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Design: A total of 54 women with PCOS were randomly assigned to either the acupuncture group (n=27) or the sham acupuncture group (control, n=27) for a total of 32 treatments over 16 weeks. In the acupuncture group 26 patients and in the control group 20 patients completed the trial. Outcome measures: Main …

Depression is a common psychiatric illness affecting over 300 million people globally. Acupuncture has been reported to be a safe complementary treatment for depression. This study is aimed to investigate the efficacy and mechanism of combining acupuncture with antidepressants in treating depression compared to the sole use of antidepressants. Seventy …

Methods: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched from inception up to July 2020, to identify randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that enrolled patients with T2DM and compared acupuncture combined with antidiabetic drugs to antidiabetic drugs alone. The primary outcomes were haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and fasting blood glucose (FBG). The secondary outcomes …

Introduction and hypothesis: This systematic review and meta-analysis was aimed at investigating the safety and short- and long-term efficacy of electrical stimulation (ES) in women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Methods: PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane database were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) conducted up to 2020. Studies comparing ES with …

Background: Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a common, debilitating adverse effect of neurotoxic chemotherapy that significantly worsens cancer survivors’ quality of life. Materials and methods: Solid tumor survivors with persistent moderate-to-severe CIPN defined as numbness, tingling, or pain rated ≥4 on an 11-point numeric rating scale (NRS) were randomized in a 1:1:1 …

Twickenham Therapy Clinic is a new traditional and holistic therapy clinic in Twickenham, London Borough of Richmond. It is located in the heart of Twickenham town centre with easy parking surrounding the clinic and close to Twickenham train station and bus stops. The clinic is located above a shop in …

Acupuncture Bracknell clinic is a well-established clinic in Berkshire. Acupuncture is an ancient system of medicine that originated in East Asia thousands of years ago. Most people are unaware that there are varying levels of education into being an acupuncturist outside of China, ranging from weekend courses (physios) to three …

Acupuncture Crowthorne is a well established alternative and traditional therapy clinic in Crowthorne, Berkshire. It has easy parking in Denmark Street car park opposite. The clinic has been serving the local community of Wokingham for over 20 years and has helped hundreds of people. The clinic is located within a …

Acupuncture is a complete medical system and has been used in East Asia (China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, etc) for thousands of years to treat a wide range of health problems. In western countries, it is fast becoming an alternative treatment option for a variety of health complaints. The benefits of …

Yes, acupuncture is safe. A large-scale study published in 2009 found traditional acupuncture to be very safe after reviewing over 229,230 treatments. According to the evidence from 12 prospective clinical trials which surveyed more than a million treatments, the risk of a serious side effects with is estimated to be 0.05 per 10 000 …