A new study found that acupuncture treatment for older adults with chronic back pain could notably help their pain levels and the disability often caused by it. Researchers hope Medicare will expand ...

The clinical trial, referred to as BackInAction, was funded by the National Institutes of Health and enrolled 800 participants nationwide with self-report pain-related disability assessments. A third ...

Lower back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide, yet most treatments offer limited relief. One of the most divisive is acupuncture – recommended in US guidelines for lower back pain but ...

Researchers have discovered that acupuncture analgesia may active the sympathetic nervous system for pain suffers, according to News-Medical. The study involved 36 healthy adults who exercised to ...

A recent British study found people with depression may benefit as much from acupuncture as they do from counseling. University of York researchers studied 755 moderately or severely depressed people ...

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Acupuncture needling is a safe and effective treatment option for older adults with chronic lower back pain, according to a September study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association ...