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Q: I’ve tried a lot of medicines for my chronic pain and nothing works. Should I try acupuncture? A: Critics once dismissed the benefits of acupuncture as purely a placebo effect, a notion that still ...

Oct 25 (Reuters) - (This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays. To receive it in your inbox for free sign up here, opens new ...

This stock photo shows electroacupuncture being used in a clinical practice. This modern-day form of acupuncture augments traditional methods by passing a microcurrent of electricity through very thin ...

Acupuncture is a "safe and effective" treatment for back pain in older people, according to new research. Chronic back pain patients aged over 65 treated using the traditional Chinese method involving ...

In the age of #notox, can cosmetic acupuncture be the new Botox? By Laura Neilson Amy Abrams, who owns and operates the Manhattan Vintage Show, has been getting regular cosmetic acupuncture facials ...