"CONCLUSIONS: This metaanalysis demonstrated
that AS is just as effective as medications in reducing NVS and
that acupressure is just as effective as acupuncture or
electrical stimulation in reducing NVS for postoperative adult
populations."
"Treatment with acupuncture added to routine
care in patients with chronic neck pain was associated with
improvements in neck pain and disability compared to treatment
with routine care alone."
"CONCLUSION: This study paradigm allows for
controlled and blinded clinical trials of acupuncture. We found
that acupuncture
significantly improved symptoms of fibromyalgia.
Symptomatic improvement was not restricted to pain relief and
was most significant for
fatigue and anxiety."
"CONCLUSIONS:
Significant improvement
was experienced by participants at 8 weeks of treatment.
Acupuncture treatment as delivered was effective at reducing FMS
symptoms in this outcome study."
"Acupuncture. An acupuncturist inserts hair-thin needles under
your skin, causing little or no pain. The needles usually stay in for
15 to 30 minutes and several sessions may be needed. Research suggests
that pain relief may come from the release of endorphins, your body's
natural painkillers, but how it works isn't known for sure."
By Francisco J. Soto, MD, and Kalpalatha K.
Guntupalli, MD
"Especially when the standard therapy for asthma has
failed to produce improvement, the clinician should be alert to
signs of other conditions that can closely resemble asthma, ranging
from congestive heart failure to vocal cord dysfunction."
Relationships to Other Conditions
Asthma is often associated with other conditions: allergies,
sinusitis, VCD (vocal cord dysfunction) and GERD (gastgroespohageal
reflux disease).
Children's sleeping habits linked to behaviour
Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada "... they receive treatment for their sleep-related breathing
... Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota recently ...
with a device to measure bloodpressure and body ... "
"Somers
and his coworkers reviewed the medical records of
112 people
who had undergone sleep tests at the clinic and had died suddenly of
heart-related causes.
Of them, 78 had
sleep apnea and 34 did not."
"WASHINGTON
- Young children who snore could be at greater risk of becoming hyperactive
later than those who sleep quietly, U.S. researchers reported on Friday."
"Conclusions:
A crowded posterior oropharynx and a steep thyromentalplane
predict OSA across two different ethnic groups and varyingdegrees
of obesity."
"We conclude that alterations in airflow
mechanics with caudal tracheal displacement and changes in neck positions are
primarily due to alterations in airway length."
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