Acupuncture Archive

People with Restless Leg Syndrome at Double Risk for Heart Attack, Stroke


People who experience the symptoms of Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) may have a heightened risk of stroke and heart disease. In fact, the results of a recently completed study show that people with this condition may actually be at twice the risk as non-RLS sufferers.
RLS is considered to be a neurological disorder which causes unpleasant [...]

Acupuncture Keeps Golfers Swinging


Golf may look like an easy game that doesn’t require a lot of strenuous physical activity compared to some other sports. However, there is a lot of repetitive twisting and turning to the activity that requires a good deal of coiling, swinging and hitting. And, when something goes wrong with the body, it can leave [...]

Acupuncture Offers a Drug-free Way to Kick the Smoking Habit for Good!


Americans as well as the British seem to be trying to quit the smoking habit in greater numbers. Unfortunately, millions of them are turning to powerful drugs to ease their cravings. In fact, one such pharmaceutical product is now being accused of causing adverse reactions such as suicidal thinking and strange dreams.
Acupuncture, on the other [...]

There are Many Reasons Patients Come to Acupuncture


People seek help from an acupuncturist for all sorts of symptoms – and in growing numbers -as this healing profession becomes increasingly known and its services more accepted in the west­ern world. Now that this is occurring, have you ever wondered what the main reasons might be that bring a person to Acupuncture?
Researchers in the [...]

Acupuncture Improves Life for Rheumatoid Arthritis Sufferers


Problems and help for rheumatoid arthritis sufferers have received very little attention from researchers who do Acupuncture studies. Now some new research into this type of arthritis finds that Acupuncture may hold benefits to people who suffer from the condition.
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) causes inflammation and swelling of joint linings. It results in a painful condition [...]

Medical Center Study Confirms Acupuncture Increases In Vitro Pregnancies


In vitro fertilization requires the investment of a good deal of effort and expense into the process of achieving pregnancy for couples who have problems with conception. But for the 10 to 15 percent of couples who experience reproductive difficulties and turn for help to specialized fertility treatment methods, it’s something they are willing to [...]

Acupuncture Provides Answers for Athletes in Preventing Injuries to Ankle Joints


In sports arenas and athletic workout rooms, injuries to the ankles occur with some frequency. Traditional treatment of the condition in Western medicine is totally symptom oriented after the fact of injury. Acupuncture and an Eastern medi­cine approach brings a new look to restoring healthy function to an injured ankle and also sheds major light [...]

Acupuncture Brings Night-Time Sleep, Relief from Restless Leg Syndrome


People who suffer from Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) try all sorts of remedies to help handle the discomfort and pain that is associated with the condition. Often people who have it experience difficulties with sleeping. It is quite common that the symptoms flare up more in the evening and continue during the night than at [...]