Acupuncture Eases Dry Mouth Caused By Radiation Treatments

This article is from Reuters UK By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When people with head or neck cancer are treated with radiation, a common side effect is dry mouth, and now researchers have shown that the problem can be relieved by acupuncture. Excessive dryness of the mouth is technically termed xerostomia. Dr. Mark Chambers and colleagues from The University of