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Efficacy of Acupuncture-Related Therapy in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Journal of Pain Research, 2021
Wei Liu,1,2,* Yihua Fan,1,2,* Yuanhao Wu,1,2,* Xu Hou,3 Bin Xue,1,2 Peihao Li,1,2 Shumin Zhang,1,2 Qingyun Yue1,2 1First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, People’s Republic of China ...
Liu W, Fan Y, Wu Y, Hou X, Xue B, Li P, Zhang S, Yue Q   +7 more
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A randomized, controlled, crossover study in patients with mild and moderate asthma undergoing treatment with traditional Chinese acupuncture

Clinics, 2015
OBJECTIVES:This study sought to verify the effects of acupuncture as an adjuvant treatment for the control of asthma.METHODS:This was a randomized, controlled, crossover trial conducted at the Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da ...
Hong Jin Pai, Raymundo Soares Azevedo, Alfésio Luís Ferreira Braga, Lourdes Conceição Martins, Beatriz M. Saraiva-Romanholo, Milton de Arruda Martins, Chin An Lin   +6 more
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The Political Economy of Wellness: Commercial Determinants of a Burgeoning Industry

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Wellness has grown into a multi‐trillion‐dollar industry encompassing a multitude of products and practices that affect health and well‐being. Applying a lens of commercial determinants of health to wellness is useful to examine its intersection with systems of capital production, corporate interests, and neoliberal norms of personal ...
NANCY KARREMAN, MARCO ZENONE, NASON MAANI, BENJAMIN HAWKINS   +3 more
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Acupuncture for the treatment of tinnitus: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has frequently been used to treat tinnitus, and acupuncture is a particularly popular option. The objective of this review was to assess the evidence concerning the effectiveness of acupuncture as ...
Dong-Hyo Lee, Edzard Ernst, Jong-In Kim, Jun-Yong Choi, Myeong Soo Lee, Tae-Young Choi   +5 more
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The efficacy and safety of acupuncture and nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2022
Introduction Tobacco hazard is one of the most serious public health problems, accounting for up to 6 million deaths worldwide p.a. We aim to determine the efficacy and safety of acupuncture and/or nicotine replacement therapy on smoking cessation ...
Qingsheng Wang, Runjing Dai, Hailiang Zhang, Xiaomei Jiang, Xiaojing Ma, Xiangrong Zhang, Shisan Bao, Dong Ren, Jingchun Fan   +8 more
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Methological quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses on acupuncture for stroke: a review of review [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: To assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews and meta-analyses regarding acupuncture intervention for stroke and the primary studies within them.
Chen, Xin-Lin, Gao, Ri-Yang, Hu, Yue, Li, Xian-Tao, Lu, Li-ya, Mo, Chuan-Wei, Wu, Min-Feng, Xu, Qian, Zhou, Qian-Yi, Zhou, Xuan   +9 more
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Efficacy of a multidisciplinary 5‐day headache day‐clinic program: A prospective quasi‐experimental pre–post study in primary headache disorders

Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, EarlyView.
xxxx Abstract Objective To evaluate the effects of a short, structured multimodal day‐clinic program on health‐related quality of life and disability in patients with primary headache disorders. Background Although monoclonal antibodies targeting the calcitonin gene‐related peptide (CGRP) pathway have substantially advanced migraine prophylaxis, a ...
Nadja Fiebig, Luise Bartsch, Christine Klötzer, Josephine Gewand, Johanna Ruhnau, Sebastian Strauß, Uwe Reuter, Robert Fleischmann   +7 more
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Effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for elderly overactive bladder population in Hong Kong: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2018
Background Overactive bladder (OAB) is defined as “urgency, with or without urge incontinence, usually with frequency and nocturia”. Acupuncture is one of the most popular alternative treatment methods for OAB. Little established evidence is available to
Yu Tat Chan, Hong Wei Zhang, Yuan Qi Guo, Tony Ngai Ho Chan, Yiu-Keung Kwan, Chun-Kam Lee, Kit Ngan, Zhi-Xiu Lin   +7 more
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Efficacy of acupuncture for psychogenic erectile dysfunction: a randomized, sham-controlled trial

Basic and Clinical Andrology, 2023
Background Psychogenic erectile dysfunction (pED) is a common sexual dysfunction often accompanied by psychosomatic factors. Its treatment includes oral medications, psychotherapy, and behavioral therapy.
Hao Wang, Xulu Lei, Dongyue Ma, Ziwei Zhao, Anmin Wang, Guanchao Du, Jiwei Zhang, Fu Wang, Jun Guo   +8 more
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Exposing the evidence gap for complementary and alternative medicine to be integrated into science-based medicine. [PDF]

, 2011
When people who advocate integrating conventional science-based medicine with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are confronted with the lack of evidence to support CAM they counter by calling for more research, diverting attention to the ...
Hopayian, K, Power, M.
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