Mercey Livingston is a health and wellness writer and certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach. She's written about fitness and wellness for Well+Good, Women's Health, Business Insider, and ...

I walked into acupuncture with a firm grasp of the concerns and conditions the ancient Chinese medicine practice treats — period cramps, anxiety, fertility issues, allergies. What I didn't fully ...

Acupuncture may be one beneficial component of a broader treatment plan for menopause symptoms. Some evidence suggests that acupuncture may help relieve symptoms like hot flashes, sleep disturbances, ...

May 20, 2009 — Actual or simulated acupuncture therapy appears to be more effective than usual care for chronic low back pain, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial reported in the ...

Sham acupuncture, widely used as a control to evaluate the specific effects of acupuncture, faces limitations due to its various designs and effect. Inconsistent reporting has hindered accurate ...

Peripheral or central nerve injury often leads to neuropathic pain, a chronic condition that can manifest behaviorally as spontaneous pain, hyperalgesia and allodynia, and which also results in ...

In recent years, alternative and complementary therapies have moved from the margins into the mainstream, with practices like acupuncture, meditation and herbal medicine drawing growing interest. Many ...