Recent Articles about Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

Each month, the Qi Unity Report selects timely articles and links for you, our members, to help you stay informed about the latest news and comments about CAM and acupuncture in sources ranging from scholarly publications to magazines for the lay public.

Journal of Clinical Oncology study suggests acupuncture may be effective against hot flashes.
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Alternative No More
“But today 36 percent of American adults use some form of CAM, according to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Now the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have begun to integrate CAM practices into the care of patients participating in clinical trials.”
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No-nonsense argument for the public good done by acupuncture.
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The Mayo Clinic publishes an article neither arguing for nor against, but instead respecting the precepts of acupuncture.
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“About 75 percent of medical schools now have some CAM courses in their curriculum, and the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine includes 39 academic health centers, including the Mayo Clinic plus Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Duke and Yale universities.”
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How can the effect of acupuncture be demonstrated beyond the limbic system and the effect of endorphins?
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U.S. News & World Support article: “Embracing Alternative Care” Integration of formerly taboo CAM modalities bridging worlds in Chicago: “Steinhorn is a passionate champion of investigating CAM therapies, no matter how unlikely, if he believes they may help patients and are safe. "I'm a very serious, hard-core ICU doctor, but I have seen these therapies benefit my patients, even if I don't know how," he says.”
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Does it play in Ft. Wayne? Acupuncture receives positive, mainstream press in Indiana.
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Oprah Winfrey introduces the mainstream public to acupuncture.
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