Dr. Hutchinson and colleagues offer a Triological Society Best Practice article, entitled “What Are the Best Management Strategies for Radiation-Induced Xerostomia?” in the February 2014 issue of The Laryngoscope. In such a report, we should expect a high level of reliance on rigorous scientific standards. Unfortunately, this was not the case when the review was turned to a favorite of alternat...

In this paper, the nonlinear dynamic properties were introduced to the analysis of the acupoint signals from a meridian channel, i.e. the signals acquired from the Lung Channel of Hand-Taiyin (LU). Then, the chaotic properties like Lyapunov exponent, Kolmogorov entropy, correlation dimension were researched. The obtained results showed that the acupoint signal is chaotic signal. And the chaotic...

Background: Many pediatric anesthesiologists are interested in multimodal approaches, such as acupuncture, to help manage clinical conditions commonly encountered in the perioperative setting. Methods: A review of the web-based search engine PubMed was conducted to identify research articles that covered the use of acupuncture to prevent or treat perioperative conditions in pediatric patients. ...

Acupuncture involves inserting small needles into various points in the body; the needles are normally stimulated by manual rotation or electrically. Western acupuncture uses the same needling technique as traditional Chinese acupuncture but is based on affecting nerve impulses and the central nervous system. A Western medical acupuncturist makes a medical clinical diagnosis in the conventional...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of additional moxibustion at point BL67 with moxibustion at a non-specific acupuncture point and with usual care alone to correct non-vertex presentation. METHODS This was a multicentre randomised controlled trial in which 406 low-risk pregnant women with a fetus in ultrasound breech presentation, with a gestational age of 33-35 weeks, were assigned to (...

The purpose of this work was to assess the evidence for effectiveness of acupuncture (AC) treatment in gastrointestinal diseases. A systematic review of the Medline-cited literature for clinical trials was performed up to May 2006. Controlled trials assessing acupuncture point stimulation for patients with gastrointestinal diseases were considered for inclusion. The search identified 18 relevan...

OBJECTIVE Infantile colic is a painful condition in the first months of infancy. Acupuncture is used in Scandinavia as a treatment for infantile colic. A randomized controlled trial was carried out with the aim of testing the hypothesis that acupuncture treatment has a clinically relevant effect for this condition. DESIGN A prospective, blinding-validated, randomized controlled multicentre tr...

The purpose of this work was to assess the evidence for effectiveness of acupuncture (AC) treatment in gastrointestinal diseases. A systematic review of the Medline-cited literature for clinical trials was performed up to May 2006. Controlled trials assessing acupuncture point stimulation for patients with gastrointestinal diseases were considered for inclusion. The search identified 18 relevan...

BACKGROUND Around 90% of sciatica cases are due to a herniated intervertebral disc in the lumbar region. Ankle acupuncture (AA) has been reported to be effective in the treatment of acute nonspecific low back pain. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a single session of ankle acupuncture for disc-related sciatica. METHOD This will be a double-blinded, randomized controlled clinical tr...