by Heaton Acupuncture | Nov 23, 2023 | Chemotherapy, Electro-Acupuncture, Insomnia
Electro-acupuncture (EA) can improve chemotherapy-associated insomnia in breast cancer patients as well as helping reduce their use of sleep medication. In the study, 138 breast cancer patients with chemotherapy-associated insomnia were randomly assigned to receive 15...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Nov 1, 2022 | Acupuncture, Insomnia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Adding acupuncture to therapy can increase the perceived benefit of the treatment on sleep disturbance experienced by post-deployment military service members. American researchers examined the difference between two groups receiving either brief manual standardised...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Nov 1, 2022 | Acupuncture, Cancer, Insomnia
Acupuncture can increase levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in cancer survivors with insomnia and low baseline BDNF, according to a team of researchers from the USA and Canada. A randomised clinical trial compared acupuncture with cognitive behavioural...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Jan 28, 2021 | Acupuncture, Cancer, Insomnia
Among cancer survivors with insomnia, both acupuncture and cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) produce significant improvements in cognitive function. However, only with acupuncture is there a significant relationship between cognitive and sleep...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Dec 12, 2019 | Acupuncture, Cancer, Insomnia
Acupuncture produces meaningful, durable improvement cancer survivors’ insomnia, according to an American research team. In a randomised trial, they compared eight weeks of acupuncture with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) in 160 cancer survivors....
by Heaton Acupuncture | Oct 29, 2019 | Acupuncture, Insomnia
Auricular acupuncture can reduce pain and insomnia compared with usual care,, report US researchers. Forty-five military veterans who were experiencing chronic pain and insomnia were randomised to either an auricular acupuncture group (AAG) or a usual care group (CG)....
