by Heaton Acupuncture | Apr 8, 2021 | Acupuncture, Blog, NICE
Some good news in terms of what acupuncture is capable of. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng193/resources/visual-summary-pdf-9073473517 At last, NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) have issued new guidelines on the 8th April. The committee agreed that...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Apr 8, 2021 | Acupuncture, Blog, Teaching Clinic
Heaton Acupuncture Clinic will be welcoming students from the Northern College of Acupuncture to complete their training from 21 April. In normal years students would gain practical experience at the Northern College in York, but this year due to Covid that isn’t...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Mar 9, 2021 | Back Pain, Electro-Acupuncture
An American study comparing the effects of verum electro-acupuncture (VEA) versus sham electro-acupuncture (SEA) on chronic low back pain has found limited evidence of superiority for real treatment. A total of 121 adults were randomly assigned to twelve sessions of...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Feb 25, 2021 | Acupressure, Auricular Acupressure, Babies, Premature Babies
A group of Australian and Canadian researchers have found that magnetic auricular acupressure (MAA) can reduce physiological pain responses during and after a painful eye exam for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in preterm infants. A total of 100 infants were...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Feb 25, 2021 | Scleroderma, Tai Chi Chuan
Tai chi has a positive effect on patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Turkish researchers randomly divided 28 patients into tai chi or home exercise groups. After ten weeks of training, a statistically significant difference was observed for all measured outcomes...
