Heaton Acupuncture Clinic
  • Home
  • About
    • 1st Session
    • Location
    • Opening Hours & Prices
    • Patient Letters
    • Inside The Clinic
    • Insurance Companies
    • Privacy Policy
    • Seminars & Events
    • Studio
  • Practitioners
    • Feras Jerjis
    • Louise Collyer
    • Jo Curle
    • Irena Lenc
    • Sheenette Milns
    • Tam Nortley
    • Roberta Reeve
  • Therapies
    • Acupuncture
    • Chinese Herbal Medicine
    • Gua Sha
  • Specialities
    • Musculoskeletal
    • Fertility
    • Hay Fever & Sinusitis
    • Migraines & Headaches
    • PMT & Menopausal Symptoms
    • Psoriasis, Eczema, Acne
    • Women’s Health
    • Facial Enhancement Acupuncture
  • Contact
  • FAQs
  • News & Blog
  • Resources
    • Articles & Research
    • Useful Links
Select Page

Acupuncture better than usual care for chemo neuropathy – Journal of Chinese Medicine, June 2020

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...

Acupuncture helps with neuropathy from chemo – Journal of Chinese Medicine, February 2020

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...

Qigong benefits breast cancer patients undergoing chemo – The Journal of Chinese Medicine, February 2016

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...

Acupuncture improves symptoms after cancer therapy – Journal of Chinese Medicine, Feb 2011

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...

Acupuncture protects white blood cells during chemotherapy – Journal of Chinese Medicine, Oct 2009

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...

Acupuncture for cancer-related fatigue – Journal of Chinese Medicine, Jun 2008

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...
« Older Entries

Recent News and Blog Posts

  • Electro-acupuncture changes brain connectivity to reduce fibromyalgia pain – Journal of Chinese Medicine, October 2021
  • Group acupuncture better than one-on-one for cancer pain – Journal of Chinese Medicine, October 2021

Contact Us

Heaton Acupuncture Clinic
182 Portland Road
Sandyford
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 1DJ

Telephone:  0191 2871042

If you’d like to book an appointment please contact us here.

Directions and parking:  click here.

© 2022 Designed by Multiminded