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Acupuncture is probably best known in the US as an effective way to treat pain.
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JAPANESE-STYLE ACUPUNCTURE FOR ADOLESCENT ENDOMETRIOSIS PAIN
US randomised, sham-controlled pilot study found that 14 out of 18 participants experienced an average of 4.8 point or 62% reduction
in pain after four weeks compared to 1.4 point reduction in the control group. Participants received 16 treatments over 8 weeks.
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology - October 2008 (Vol. 21, Issue 5, Pages 247-257, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2007.07.008)

Acupuncture for the treatment of chronic painful peripheral diabetic neuropathy: a long-term study.
Forty-six diabetic patients with chronic painful peripheral neuropathy were treated with acupuncture analgesia to determine its efficacy
and long-term effectiveness. 77% showed significant improvement in their primary and/or secondary symptoms. These patients were
followed up for a period of 18-52 weeks with 67% were able to stop or reduce their medications significantly.
Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 1998 Feb;39(2):115-21.

Acupuncture reduces nausea and vomiting, pain after major breast surgery.
In the first such clinical trial of its kind, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found that acupuncture is more effective at
reducing nausea and vomiting after major breast surgery than the leading medication.
Source: Duke University Medical Center

Americans Mingling Alternative And Traditional Medical Services...  Brief Article.
Source: USA Today (Magazine).

Acupuncture and Moxibustion: Warm Needle method in the Treatment of Post-Cervical-Cancer Bladder Numbness after Radical
Surgery.
Source of article: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients.

Hot flash relief associated with use of acupuncture - Pilot Study.
Source of article: OB/GYN News.

Ovulation after acupuncture in PCOS patient - Case Report.
Source of article: OB/GYN News.

Western Views of Acupuncture - Brief Article.
Source: Family Practice News.
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