Yale Study: Acupuncture Reduced Hot Flashes By 30%

A Yale University/University of Pittsburg study of women with hot flashes brought on by conventional breast cancer treatment reveals that women who received acupuncture had a 30% reduction in hot flashes. You can read more about the randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial  by clicking here.

Komen Cancer Centers Are Helping Patients Get Acupuncture

These days, everyone knows about the Susan G. Koman Cancer centers but it was begun as a small memorial - one sister for another. They have been a the forefront of cancer treatment for years and are now suggesting acupuncture to cancer patients as a way of coping with pain. This is a major endorsement of acupuncture for treating pain.

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Acupuncture Can Cool Down Hot Flashes

A new study shows the benefits of acupuncture for relieving menopausal symptoms. The report, published in the journal Acupuncture in Medicine, found that acupuncture reduced the psychological and physical effects of menopause.

The research included 53 postmenopausal women and assigned 27 of them to a five-week course of acupuncture, twice a week. The rest of the women got sham treatments.

Acupuncture Relieves The Harsh Side Effects of Cancer Treatments

Until we find a cure for cancer, we have to continue to find ways to make the existing treatments more bearable and effective. Studies have shown that acupuncture cuts post-chemotherapy fatigue by 31 percent, cuts hot flashes by 50 percent and cuts overall cancer pain by 36 percent. In this article and video, the patient reported that acupuncture also helped with her nausea, her motor skills and

Acupuncture Brings Relief From Hot Flashes

Hot flashes plague many women during menopause and also during breast cancer treatment because the women experience fluctuations in hormone levels. Well, it looks like acupuncture is now recognized as providing relief from this miserable symptom.The following article is worth reading and sending along to any family or friends who are being treated for breast cancer. The study with cancer