by Heaton Acupuncture | Feb 9, 2021 | Acupuncture, Chemotherapy, Chemotherapy Induced Periperal Neuropathy
American researchers have found that acupuncture can offer significant improvements over usual care for treating chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). In a pilot randomised trial, they compared the effect of eight weeks of real versus sham acupuncture or...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Dec 30, 2020 | Acupuncture, Chemotherapy, Chemotherapy Induced Periperal Neuropathy
Women with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) can experience significant improvements in neuropathic symptoms from an eight-week acupuncture treatment regimen, report American researchers. Forty women experiencing CIPN after adjuvant taxane therapy for...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Jul 5, 2016 | Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy, Qigong
A preliminary study from Taiwan suggests that both static and moving forms of qigong practice are beneficial for breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. A quasi-experimental design was applied to the study of 95 females who were receiving chemotherapy for...
by Heaton Acupuncture | May 13, 2011 | Acupuncture, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Hot Flushes
Having weekly acupuncture treatment following chemoradiotherapy (CRT) head and neck cancer (HNC) may reduce patients’ symptom severity and decrease the amount of time they need to undergo tubal feeding. In a retrospective case series, ten American patients with...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Mar 22, 2011 | Acupuncture, Cancer, Chemotherapy
An American pilot study suggests that acupuncture may have a protective effect on white blood cell (WBC) populations in women undergoing chemotherapy for gynaecological malignancies. Twenty-one ovarian cancer patients received either active or sham acupuncture while...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Mar 7, 2011 | Acupuncture, Cancer, Chemotherapy
A randomised controlled pilot study has assessed the effects of ‘acupuncture and acupressure in managing cancer-related fatigue. Forty-seven patients with cancer who experienced moderate to severe fatigue were randomised either to an acupuncture group, an...
