, Aug. 17th for this informative lunch n’ learn. If you know of anyone who might benefit please share this post. This event is free but reservations are recommended as most of my events sell out. #cscla #cancersupportla
CBD Products are now FDA approved for Epilepsy! Great News!
The first prescription medication extracted from the marijuana plant is poised to land on pharmacists’ shelves this fall. Epidiolex, made from purified cannabidiol, or CBD, a compound found in the cannabis plant, is approved for two rare types of epilepsy.
Its journey to market was driven forward by one family’s quest to find a treatment for their son’s epilepsy.
Scientific and public interest in CBD had been […]
