CMS finalizes decision to cover acupuncture for low back pain
Photo Cred: Gan Telya/Pixabay By Katherine Shagoury On Tuesday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a decision to cover acupuncture for Medicare patients with chronic low back...
Read MoreStudy evaluates clinical evidence of acupuncture, acupressure for cancer pain
Photo Cred: PIxabay By Katherine Shagoury Acupuncture and acupressure may be associated with improved cancer pain management compared with a sham intervention or analgesic therapy alone, according to a new...
Read MoreEar acupuncture strategies for addiction, pain, anxiety, and trauma
Photo Cred: Agung Pandit Wiguna/Pexels By Carolina Brooks, BA, IFMCP When I have agitated patients in my clinic describing traumatic events, I ask them if they would be open to...
Read MoreYoga treatment for chronic back pain also improves sleep
Photo Cred: Ruis Dias/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Yoga is an effective approach to treating co-occurring sleep disturbance and back pain while reducing the need for medication, according to a new...
Read MoreManual therapies for upper respiratory infection
Photo Cred: Pixabay By Bill Reddy, LAc, DiplAc There are countless techniques passed down through the millennia currently taught in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) programs, in medical schools in China,...
Read MoreStudy supports nervous system role in age-related weakness
By Katherine Shagoury New evidence to support the belief that the nervous system plays an important role in age-related weakness, according to findings by researchers from the Ohio Musculoskeletal and...
Read MoreResearchers warn against stem cell treatments for shoulder, elbow injuries
By Katherine Shagoury The utilization of stem cell therapies for augmentation of tissue healing has far outpaced the supporting scientific and clinical data, according to two reviews in the Journal of...
Read MoreMicrobiome may be involved in muscle strength mechanisms in older adults
By Katherine Shagoury The gut microbiome has a role in mechanisms related to muscle strength in older adults, according to a new study published in the journal Experimental Gerontology. The...
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