How Acupuncture Can Stop Menopausal Hot Flashes: Two Studies
Last week, I went over how acupuncture can actually help relieve the symptoms of hot flashes—one of the most common complaints of postmenopausal women. This week, I’ll talk about how acupuncture has been shown to specifically lower the intensity of hot flashes in women with cancer. Study #1: Acupuncture treats hot flashes in breast cancer […]
How Acupuncture Helps with Menopausal Hot Flashes
Your day is going just fine when, suddenly—your whole body starts heating up. First your face and neck turn red. Angry red blotches cover your arms and chest. Your fingers tingle. You’re sweating and shivering at the same time. Hot flashes are very uncomfortable. In fact, they’re one of the most common complaints among women […]
How Acupuncture Helps Breast Cancer Patients With Lymphedema
Now that I’ve covered acupuncture as a treatment for both breast cancer and lymphedema, I’m going to tie everything together. Let’s discuss acupuncture as a treatment for breast cancer patients with lymphedema. The Evidence There are lots of studies on the effectiveness of acupuncture as a treatment for the symptoms of breast cancer patients with […]
How Acupuncture Helps Breast Cancer Patients
Breast cancer is one of the scariest things that can happen to a family. It has the power to rob patients of both their physical and spiritual confidence. Even worse, many people living with breast cancer stop believing they can get better. I lost my dad to cancer, and know exactly how devastating the disease […]
Acupuncture as a Treatment for Lymphedema
Last month, we focused on how acupuncture can effectively treat the symptoms of chemotherapy-related ___________. This month, I’m going to be talking all about lymphedema. What is lymphedema? If you know anyone whose arms or legs have swelled up after chemo, you’ve seen lymphedema in action. It’s caused by a buildup of lymph fluid in […]
Acupuncture and Xerostomia: A Study Round-Up
Last week, I went over two large and conclusive studies that showed acupuncture is effective in treating the symptoms of chemotherapy-induced dry mouth (or xerostomia). And there’s a lot more where that came from. This week, I’m going to go over the findings of a survey study published in June 2015 in Medical Acupuncture that […]
How Well Does Acupuncture Treat Mucositis? Two Studies to Watch
Last week, I discussed a study that showed how acupuncture can improve the symptoms of chemotherapy-induced acute mucositis. This week, I’ll support that with two massive studies that are still ongoing or may already have been completed, both of which seek to verify these same results. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Trial This study has […]
Acupuncture: A Treatment for Chemotherapy-Induced Mucositis
Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment can often suffer a number of unanticipated complications. For many of them, acupuncture can treat nasty symptoms; it’s backed by real clinical trials and studies. This month, I’m going to talk about mucositis, a condition that anyone receiving chemotherapy treatment of the head and neck may be all too familiar […]
2 Studies That Prove Acupuncture Prevents Dry Mouth
Last week, I went over how acupuncture can help relieve the symptoms of chemotherapy-induced xerostomia, more commonly known as dry mouth. This week, I’m going to discuss two different studies that show you just how effective acupuncture can be. While quite a few cancer treatment symptoms can be treated with acupuncture, using it as a […]
Suffer From Dry Mouth (Xerostomia)? Acupuncture Can Help
Got dry mouth? You’re not alone. In the U.S., dry mouth, or xerostomia, is one of the most common complaints among older adults, affecting about 20 percent of the elderly. Some estimates report that xerostomia affects as many as 40% of adults over the age of 50. While xerostomia is not a disease, it is […]
