by Heaton Acupuncture | Nov 7, 2018 | Acupuncture, Pregnancy, Urinary Retention
Acupuncture could be an alternative to catheterisation for the treatment of postpartum urinary retention, according to an Israeli research team. In a randomised case-controlled trial, 55 postpartum women with urinary retention were given the choice of treatment by...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Nov 7, 2018 | Acupuncture, Back Pain, Pain, Pregnancy
Acupuncture provides clinically meaningful symptom reduction for pregnant women suffering from low back and pelvic pain, concludes a trial carried out in a New Zealand hospital clinic. The observational study examined data from 81 pregnant women with lumbopelvic pain,...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Jan 26, 2017 | Acupuncture, Back Pain, Pregnancy
A feasibility study carried out in the UK suggests that acupuncture can add benefit to standard care (SC) for back pain in pregnancy. The pilot randomised trial assigned 125 women with pregnancy-related back pain to one of three treatment arms: SC (self-management...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Jan 26, 2017 | Electro-Acupuncture, Infertility, Pregnancy
Electro-acupuncture (EA) may improve reproductive hormone levels in patients with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR), according to preliminary research from China. Twenty-one patients with DOR received EA over 12 weeks (five times a week for four weeks, followed by...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Mar 15, 2016 | Acupuncture, IVF, Pregnancy, TEAS
Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) can regulate hormone levels and improve clinical pregnancy rates in patients with decreased ovarian reserve (DOR) during in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer. Chinese researchers divided 240 patients...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Oct 1, 2015 | Labour, Moxibustion, Pregnancy
Moxibustion at acupuncture point Zhiyin BL-67 can correct non-vertex presentation, reduce the number of caesarean sections performed and achieve cost savings for the healthcare system, compared with conventional treatment. Analysis by Spanish researchers showed that...
