Tag Archives: Comparative Effectiveness

Acupuncture beats sodium hyaluronate for dry eyes

PubMed research

Objectives: To compare the clinical efficacy and safety of acupuncture and sodium hyaluronate eye drop in the treatment of aqueous deficiency dry eye. Methods: A total of 60 patients (120 eyes) with aqueous deficiency dry eye were randomly divided into an observation group (30 cases, 1 case dropped out) and a control …

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Electroacupuncture relieves depression

PubMed research

Background: Subthreshold depression is considered to be the precursor stage of major depression, which is correlated with functional impairment and increased suicide rate. Although there are multiple therapies for the treatment of subthreshold depression, the comparison and efficacy of various methods has yet to be evaluated. This study aimed to evaluate …

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Chinese herbs are more effective and safer than indomethacin at treating polyhydramnios

PubMed research

Objective: To compare the efficacy of Chinese herbal medicine or Chinese herbal medicine plus indomethacin with that of indomethacin alone in treating polyhydramnios. Methods: Literatures published up to April 2012 were retrieved from PubMed, Embase and Cochrane library, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chinese Scientific and Technological Periodical Database (VIP), Wangfang, and …

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