Acupuncture Proven Effective in Pain Relief:
Acupuncture hit the New York Times earlier this month in a Sept 11, 2012 article entitled Acupuncture Provides True Pain Relief in Study:"A new study of acupuncture — the most rigorous and detailed analysis of the treatment to date — found that it can ease migraines and arthritis and other forms of chronic pain.... Acupuncture outperformed sham treatments and standard care [i.e. pain meds] when used by people suffering from osteoarthritis, migraines and chronic back, neck and shoulder pain."This is based on a new meta-study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine which found acupuncture to be superior to placebo and standard biomedical care in the treatment of various types of chronic pain.
Links:
New York Times article
Medscape article
