Alternative methods of conservative treatment of idiopathic scoliosis.
Authors: Zarzycka M, Rożek K, Zarzycki M
Summary Scoliosis is a deformity of the spine known since Hippocrates times. The value of certain methods of conservative treatment remains controversial. Some of them have only a psychological value both for the physician and his or her caregivers. Based on current literature and the [...]
Did acetaminophen provoke the autism epidemic?
Authors: Good P
Schultz et al (2008) raised the question whether regression into autism is triggered, not by the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, but by acetaminophen (Tylenol) given for its fever and pain. Considerable evidence supports this contention, most notably the exponential rise in the incidence of autism since 1980, when acetaminophen began [...]
Use of acupuncture for stroke in China.
Authors: Zhang S, Li N, Liu M
PMID: 19942718 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Acupuncture in Medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society)
Source:Use of acupuncture for stroke in China.
Diagnostic accuracy of pattern differentiation algorithm based on Chinese medicine theory: a stochastic simulation study
Conclusion Pattern differentiation based on both explained and optimum available information (F% and N%-cutoff) is more accurate than using explained and available information without cutoff (F% and N%). Both F% and N%-cutoff should be used as PDA’s objective criteria to perform Zang-fu single pattern differentiation. (Source: Chinese Medicine)
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Comparison of the effectiveness of acupuncture treatment and local anaesthetic injection for low back pain: a randomised controlled clinical trial.
CONCLUSION: Both injection and acupuncture relieved pain, but acupuncture was superior for the immediate and sustained effects, suggesting that it is a useful treatment for low back pain. The difference in the effects may be attributable to differences in the mechanism of pain suppression.
PMID: 19942724 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] [...]