Into the redox control: N-acetyl-cysteine pleiotropic effects from the laboratory to clinical applications
Publication date: February 2014 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Volume 2, Issue 1 Author(s): Tiziana Parasassi , Roberto Brunelli , Ewa K. Krasnowska , Thomas Lundeberg , Eugenia Pittaluga , Maria Concetta Romano Increasing evidences attribute a central role to oxidation/reduction (redox) homeostasis in controlling cell physiology, with redox transitions of glutathione and sensitive cysteines in protein constituting the major players. Thiol redox control of protein activity and gene expression ultimately extends to the proliferation/differentiation switch. Several diseases, including the highest causes ...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Medical acupuncture – What about the future?
Publication date: May 2014 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Volume 2, Issue 2 Author(s): Helena Pinto Ferreira EU is facing a growing health crisis due to the aging population and the rising levels of chronic diseases, aggravated with the context of economic austerity. A better use of healthcare budgets improving treatments cost efficiency may be the most reliable answer for a sustainable health system. Assessing the contribution of acupuncture to the improvement of Public Health should be based on solid evidence. Economic evaluations of several Complementary Alternative Medicines (CAM) performed recently dem...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Cluster headache in an elderly patient treated with neurofunctional acupuncture a case report
The objective of this report is to describe a low cost technique that can be applied in office by a doctor trained in neurofunctional acupuncture and can bring good results for patients with this debilitating disease. (Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies)
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Improvement of radiation-induced xerostomia with acupuncture: A retrospective analysis
Conclusions Combination acupuncture significantly decreases the severity of dry mouth and pain with long lasting effects, up to six months (at the end of data collection), in patients with radiation-induced xerostomia. (Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies)
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Hand held electroacupuncture devices—Potential for teaching in functional muscular neuroanatomy and musculo-skeletal diagnosis
Publication date: May 2014 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Volume 2, Issue 2 Author(s): A. Encarnação Hand-held electroacupuncture devices have been traditionally used as a tool to locate “acupoints” trough detection of differences in skin conductivity. While teaching at the Post-Graduation Courses on Medical Acupuncture in Portugal, both at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa and at the Universidade do Minho, the hand-held acupuncture device has become a fundamental tool for location of acupoints and teaching functional muscular neuroanatomy. Unlike traditional use, the device is used after needle inserti...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
A 31 years-old woman with reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (CPRS)
This report is based on the retrospective observations of the outcome and effects of axillary BPB in a patient with CRPS. 31 Years-old woman suffered from CRPS of the left upper limb after trauma for 5 months. Symptoms over the left upper limb were not alleviated under conventional pharmacological treatment and rehabilitation and severe painful swelling of the left wrist persisted. Axillary BPB with 30ml Naropaine 0.2% was performed and 12h later resulted in significant reduction of pain and improvement of function of the left wrist. (Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies)
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Acupuncture targeting and regulating multiple signaling pathways related to Zusanli acupoint using iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomic analysis
Publication date: August 2014 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Volume 2, Issue 3 Author(s): Hui Sun , Aihua Zhang , Guangli Yan , Ying-zhi Zhang , Xiang-cai Meng , Li Liu , Ning Xie , Wei-ping Cheng , Xi-jun Wang Acupuncture has recently gained increased attention in the world as an alternative treatment for diseases, but its metabolism pathways remain understood. Here we use proteomic technology to determine subtle protein changes and link proteins to metabolism pathways. iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomics was used to identify key proteins for acupuncture at ‘Zusanli’ acupoint (ST-36) in subject...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Effects of percutaneous acupuncture stimulation on the viscoelastic properties of tendon during isometric contraction
This study aimed to investigate the effects of percutaneous acupuncture stimulation on the viscoelasticity of human tendon structures during isometric contraction. Nine healthy men participated. The experimental order was pre-test, acupuncture stimulation, and post-test. Real and sham acupuncture applications were used at the stimulus site of the medial gastrocnemius muscle (MG), and a crossover trial was performed on the same subjects at a later date. Before and after acupuncture stimulation, tendon elongation and MG aponeurosis were directly measured by ultrasonography while the subjects performed isometric plantar flexi...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
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Publication date: August 2014 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies, Volume 2, Issue 3 (Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies)
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
A case series: How do patients with an eating disorder, seeking acupuncture treatment present (patterns of disharmony), and how are they treated?
Publication date: Available online 13 October 2014 Source:Acupuncture and Related Therapies Author(s): Sarah Fogarty , Debra Clydesdale Waldron , Norah McIntire Acupuncture is an emerging therapy being utilised by those with eating disorders. Little is known about acupuncture and eating disorders. The aim of this paper is to present some TCM insight into the eating disordered patient who seeks acupuncture treatment such as how they present according to TCM principles and how acupuncturists are treating these patients. Three experienced acupuncturists contributed 46 cases studies (eighteen outpatients, twenty six inp...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Efficacy of adjunct (laser) therapy to topical agents among Southern Nigerian acne vulgaris patients
This study evaluated the efficacy of Adjunct Laser therapy compared to self-management topical agents among acne vulgaris patients. A parallel randomized controlled trial involving 40 volunteer age ranged 17–28 years (22±4). 35 participants who completed the study were sampled from the stratified 6 faculties’ population of the campus who were screened after meeting the selection criteria and giving the sorted individual consents. Both participants and assessors (physician) were parallel, block and blinded randomized. The outcome measures included distribution and severity of facial acne, counts of baseline lesion of c...
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
Report on a case series investigating a neurostimulation device for the treatment of pain and improvement of mobility and function following elbow surgery
Conclusion It appears that the neurostimulation (Stimpod) has the capacity to improve acute post-surgical pain and reduce pain, improve mobility, function and stimulate wound healing once the splint was removed. This treatment is relatively cost effective, is non-invasive and of short duration. Positive effects were all maintained at 6 months. (Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies)
Source: Acupuncture and Related Therapies - October 23, 2014 Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research
