Acupuncture
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Acupuncture doesn't improve likelihood of IVF success, study findsResearchers find a 0.5% difference in the rate of women who received acupuncture and had a live birth compared with those given sham treatment
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Pains and needles: brain scans point to hidden effects of acupuncturePlacebo acupuncture can ease short-term pain but the real thing might help to reverse the underlying pathology of a disease
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Acupuncture for cats and dogs – in picturesAt a clinic in Shanghai, China – where practitioners say acupuncture has been used on animals for thousands of years – owners take their pets to treat aches and pains and other ailmentsGallery
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The cost of alternative medicine - archive28 May 1986: It’s hard to get the philosophy across. People say, ‘Charge a lot, or your work will not be sufficiently valued’
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Is acupuncture effective? Our readers discuss their experiencesIs acupuncture effective? Our readers discuss their experiences
Sarah Marsh and Guardian readersThe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence no longer recommends acupuncture for lower back pain – tell us what you think
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All in the mind? How research is proving the true healing power of the placeboJo Marchant, author of Cure, explains why the mind’s ability to heal the body is now being taken seriously by scientists who question alternative medicine
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Acupuncture no better for menopause than 'fake' method, says researchersWomen with thin needles inserted into body had same results as those who had their skin stimulated with blunt-tipped needles
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Should acupuncture be used more widely in the NHS?A growing body of healthcare practitioners believe acupunture should be offered routinely for more conditions including pain in labour and cancer
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Rats help scientists get closer to solving the mystery of acupunctureStudy finds that form of therapy which uses electric current blunted activity in rats’ hormonal pathway linked to stress, chronic pain and mood
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Can hosiery make you happier?It’s an odd claim, but German company Medi reckon their acupuncture-inspired Item M6 tights can increase your energy and give you an all-round sense of wellbeing. Is compression hosiery fashion’s answer to wearable tech?
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Traditional healing: modern medicine's friend or foe?Despite skeptism, WHO has legitimised acupuncture and ayurveda. Is it time public health woke up to their potential? Asks Carlin Carr
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Acupuncture: a GP's viewDr Helen Stokes-Lampard, a GP in Staffordshire and a senior lecturer at Birmingham University, talks to Simon Roach about the issue of prescribing acupuncture -
Why acupuncture is giving sceptics the needleAcupuncture has been prescribed by half of Britain's doctors, but after 3,000 clinical trials its efficacy remains unproven. So is the NHS making a grave error in supporting this ancient treatment?
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Acupuncture useful, but overall of little benefit, study showsData indicates treatment is more than a placebo, but differences between true and sham acupuncture are modest
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Dozens killed by incorrectly placed acupuncture needlesProfessor of complementary medicine calls for adequate training for acupuncture practitioners after survey reveals punctured hearts and lungs among causes of death
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Kristin Hersh: 'I let bipolar disorder colour my early songs'
On the eve of her ninth solo album, Kristin Hersh tells Gareth Grundy how acupuncture freed her from the bipolar disorder that haunted her life and career



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